FBBO Member cars - Then and Now - picture thread

[Gwinnetts]

Delivered to me from a junkyard in north Georgia Jan 5, 2017

June 2018

 

[idrivemopar]

1985, two years after I bought her.

2011 getting ready to strip her down.

2017 3 years after restoration was completed.

 

[Budnicks]

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June 2018
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Damn
Nice quick work too

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

My Bee when it was only a few months from "new". Late fall '69.

September 1973, going to my uncle's wedding

Hit a deer on the way to work, November 1975

After repair and some Mods, back on the road in spring of 1976.

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

And then the car went into storage in the barn in about 1980 or 81.

Fast forward to 2001 when I pulled it out of the barn.....

..........and back into the garage to start its "rebirth" process.

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

Stripped the car down to its shell.........

.......and put it on a rotisserie.

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

Anyway, a lot of years, money, effort, blood, sweat, & tears later (more than anticipated of all those) the car was finally finished and was taken to the Mopar Nats to be judged on Friday.

The results were in on Saturday.

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

The way it looks today.......

 

[kiwigtx]

Excellent story and history @Mopars & Missiles

 

[moparisbest]

3 years

 

[440+6]

This is what mine looked like when I bought it in 1979, senior year in high school

and now, Restored it over 20 years ago, I probably should have left it the way it was.

 

[kiwigtx]

This is what mine looked like when I bought it in 1979, senior year in high school
View attachment 713076 and now, Restored it over 20 years ago, I probably should have left it the way it was.
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I have always liked your GTX

 

[MrJLR]

4 years ago when I bought her...

These days

Jeff

 

[Don Frelier]

First year I owned it fall of 1989
A few years ago

 

[Don Frelier]

1996 Motor Rebuilt
2015 Before and After carb to EFI

 

[moparedtn]

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I just love that friggin car, I swear.

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

I just love that friggin car, I swear.

I agree with you, its an awesome '62.

 

[moparedtn]

The way it looks today.......
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I love that car too.
Man, what stories are packed into that critter!

 

[Mopars & Missiles]

Man, what stories are packed into that critter!

Yeah, there are some good ones that I still remember, that's for sure! Part of the reason for keeping it all these years I guess.

 

[Richard Cranium]

September 1973, going to my uncle's wedding