UMNewPort74
New Member
Hi, been without a US made car for a while now (20years or so) I have kept my eyes on the market for a long time as you can imagine.
The market in our region is not the best when it comes to US made metal - nowadays it's even worse when it comes to transporting something from US.
My car history with US metal has been Buick Century'81 and a Caprice '84 then life happened - intensive work schedule, having three kids took the time, energy and money out of the formula. But the X always stayed there in the formula.
After these first two cars I always have heart for the big engines and bodies - Lincoln, Cadillac, Buick, Olds, shortly said - I wanted to have full size and BB hearted "thing" - sort of sleeper.
Now my oldest son has the age and he also shows interest in cars so it was time to open up eyes a little more.
And then 2 weeks ago this came to my life.
Now to learn everything about Mopar and this model I found this great website.
Been reading now for few weeks and this has settled my plans for the build.
This summer we try to enjoy the car as much as possible and plan out the build - deal with first needed body works.
The body and frame are in ok condition, sure it needs a rust removal and some welding but nothing serious.
Engine is running and tranny is changing - breaks not working, so new lines, cylinders go in as a first step.
And then for the next winter engine rebuild and rest of the body work.
So I'll be asking some advice ...
The market in our region is not the best when it comes to US made metal - nowadays it's even worse when it comes to transporting something from US.
My car history with US metal has been Buick Century'81 and a Caprice '84 then life happened - intensive work schedule, having three kids took the time, energy and money out of the formula. But the X always stayed there in the formula.
After these first two cars I always have heart for the big engines and bodies - Lincoln, Cadillac, Buick, Olds, shortly said - I wanted to have full size and BB hearted "thing" - sort of sleeper.
Now my oldest son has the age and he also shows interest in cars so it was time to open up eyes a little more.
And then 2 weeks ago this came to my life.
Now to learn everything about Mopar and this model I found this great website.
Been reading now for few weeks and this has settled my plans for the build.
This summer we try to enjoy the car as much as possible and plan out the build - deal with first needed body works.
The body and frame are in ok condition, sure it needs a rust removal and some welding but nothing serious.
Engine is running and tranny is changing - breaks not working, so new lines, cylinders go in as a first step.
And then for the next winter engine rebuild and rest of the body work.
So I'll be asking some advice ...
