Just wanted to pass this on that there are still some cool people out there. I met a really cool old Mopar guy this week and turns out he is only 15 miles from me.
So I listed my 72 Duster drag car roller up on MP for a good price and of course I had bunch of messages, anyway the guy that came and looked at it first wanted something to restore and this old Duster has been a drag car since the mid 90's and it is "good from far but far from good' typical drag car so he didn't buy it, and that was a blessing because the next guy that came was an older Mopar guy. He came with a trailer, cash, and didn't try to talk me down at all. Anyway we talked for about an hour after loading the car and I was showing him my Fury and he said he had a 69 convertible so I asked if he had any rear side door panels and he said he thought he did. He called me that night and said he found them. The next day I go to his place and OH MY GOD, this guy must bleed Mopar engine oil because he had the 69 Fury fully restored but also had a 69 Barracuda, 62 Valiant, 63 Savoy, 64 Fury, 64 Valiant convertible, a crazy 69 Road Runner on a Dodge 4x4 chassis and a fully restored 70 AAR Cuda. The guy was great and showed me all his projects and I spent about 3 hours at his house. He showed me the side panels for the fury and they were almost in perfect shape, just a few scuffs, they are not the exact correct ones but they are green and will be great for my project. I ask what he wanted for them and he said I could have them if I could use them. I told him I had to give him something for them and he just said "no, us Mopar guys need to stick together". Great guy!
So I listed my 72 Duster drag car roller up on MP for a good price and of course I had bunch of messages, anyway the guy that came and looked at it first wanted something to restore and this old Duster has been a drag car since the mid 90's and it is "good from far but far from good' typical drag car so he didn't buy it, and that was a blessing because the next guy that came was an older Mopar guy. He came with a trailer, cash, and didn't try to talk me down at all. Anyway we talked for about an hour after loading the car and I was showing him my Fury and he said he had a 69 convertible so I asked if he had any rear side door panels and he said he thought he did. He called me that night and said he found them. The next day I go to his place and OH MY GOD, this guy must bleed Mopar engine oil because he had the 69 Fury fully restored but also had a 69 Barracuda, 62 Valiant, 63 Savoy, 64 Fury, 64 Valiant convertible, a crazy 69 Road Runner on a Dodge 4x4 chassis and a fully restored 70 AAR Cuda. The guy was great and showed me all his projects and I spent about 3 hours at his house. He showed me the side panels for the fury and they were almost in perfect shape, just a few scuffs, they are not the exact correct ones but they are green and will be great for my project. I ask what he wanted for them and he said I could have them if I could use them. I told him I had to give him something for them and he just said "no, us Mopar guys need to stick together". Great guy!
