BIGBLK_WP27_5 SPEED
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I have been checking out this site for a while now. I decided to join so I can network with other Mopar Believers. First off... I have a build going on right now. The ride is a 1969 CORONET 500 RAGTOP. 440 5 speed with a 410 S 60.
This project is moving fast right now. I bought the car in 1985 for 300 dollars from my friends girlfriends dad. The dad bought the car from his father inlaw as an impounded tow. It had minor sheet metal issues. The dad began fixing up the car for his daughter to drive. It just so happens, she had her heart set on her daddys Corvette... Thank God for Chevys... nottt. I was very young and didn't have the cash to restore it correctly, so I drove it around for a while and parked it. Knowing this was a super sweet and rare ride, I wanted to save up and do a flip & strip.. nut & bolt restomod pro touring beast. Well... after 25 years... it will live again.. this time as I would have designed it from the factory. Anyway... I am estatic. The short story of this car is... It was bought new in Grants Pass Oregon by a Oregon Institute of Technology Professor. He Had a factory chrome trailer hitch installed on it and in the off season he toured the USA with a tent trailer. The car had 191000 miles on it when I got it. The tags on the origional License plate showed 1975. Unreal !!! This guy drove the poo out of this car in 6 years. That makes me the 2nd owner. This is a high desert car and when I stripped it.. I was not too suprised that it was 95% rust free. I had A&M Deluxe Customs from Corneilius Oregon do some sheet metal work on it. You can see it on the Web @ A&M Deluxe Customs in the Gallery as it went through the process. The chassis is set up for high speed cornering with a combination of the best components I could find. Firmfeel... Hotchkiss... Magnum Force drop spindles ..Willwood.. XV motor sports....US Car Tool and sitting on 18 and 17 inch American Racing Torque Thrust wheels with 12" in the back and 9 " in the front. It should be on the road by June 2011. The Color>>> Y2 Yellow and Matte Black 2 Tone. You wont miss this car on the road..... Anyway.... I know this is a long winded intro... I BLEED MOPAR MUSCLE.......
Dyno Dave
This project is moving fast right now. I bought the car in 1985 for 300 dollars from my friends girlfriends dad. The dad bought the car from his father inlaw as an impounded tow. It had minor sheet metal issues. The dad began fixing up the car for his daughter to drive. It just so happens, she had her heart set on her daddys Corvette... Thank God for Chevys... nottt. I was very young and didn't have the cash to restore it correctly, so I drove it around for a while and parked it. Knowing this was a super sweet and rare ride, I wanted to save up and do a flip & strip.. nut & bolt restomod pro touring beast. Well... after 25 years... it will live again.. this time as I would have designed it from the factory. Anyway... I am estatic. The short story of this car is... It was bought new in Grants Pass Oregon by a Oregon Institute of Technology Professor. He Had a factory chrome trailer hitch installed on it and in the off season he toured the USA with a tent trailer. The car had 191000 miles on it when I got it. The tags on the origional License plate showed 1975. Unreal !!! This guy drove the poo out of this car in 6 years. That makes me the 2nd owner. This is a high desert car and when I stripped it.. I was not too suprised that it was 95% rust free. I had A&M Deluxe Customs from Corneilius Oregon do some sheet metal work on it. You can see it on the Web @ A&M Deluxe Customs in the Gallery as it went through the process. The chassis is set up for high speed cornering with a combination of the best components I could find. Firmfeel... Hotchkiss... Magnum Force drop spindles ..Willwood.. XV motor sports....US Car Tool and sitting on 18 and 17 inch American Racing Torque Thrust wheels with 12" in the back and 9 " in the front. It should be on the road by June 2011. The Color>>> Y2 Yellow and Matte Black 2 Tone. You wont miss this car on the road..... Anyway.... I know this is a long winded intro... I BLEED MOPAR MUSCLE.......
Dyno Dave