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Teal - if you are interested, the bronze Roadrunner is up for sale - it has the full pro street treatment, with the original block bored and stroked - tubbed with widened original rims, drag hydro, fuel cell, roll bars et cetera. PM me if you are interested. It isn't mine, but it is available locally. Will tell you this - she HOOKS Take a third party, out of town, starter cheque? Dang if I didn't just lose my ID too! Naw - the only way I ever afford to own something like that is to build it a piece at a time and I've enough crap going on. Scuba with the girlfriend this summer, beer making eventually etc. That's on top of the other things...
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I was hoping someone would buy this thing before I weaken.
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Yeah well - my old man had a 32 Ford 5 window, all steel when I was a runt. He sold it to move the tribe west to Colorado.
The idjit that bought it painted over the black and flame job paint (like all good 32's had) and did it white with blue fancy pin striping. "Daddy's Toy" was written on the rumple seat lid. Threw away the engine covers too.
That's about the only car I'd mortgage the farm to get. If I could find it and return it like the way it was - I'd be all over it.
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The only thing even mildly troubling is that rear rocker area that the quarter lays over when installed.
I have to get the passenger side peeled off and hopefully it is more intact so I can use it as a patern for making a repair section for the driver's side.
Even though it's "inside" and hidden behind the exterior of the body it still has to be right.
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this is getting good Dave. im glad you have the know how to do what needs to be done to make this beast a Classy Classic again.
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Those photos of the peeled quarter, it goes to show many of these cars can look fairly solid on the outside... Ever bite into one of those "bad whoppers? the candy whoppers? Yeah you know what I'm talkin about... Well I wasn't really surprised, I had ordered everything correctly except I didn't anticipate that rocker rot behind the quarter skin. It'll be ok though, I'll fix it. I swear there was a gallon of body filler on that quarter alone. It's so good to get rid of such a huge damaged area like that.
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Did you ask for a carfax?
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It'll be ok, I don't see anything that scares me yet and I've started on the "bad side"
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There is still time to button 'er back up, slap on an Earl Scheib-style paint job and sent 'er on the way -
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I might have mentioned this before - my Dad used to "fix" rust holes by buying bondo and paint and making sure the clerk put them in a paper bag. Still in the parking lot, Dad would mix the bondo and smear it on the hole using the paper bag. Rattle-rattle, spray-spray, and we're good to go.
Kinda similar, Dad was selling a car that had a weird vibration in the engine. It turns out one of the four fan blades had broken off and the imbalance was the problem. Dad broke off the opposite blade and it ran like a top.
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It turns out one of the four fan blades had broken off and the imbalance was the problem. Dad broke off the opposite blade and it ran like a top. brilliant! I just recieved my replacement body panels, they look awesome!
Last edited by northern_dave; 04/05/11.
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That's a classic muscle car you've snagged. That fresh air setup alone is worth the price of admission. A 383 loves to rev and breath, so do the things that will let it and it will think it's a 440. What carb is on it presently, the original AVS? I see that it still has those beautiful Magnum exhaust manifolds. Headers may be slightly more efficient, but they create a ton of underhood heat. It's gonna look great in the copper with white vinyl top.
I wish I had your body skills.
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Original carb as far as I know.
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God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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Since you brought up Racing Junk. I knew the owner of this car very well. Unfortunately, he passed away a few months ago. The car is gorgeous and very fast. It is a legal Stock Eliminator car, but it is relegated to the upper classes due to it being a hemi (clone) and not as competitive.
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cool you don't see to many GTX's around
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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nice 70, got any more pictures that show the color better?
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Here is a whole series of pictures on his car. Check out his black '65 Hemi. It is even nicer than the GTX. Ronnie West
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