Sundays......

[RemCharger]

Don't need the customers hearing how long the personal car takes!!

 

[eldubb440]

Don't need the customers hearing how long the personal car takes!!

it doesn't matter; I give it away anyway

I did a lot of work to this car a long time ago; I expected it to somewhat go to Hell, but it didn't.

Back then, it was kinda rough for the time......now, it's a gem.......and I obviously left myself good at every angle

 

[eldubb440]

these pics are at least 20 years old....... the doors were pretty patched up; I decided to put skins on them back in 2014..... that's pretty much where it stopped........ those quarter skins are Year One 2002ish

 

[eldubb440]

had an R/T in the same time frame...... SS1 4sp car......sold it

 

[moparedtn]

Since Fred is also a '68 GTX, I've very much enjoyed following this thread and admiring your skills, sir.
As always with me, the stories that go along with a given car fascinate me.
I got a lot of pics (hundreds, in fact!) of Fred's transformation from a field car to a solid reclamation project
(albeit with an amateur doing the work) so I thought I might dig through those and, well...
Too much to interrupt your thread here, but the transformation in Fred's case was remarkable.
It strikes me this fella did all the work in his home garage too - and replaced all the pans, floors, lower quarters,
a lot of the same sort of stuff and did it within a year.

To me, what folks like you and Fred's previous owner can do is admirable. I'll just leave it at that.
Cheers to you!

 

[68BabyBlue]

Since Fred is also a '68 GTX, I've very much enjoyed following this thread and admiring your skills, sir.
As always with me, the stories that go along with a given car fascinate me.
I got a lot of pics (hundreds, in fact!) of Fred's transformation from a field car to a solid reclamation project
(albeit with an amateur doing the work) so I thought I might dig through those and, well...
Too much to interrupt your thread here, but the transformation in Fred's case was remarkable.
It strikes me this fella did all the work in his home garage too - and replaced all the pans, floors, lower quarters,
a lot of the same sort of stuff and did it within a year.

To me, what folks like you and Fred's previous owner can do is admirable. I'll just leave it at that.
Cheers to you!

People who have owned these cars appreciate what it takes to bring them back. Mine was done back when original panels were available, and even those had to be tweaked. Most of you know the story how I knew the car in its daily driver days, didn't know what to expect when I inspected it after not seeing it in nearly 50 years. The story was, after a year of hunting NOS parts, the original owner's wife had the car restored as a surprise Christmas present for her husband.

A little shop on the side of a local mountain did the bodywork. The welding was comparable to the work done by Eldubb, he's seen the car in person, and concurs. According to the original owner's son, the paint wasn't at the same level. That was cleaned up by the last owner. Mark is a rare phenomenon these days, in that he can both weld and paint. I've seen his work in person, and it would be hard, if not impossible to top. We are lucky to have an artist of that level with such a commitment to these cars.

 

[Fran Blacker]

Is the GTX going to get a bonus day since it's a holiday?

 

[eldubb440]

Is the GTX going to get a bonus day since it's a holiday?

I'm doing something nice for the wife first........ it's like a tax

tying my boots