morbidgoat
Well-Known Member
alright so far ive put my knowledge toward any question i can help with but i've been holding out on my project. I was going to wait till it was all done and post it all at once but hey that would have been way to selfish (even though ive been too selfish already)
so i guess ill give you a little about me first. I grew up in and around body shops, my father ran one out of our four stall shop at our house for years before he finally decided to build a bigger shop that due to an almost divorce situation went under so now he works for other shops. Even though i grew up in shops im not an expert, im a jack of all trades but expert at none.
my father is a mopar guy and addicted me to it as well, i always wanted a muscle car but my parents wouldnt let me get one. however after i was out of the house my parents co-signed for me to get a 97 eclipse turbo. i stuck about 25 grand into this car in repairs upgrades and of course the initial purchase price of 11k back in 03. i had a very wicked ride but was still not happy i still wanted a real muscle car so i decided to try to sell or trade my car the bad thing about rice burners are it dont matter how much you stick into them it barely makes a difference on the resale value. so i knew i was going to take kick on it. i tried selling it for 8500 with aftermarket rims or 7500 with stock rims. i had a few bites but they couldnt get financing. then i saw this 69 gtx for sale in viroqua wi. it was supposed to be a 100% complete car just very much apart asking 5500 for it so i offered him my car with stock rims for even trade. at that time i thought i was taking a little bit of a kick in the rear but i wanted mopar muscle. so i went down he looked at mine i looked at his with a problem rolling chassis was at this shop engine was at another shop and rest of parts were at his house about 30 mins away. so i only looked at the rolling chassis and some of the parts at his house he told me he just had to dig the rest out so i believed him, big mistake. the next weekend i trailered my car down so i could trailer the gtx back he had a couple bolts a piece and chicken wire holding it all together with the parts piled up in the car.
the cars condition
engine was completely apart and missing the pistons and rods (he claims they were junk that he had to hammer them out but the piston walls look clean to me, seems kinda funny. also no carb.
the tranny was a four speed that the main part was all their but in pieces. he gave me an 18 spline pressure plate and clutch but the tranny was the 23? non hemi four speed. the flywheel was the 11" flywheel but the bellhousing he gave me was the 10 1/2" (found that out the first time i went to put a starter in)
the drive shaft that he showed me at his house was not in the car (he lives about a 5 hour drive one way away) so i called him he said it was bent so he didnt send it. if that were true i would have liked to have known before hand and i still would have taken it
the body was a bit beat up but the car is a texas car so it was in pretty good shape as far as rust goes. when i went down he had all the chrome trime taped together in a bundle which he convieniently forgot to send along (and i still havent gotten)
the interior was missing lots no glovebox or glove box door, no ash tray, no carpet, no headliner, no plastic kick plates, no a-pillar moldings, the floors were solid however the bucket seats he gave me which he claims are for my car are junk half the seat frames are completely rusted off (seems funny since the floors are solid), dash pad is ripped in multiple spots, window cranks are missing, door pads and rear side pads are missing, no armrests. wrong heater was hacked into the firewall and i didnt get any controls for it. and no windshield
im sure there was more but this is what i recall so far either way the car was not a 100% complete car that was very much apart. i feel i really got the short end of the stick, a complete great running about low12 second streetable car for this pile, but once again i wanted a muscle car
so i guess ill give you a little about me first. I grew up in and around body shops, my father ran one out of our four stall shop at our house for years before he finally decided to build a bigger shop that due to an almost divorce situation went under so now he works for other shops. Even though i grew up in shops im not an expert, im a jack of all trades but expert at none.
my father is a mopar guy and addicted me to it as well, i always wanted a muscle car but my parents wouldnt let me get one. however after i was out of the house my parents co-signed for me to get a 97 eclipse turbo. i stuck about 25 grand into this car in repairs upgrades and of course the initial purchase price of 11k back in 03. i had a very wicked ride but was still not happy i still wanted a real muscle car so i decided to try to sell or trade my car the bad thing about rice burners are it dont matter how much you stick into them it barely makes a difference on the resale value. so i knew i was going to take kick on it. i tried selling it for 8500 with aftermarket rims or 7500 with stock rims. i had a few bites but they couldnt get financing. then i saw this 69 gtx for sale in viroqua wi. it was supposed to be a 100% complete car just very much apart asking 5500 for it so i offered him my car with stock rims for even trade. at that time i thought i was taking a little bit of a kick in the rear but i wanted mopar muscle. so i went down he looked at mine i looked at his with a problem rolling chassis was at this shop engine was at another shop and rest of parts were at his house about 30 mins away. so i only looked at the rolling chassis and some of the parts at his house he told me he just had to dig the rest out so i believed him, big mistake. the next weekend i trailered my car down so i could trailer the gtx back he had a couple bolts a piece and chicken wire holding it all together with the parts piled up in the car.
the cars condition
engine was completely apart and missing the pistons and rods (he claims they were junk that he had to hammer them out but the piston walls look clean to me, seems kinda funny. also no carb.
the tranny was a four speed that the main part was all their but in pieces. he gave me an 18 spline pressure plate and clutch but the tranny was the 23? non hemi four speed. the flywheel was the 11" flywheel but the bellhousing he gave me was the 10 1/2" (found that out the first time i went to put a starter in)
the drive shaft that he showed me at his house was not in the car (he lives about a 5 hour drive one way away) so i called him he said it was bent so he didnt send it. if that were true i would have liked to have known before hand and i still would have taken it
the body was a bit beat up but the car is a texas car so it was in pretty good shape as far as rust goes. when i went down he had all the chrome trime taped together in a bundle which he convieniently forgot to send along (and i still havent gotten)
the interior was missing lots no glovebox or glove box door, no ash tray, no carpet, no headliner, no plastic kick plates, no a-pillar moldings, the floors were solid however the bucket seats he gave me which he claims are for my car are junk half the seat frames are completely rusted off (seems funny since the floors are solid), dash pad is ripped in multiple spots, window cranks are missing, door pads and rear side pads are missing, no armrests. wrong heater was hacked into the firewall and i didnt get any controls for it. and no windshield
im sure there was more but this is what i recall so far either way the car was not a 100% complete car that was very much apart. i feel i really got the short end of the stick, a complete great running about low12 second streetable car for this pile, but once again i wanted a muscle car
