Backpacker
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- Arlington Heights, Illinois
Hi!!! I just found this site and had to join right away. What a great place to learn and share.
My car is a basket case that was beaten like a rented mule before I bought it in 83. I was going to college and it was all I could afford at the time. It was originally a 383/4spd Sandpebble Beige with burnt orange interior. By the time I got it, it had been repainted UPS brown. The engine bay as well as the entire interior had been painted black with a rattle can. There was 3 inch long shag material glued onto the dash to cover the cracks and the floor was covered in a brown shag carpet from somebody's living room. It was running on 7 cylinders and had a horrendous knock when letting out the clutch.
My family nicknamed the car the "Turdbird".
It had to be parked in 1988 (that is a whole other long story). I had to depend on it heavily during those years, so even though it was in horrendous shape, I couldn't see just letting it go to the crusher.
So now I am finally at a point in life where it can be done right.
Time to get rid of the bondo...
My car is a basket case that was beaten like a rented mule before I bought it in 83. I was going to college and it was all I could afford at the time. It was originally a 383/4spd Sandpebble Beige with burnt orange interior. By the time I got it, it had been repainted UPS brown. The engine bay as well as the entire interior had been painted black with a rattle can. There was 3 inch long shag material glued onto the dash to cover the cracks and the floor was covered in a brown shag carpet from somebody's living room. It was running on 7 cylinders and had a horrendous knock when letting out the clutch.
My family nicknamed the car the "Turdbird".
It had to be parked in 1988 (that is a whole other long story). I had to depend on it heavily during those years, so even though it was in horrendous shape, I couldn't see just letting it go to the crusher.
So now I am finally at a point in life where it can be done right.
Time to get rid of the bondo...