jbunt73
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Only a fool would let the monkey near such a near perfect original.
Don't get me wrong, they do neat stuff, but not who ya want for real resto work. We were in just the right spot at just the right time. The car was placed in a "barn" 27 years ago and the owners built a wall around it and one other vehicle and then just left it there. A buddy of ours wanted the truck that was keeping this car company behind the wall - Seller insisted "you take both or none", so we split the deal with him. The only work we are having done at this time is to have her woken up (fresh fluids, tires, brakes, battery, etc) What you see in the pics is exactly how she came out of the barn. the interior needs a good wipe down, exterior needs a bath, but she s exactly what she was when parked 27 years ago. The mechanic of choice? The same guy who parked it in the first place and covered the maintenance work when she was in service prior. A little shop in Ferris, TX. (sure, I'll plug the shop! - R& W Automotive) Good Ol' Boy networking at it's finest. And he KNOWS what she should sound like from personal experience.
We did get bad news yesterday though....seems as thought the gas tank was removed from the car at some point in the last 27 years, so we have everything BUT the tank (go figure!) Temp solution is we are having our buddy at R&W temp install a fuel cell until we can come up with a better option. Fingers CROSSED!
Don't get me wrong, they do neat stuff, but not who ya want for real resto work. We were in just the right spot at just the right time. The car was placed in a "barn" 27 years ago and the owners built a wall around it and one other vehicle and then just left it there. A buddy of ours wanted the truck that was keeping this car company behind the wall - Seller insisted "you take both or none", so we split the deal with him. The only work we are having done at this time is to have her woken up (fresh fluids, tires, brakes, battery, etc) What you see in the pics is exactly how she came out of the barn. the interior needs a good wipe down, exterior needs a bath, but she s exactly what she was when parked 27 years ago. The mechanic of choice? The same guy who parked it in the first place and covered the maintenance work when she was in service prior. A little shop in Ferris, TX. (sure, I'll plug the shop! - R& W Automotive) Good Ol' Boy networking at it's finest. And he KNOWS what she should sound like from personal experience.
We did get bad news yesterday though....seems as thought the gas tank was removed from the car at some point in the last 27 years, so we have everything BUT the tank (go figure!) Temp solution is we are having our buddy at R&W temp install a fuel cell until we can come up with a better option. Fingers CROSSED!
