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Very Cool :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Looking forward to some more pictures of it! :)

now thats a joyful reunion....:D Very cool... Tell us the story, that would be a very interesting story.... 43 years later.. almost a half century....:thumbsup:

Blessings,
AMS

Cool story....are you keeping the car or is it a gift?

John, way cool!!!
So how well do you think it do at your local race track, Laguna!

Kevin

that's really cool....any idea what it looks like now?

Thats the coolest damn thing ever.. car and story..:thumbsup:

X's 100 !!

Those where the good old days....

LOL

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Originally Posted by class67 (Post 243065)

that's really cool....any idea what it looks like now?

Thanks guys and yeah,I'm keeping it for as long as I can.:yes:
I'll probably have to thin the herd at some point because basically I'm out of space and I don't spend as much time with my cars as I should.

I could see myself throwing a bucketful of money at this thing:willy: so why not on a family heirloom then just another musclecar...nice musclecars...but just cars in the end.That's how I see it anyways.

Car is in restored condition in what the owner calls a patina resto meaning he added flatner into the paint to give it more of a barnfind look to it.
Chassis,body,rearend,frontend,sheetmetal,wheels,an d interior are original to this car as is the original blower & intake.What we're missing is the custom timing cover w/mag drive my dad fabricated 42 years ago...that's long gone.

Here's how the car looks today:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p.../HPIM68381.jpg

Gotta get dad to re-create his headers too:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p.../IMG_25071.jpg

Here's where it's currently residing,on display in the Gilmore Museum in MI,these were from a Hot Rod piece a few months back...it'll be on display until Nov 1st if you guys want to get over there...just don't touch it,lol:lol:
http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/DSC07363.jpg

http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p...n/DSC07362.jpg

AWESOME !!!
I love them old funnycars

The detail for a race car is incredible. Did all funny cars of that era have the correct proportions it just looks like a stock body.

That is going to be some moment when you fire that thing up. Great find and story!!!