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Had read Landy was a fan of the pushbutton TF having had a set from his ’64 racer installed in his ’65 when mopar ended the button shift. From the photo (post #3) looks like this could be one of those in his ’65 Dodge. Viewing photos of one his ‘64’s, seemed as though he had them mounted on the...

Exactly, disassembly MONTHS or longer before. And all those labeled baggies of screws, bolts, fasteners, etc. I tried so carefully to keep organized when it came time for re-assembly...then found out it was a good effort, but not - great..

Don’t reinstall stuff in the wrong sequence requiring removing it again to install the item that needs to be installed FIRST.

After restoring 3 vehicles, acquired an appreciation for what’s done and otherwise. This would get into what decisions are made during the nitty-gritty process for one reason or another, to do it right, not so much, or not at all. Always some things encountered I didn’t expect…more time, more...

Looks nice and even though the six, it is well-equipped. How did he lose on the deal? Seems this car would easily go appreciably higher.

Don’t know much about it either, but heard there is a rigid commission price the buyer pays on top of the sale price not discounting cost to the seller to put it up for auction. Maybe around 10% commission? Also heard that in order to close a sale, there has been some bargaining by the auction...

Please recheck my reply – ‘always’ go up? Seems to me that it tends to roll up then down, back up again…in other words, it doesn't run on a constantly-always upward pattern..

Lol, does the market always go UP?

Agree, removed those from my ’73 Challenger, but some other brands, GM/Ford had the extended bumpers, extended molding with shock-absorbers? Reminded me of those awful continental kits on cars from the 50’s where you could use it as a dining table..

No disagreement; there were some models that retained a cool style. We have our top 5 or 10 rides we pick out as our favorites. For Plymouth B, my fav is the ’70; but I liked the change in ’71. Was a huge E-body fan, had a ’70 Cuda BB, 4sp vert and in late ’73 early ’74 had saved some cash for a...

What’s the phrase; whatever floats your boat? Remembering the days of how the big-3 changed their body styles and killed their horses after ’71-72 was rather difficult to suck up as a young guy. Yeah, safety and reducing gas consumption. The vehicles took on a granddad look to me, among tons of...

Continue to be awed by the number of classics and muscle cars I see ‘done’ at all the shows. I don’t go to that many anymore; I have 3 or 4 now a year that I make the effort to attend. However, others my car buds and I come across out taking a ride, time permitting, we’ll go in to spend an hour...

Things were sure different when I tackled the 1st restoration; no internet, lots of reading Hemmings and car magazines. Always looking forward to the next edition of Hemmings to find parts and going to the swap meets. Then lucky I got to know a guy who had tons of NOS parts for my car, president...

Envy the people who have several cars having one or two in active resto and/or others on-deck. I couldn’t manage this and keep my sanity. I’ve done one at a time, my first was the huge help from my talented now departed dad when my time and cash were limited and years later doing two more…one at...

Must have been laid that morning

When I was hot-rodding around in my youth, the local PD was yanking me over often. A ’70 Cuda does offer some attention. Granted a few times were earned. Years later, was out of town driving my company ride a 4-popper Sunbird. It was a hot day having the AC on. You know with the air on, the idle...

Beware of the cop driving this Plymouth..

He is an abnormal one to be getting around as well as he does at his age. Good genetics? Looks like he carries around more weight than what a doc would say is ideal. Lots of memories going back to the 60’s with Star Trek, a role that kept giving and yeah, that iconic Twilight Zone episode. Lol...

Riding with my brother patrolling a busy stretch of interstate during construction it was pretty easy pickings. The speed had been reduced to 45MPH in a normal 55MPH zone. On that day, he pulled over people going 85, 75, 70MPH. Don’t think he snagged anyone lower than this; too many doing 70+...

When I enrolled in a tech-school nearby in ‘76, the per-credit cost was – 3-bucks. Lol! $204 to obtain the degree. Yeah, the texts were much more. Today it is around $150 per-credit or over $10-grand. Quite a swing, given that if only adjusting for inflation the per-credit cost ‘should’ be...