GJS
Senior Member
Fellers, I feel a little iffy talking about this so soon as delivery is so far off. However, I feel the journey begins here so here I will start.
I’ve been back up on the forum since July 2016 when I posted about a ride from my past .. indeed, the one that started it all for me. I’ve since been searching, reading through your experiences and projects, rekindling my fire for the hobby, and brushing up and expanding upon my knowledge.
When I started looking again, I felt that holding out for something that too closely mimicked my old car may put me at a disadvantage. .. I’m a slab side junkie, no doubt. I LOVE a good fusie, don’t get me wrong, but theres something about driving a slab side, the interior, the exterior as viewed from the interior that always struck me a just about perfect. With that in mind, I came up with a list of cars I would want to make this next journey with. Toppers would always be a fast top so 67 and 68 NYER,300, Newp, Monaco, Polara … also always loved were 65 and 66 NYER, 300, Newps but only 66 Monacos and Polaras. Then to Fusies, 69, 70, 71 NYER, 300, Newps, Monaco, Polara, Fury …
All that to say, my options were open. I was not specifically looking for my old car or anything like it. I found quite a many that were really neat cars… however, the ones close enough to me to be seen first hand were kinda scary … anything that spend it’s life where I live (New England) or anywhere NEAR where I live is bound to be f****d up in some way. The rest we’re in remote areas where there was no reasonable way to get eyes on them.
Then, back in Oct of this year I was doing my weekly scrub of craigslist and a 67 Monaco 500 down around Austin TX came up. Now, a little secret I never told my 68 Monaco non 500 318 column shifted car: I always wanted a 67 500 console 383 car and not only was this one the exact color of my 68 (bottom portion anyway) but it didn’t have a vinyl roof which always creeped me out from a rust perspective.
I called on it right then as I had my sister and her husband up in Dallas willing to go down and take a look at it for me. The seller was a great guy, third owner, mechanically knowledgable and super generous in gathering information for me. We struck a deal that I’d drop a down payment and he’d save it till the new year when I’d be able to get down there to pay the rest and get it trailered up…. oooorrr spend the week with it at my sisters getting a few things straight to drive it home!
Anyway, check is in the mail. I am super stoked to start this new chapter even if it physically resembles an older chapter.
I’ll be dropping as many photos as possible here in the new year and I hope to see some of you on the road this summer!
I’ve been back up on the forum since July 2016 when I posted about a ride from my past .. indeed, the one that started it all for me. I’ve since been searching, reading through your experiences and projects, rekindling my fire for the hobby, and brushing up and expanding upon my knowledge.
When I started looking again, I felt that holding out for something that too closely mimicked my old car may put me at a disadvantage. .. I’m a slab side junkie, no doubt. I LOVE a good fusie, don’t get me wrong, but theres something about driving a slab side, the interior, the exterior as viewed from the interior that always struck me a just about perfect. With that in mind, I came up with a list of cars I would want to make this next journey with. Toppers would always be a fast top so 67 and 68 NYER,300, Newp, Monaco, Polara … also always loved were 65 and 66 NYER, 300, Newps but only 66 Monacos and Polaras. Then to Fusies, 69, 70, 71 NYER, 300, Newps, Monaco, Polara, Fury …
All that to say, my options were open. I was not specifically looking for my old car or anything like it. I found quite a many that were really neat cars… however, the ones close enough to me to be seen first hand were kinda scary … anything that spend it’s life where I live (New England) or anywhere NEAR where I live is bound to be f****d up in some way. The rest we’re in remote areas where there was no reasonable way to get eyes on them.
Then, back in Oct of this year I was doing my weekly scrub of craigslist and a 67 Monaco 500 down around Austin TX came up. Now, a little secret I never told my 68 Monaco non 500 318 column shifted car: I always wanted a 67 500 console 383 car and not only was this one the exact color of my 68 (bottom portion anyway) but it didn’t have a vinyl roof which always creeped me out from a rust perspective.
I called on it right then as I had my sister and her husband up in Dallas willing to go down and take a look at it for me. The seller was a great guy, third owner, mechanically knowledgable and super generous in gathering information for me. We struck a deal that I’d drop a down payment and he’d save it till the new year when I’d be able to get down there to pay the rest and get it trailered up…. oooorrr spend the week with it at my sisters getting a few things straight to drive it home!
Anyway, check is in the mail. I am super stoked to start this new chapter even if it physically resembles an older chapter.
I’ll be dropping as many photos as possible here in the new year and I hope to see some of you on the road this summer!
....oh I know the feeling....Nice!
