CraigMBA
04-01-2007, 02:03 PM
Where were you April 1, 1998? I know where I was.......
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Yes, today is my aniversary. Yes, this is my first wife. Yes, I still have her. I got this car in 1984. Yes, it's my first car. Yes, I still have it too.
Back then, I had enough money to buy the parts or pay somebody to work on it - not both. It was dead stock untill the Mrs. and I started dating. C-4, 2 barrel 289, four wheel death drum brakes, and no A/C. That didn't work out so good in Fresno. I could take it, but the Mrs. rode one time in 105 degree heat and said "never again, get A/C or something." That kind of kicked off the project that grew out of control while I was collecting AC parts. I wound up with a set of brakes off a '68 GTA my buddy parted out, and wound up with GW uppers, PMS springs and bump steer kit, home made lowers, MP rear leafs, a T-5 swap, a roller cam 5.0....................and all was good.
Then I moved to SoCal and wrecked it commuting from Chino Hills to Beverly Hills one morning at 5am. I got it apart, but never quite back together and then I bought a business. Five years later, here's where we are at:
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I talked one of my customers into doing a core support and both PS aprons. After he got that in, he called and asked "Hey, we're slow. You want us to strip the whole thing?" I said sure. Two days later, he calls back "Hey, this thing needs quarters and a tail light pannel" which turned into "Hey, we need a trunk floor and outer wheelhouses".
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Which is where we are now. When I saw it last monday, it had another fender on it. Hopefully next week we get the other fender on it. I gotta pull the motor and trans out next so I can fix the shock towers.
My goal is to have the body assembled and gapped by May 1, the chassis assembled and sorted by June 1, and final dry fit by July 1. Spray it August 1, and spend the next three months putting the car together like a big model in my spare time. Provided I don't run out of money first.
23 years is a long time to have a car, er, I mean money pit like this one. What the hell, it's paid for. Several times over.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/04/weddingpictures-1.jpg
Yes, today is my aniversary. Yes, this is my first wife. Yes, I still have her. I got this car in 1984. Yes, it's my first car. Yes, I still have it too.
Back then, I had enough money to buy the parts or pay somebody to work on it - not both. It was dead stock untill the Mrs. and I started dating. C-4, 2 barrel 289, four wheel death drum brakes, and no A/C. That didn't work out so good in Fresno. I could take it, but the Mrs. rode one time in 105 degree heat and said "never again, get A/C or something." That kind of kicked off the project that grew out of control while I was collecting AC parts. I wound up with a set of brakes off a '68 GTA my buddy parted out, and wound up with GW uppers, PMS springs and bump steer kit, home made lowers, MP rear leafs, a T-5 swap, a roller cam 5.0....................and all was good.
Then I moved to SoCal and wrecked it commuting from Chino Hills to Beverly Hills one morning at 5am. I got it apart, but never quite back together and then I bought a business. Five years later, here's where we are at:
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/04/carltonscar71206094-1.jpg
I talked one of my customers into doing a core support and both PS aprons. After he got that in, he called and asked "Hey, we're slow. You want us to strip the whole thing?" I said sure. Two days later, he calls back "Hey, this thing needs quarters and a tail light pannel" which turned into "Hey, we need a trunk floor and outer wheelhouses".
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/pt/2007/04/carltonscar71206098-1.jpg
Which is where we are now. When I saw it last monday, it had another fender on it. Hopefully next week we get the other fender on it. I gotta pull the motor and trans out next so I can fix the shock towers.
My goal is to have the body assembled and gapped by May 1, the chassis assembled and sorted by June 1, and final dry fit by July 1. Spray it August 1, and spend the next three months putting the car together like a big model in my spare time. Provided I don't run out of money first.
23 years is a long time to have a car, er, I mean money pit like this one. What the hell, it's paid for. Several times over.