Customer's cars

[cantflip]

Some more new rides in the shop this year

56 Chevy, GM crate 350 one of the ZZ series, THM350, 10 bolt diff, front discs, great paint for 20 yrs old, air bagged front suspension. Nice driver
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78 Corvette, L82 350, THM350, nice original vette
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72 Chevy 2WD 3/4 ton, big block, now 454, THM400, Dana 60 diff, Restored over 10 yrs ago

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I like the 3/4 ton... I'd scratch the crap out of the bed in no time...

 

[65sporty]

I like the 3/4 ton... I'd scratch the crap out of the bed in no time...

Same guy has another one that he drives daily, it's nice but not restored like this one and gets used like a truck. He is getting up there in age so he is not doing as much as he used to.

 

[65sporty]

73 Mustang, clean driver. Drivetrain is stock, nice time capsule.

We have another one here also, white, convertible top, driver/survivor, no where near as clean as the blue one.

 

[65sporty]

Then there is this gem

Fresh resto, he says it's been in progress for 14 years, 71 340, 4 speed car with a 340 and 4 speed put back in. He added a/c, very nice, according to him, he has more in it than it's worth. He also owns the blue 72 and the Cuda trailer in the thread

 

[75LandYacht]

Then there is this gem
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Fresh resto, he says it's been in progress for 14 years, 71 340, 4 speed car with a 340 and 4 speed put back in. He added a/c, very nice, according to him, he has more in it than it's worth. He also owns the blue 72 and the Cuda trailer in the thread

Panther Pink? Or Red? Camera doesn’t help.lol

 

[bluefury361]

I have heard of an actual U code 70 Road Runner but didn't know Will was involved or if it was even if that's the same car he's talking about, hence the question.

still interested in hearing more about it or your experience with it Will. Do you have pictures?

I know this is an old post, I just ran across it. Better late than never.
Yes. It was real. Word of mouth led me to it, about 5 miles from where I lived at the time. I just assumed it was a 383 car because it had factory A/C which was N/A on a hemi which was the only listed engine option in 70. Also some unusual options like the go wing, rocker moldings, hood pins etc. The windshield was delaminated badly and the VIN was not readable through it, and the driver door latch was jammed so it could not be opened without forcing it. I made a deal with the owner, who didn't know anything about the car and bought it for the engine, (NOM), to put in a 66 Belvedere. Things moved fast from there. I posted it on FBBO and a fellow in Las Vegas got interested and made an offer. I accepted, he sent the money, which I used to pay for the car and made a tidy profit. He arrainged transport and I picked the car up and delivered it to a pick up point, I never got the car home.
A couple weeks later he contacted me and said there was a problem with the BOS I had provided. He had removed the windshield and the 5th digit, (engine code), was a "U", not the 383 code as I had assumed. I had the sequence numbers from the core support and the rest, (being a 70 road runner), was easy. I never could make out the engine code.
I found out after the fact. Kicked my self in the butt.
I under stand that there was one other 440 road runner documented, a hard top.

So that's the rest of the story.

 

[bluefury361]

 

[live4theking]

Yikes

 

[65Fury440]

Wow!

 

[65sporty]

Panther Pink? Or Red? Camera doesn’t help.lol

It is red, he had it painted Viper red as he calls it.

 

[65sporty]

One more, only the business end though.
It's a tube chassis buggy, the part that's different is the engine. GM ecotec 2.4, bolted to a VW bus trans. I guess it's a common swap.

 

[BigblueC]

GM ecotec 2.4

I think I see a little turbo on there. That's probably a peppy little rail. Much more so than the VW's that I've driven.

 

[65sporty]

Sorry no turbo, just the big half barrel factory intake. The VW bus trans wouldn't handle much more power

 

[tallhair]

Thanks Wil ! Great story

 

[The Goose]

You guys sure are lucky. Everything that rolls thru our shop is always the same same same. A 5 year old’s dream but always the same. This showed up in about 30 crates and took 5 working days to completely assemble.

 

[rags]

This showed up in about 30 crates and took 5 working days to completely assemble.

might make an interesting thread. show the whole assembly process.

 

[polara71]

I know this is an old post, I just ran across it. Better late than never.
Yes. It was real. Word of mouth led me to it, about 5 miles from where I lived at the time. I just assumed it was a 383 car because it had factory A/C which was N/A on a hemi which was the only listed engine option in 70. Also some unusual options like the go wing, rocker moldings, hood pins etc. The windshield was delaminated badly and the VIN was not readable through it, and the driver door latch was jammed so it could not be opened without forcing it. I made a deal with the owner, who didn't know anything about the car and bought it for the engine, (NOM), to put in a 66 Belvedere. Things moved fast from there. I posted it on FBBO and a fellow in Las Vegas got interested and made an offer. I accepted, he sent the money, which I used to pay for the car and made a tidy profit. He arrainged transport and I picked the car up and delivered it to a pick up point, I never got the car home.
A couple weeks later he contacted me and said there was a problem with the BOS I had provided. He had removed the windshield and the 5th digit, (engine code), was a "U", not the 383 code as I had assumed. I had the sequence numbers from the core support and the rest, (being a 70 road runner), was easy. I never could make out the engine code.
I found out after the fact. Kicked my self in the butt.
I under stand that there was one other 440 road runner documented, a hard top.

So that's the rest of the story.

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This story is much better told in person .

 

[bluefury361]

This story is much better told in person .

Thanks Dave, I have others.

 

[Turboomni]

You guys sure are lucky. Everything that rolls thru our shop is always the same same same. A 5 year old’s dream but always the same.

Are batteries included?

 

[The Goose]

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RM21U. Wow no pop out window superbirds so that really was the one that got away. How bad was the rust ? That bumper looks awful thin....