I purchased the car in October '84 with only 47,000 original
miles on it. The guy I bought it from, acquired it from a house
painter, who painted it with house paint. It was almost hacked up
into an El Camino, but was saved by the guy I bought it from! It
was last inspected in
Since purchasing, I've replaced the anemic 6 cyl with a GM crate
350. Engine mods include an Edelbrock performer carb/intake. Exhaust
chores are handled by ceramic coated ramshorn exhaust manifolds.
The original
"three on the tree" has been replaced by a B&M Pro
Stick shifted Turbo 350. In the sneaker department, B F Goodrich
tires(275/60/15 rears, 205/70/15 front) are mounted on ralley
wheels.I replaced all the gauges with Autometer gauges. Power door
locks have been installed, along with 6 way power seats out of an '88
Olds. A custom built center console houses a Sony CD player (with
remote mounted where column shifter used to be), along with the air
bolster controls for the seats. I got it inspected on October 18, 99
and drove it in primer until 2004. The bodywork was
started on April 26, 2004. A GREAT friend of mine, Kevin,
helped me do the massive amount of work needed. A '69 Z-28 hood
scoop has been molded onto the hood. Once the bodywork was done, Little
Dee painted the car in Hugger Orange
base coat clear coat! He did an excellant job! He also helped us
on the problem areas of bodywork! MANY THANKS LITTLE DEE!!!! Frank made
the template for the Bad News lettering on the sides, and it came out
GREAT! I gave Little Dee free reign applying the lettering. I chose
Brinks Blue for the lettering, and Little Dee applied blue and orange
pearl in the binder clearcoat over the lettering. You should see it in
the sun!!!!
The car was reassembled (It was painted in pieces) A new headliner has been installed, along with new kick
panels, windlace, new tinted side windows and a nice used tinted
windshield out of one of my parts cars.
I literally finished the car the day before Super Chevy @ Maple Grove
2007, where it took an Outstanding Award in the Modified Big Car class.
The next show was a small local show at the Andreas Fire company where it took top honors (spectator voting)
The 3rd show was an event at the Franklin Township Fire Company held by
the Jukebox Cruisers where it took First in the Modified
Class(spectator voting)
The fourth and final show for 2007 was at the Hometown Farmers Market
held by the Tamaqua Street Machine Association where it took third
place in the 1960-1969 Modified class.
The trophies and plaques are nice but the coolest part of the shows was
the people that approached me to talk about the plastic model they had
when they were younger.
Below are links to pictures I took of it over
the years, in chronological order. To keep the clutter to a
minimum, I list the pictures by an explanation. To see the
picture, click on the explanation!
Simple, huh?
Shortly after
I bought it. Front half, side view.
Shortly after
I bought it. Rear half, side view
Shortly after
I bought it. Rear view.
Shortly after
I bought it. Interior view from drivers side.
Shortly after
I bought it. Open hood, engine view.
Started
stripping latex (yes, L-A-T-E-X) paint off, getting primer on.
Started
stripping latex paint off, getting primer on. Farther along.
Drivers side
in primer, with mags on.
Joey helping
me remove front end.
Front end all
cleaned up and rebuilt. Less motor.
Motor from
"automotive recycling facility" (formerly known as
junkyard} Turned out to be 305 c.i..
350 motor out
of 72 Chevy wagon, ready for rebuild.
Motor
installed, ready to fire up!
UPDATE!!!!!!
Passenger side in Paint!
Drivers side in Paint!
Getting loaded to come home!
One of the door panels I made!
Front 3/4 View Drivers Side
Rear 3/4 View Drivers Side
Drivers Side Door Panel
Motor
Interior Drivers Side View
Rear 3/4 View Passenger Side
Front 3/4 View Passenger Side
Front View
Front View Low
Passenger Side Door Panel
Interior Passenger Side View
Rear Interior Passenger Side
Rear Interior Drivers Side
Rear View
This page is still under construction
Last Updated 10/31/2007
