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Originally Posted by DRJDVM's '69
WOW.... you have alot of work in that car. In my opinion 18 months isnt that bad for the work into that car.....but 18 months is a long time.
Question...did it take that long because of your end alone? In other words, were there any big breaks due to waiting on the customer or parts etc ?
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There was some time waiting for parts for example once we got down to what was left and put together the parts list there was a short wait for the truckload of sheetmetal. However there were other cars in the shop ahead of him in line so there were times when the other jobs had a priority and he understood that going in. In the end I know he is excited about the car and that is the reason for him "pushing" on it.
There was nearly a 2 month search to find a donor for the rear drain channel specific to the convertible...it is not reproduced and the labor to duplicate it would have been extensive....once we located a donor we were back to work again.
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Question #2....is this car some very valuable model etc ? If I had that car and saw the carnage, I would have stopped and gotten a different car....unless its some rare car...in which case, you would have been better off going "original". Thats a pretty thrashed car to start with and unless the customer was dead set on using that exact car, it would have been much better to start all over on a better starter car.
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No, it is a standard C code 289 2V pond scum green convertible...factory A/C, deluxe interior....the base car was a run of the mill car. He searched and searched to find a solid car and this one was represented as such. The problem is that a lot of this was really well hidden by a previous owner...the fenders and quarters were rust free...the quarters were even Ford replacements so it appeared good. The seller even placed those thin refrigerator magnets on the panels to show him it was metal. Once we got into the car though it was past the point of being able to just put the car back together and sell it....it was a loss at that point so what do you do? He just decided to push forward....we would have been at the same level buying a $400 piece of junk but once the car was torn down, blasted and the mess discovered it was past the point of no return so the initial investment in the car was a loss. Some of the parts that were useable and not needed were sold off but that was not much of a dent in the overall purchase. The seller of the car was a Mopar guy in South Texas who took the car in on trade so he didn't know the history of the car.
I have another customer with a '69 Fastback that also got taken but his was more mechanical shortcomings than body but the initial investment was similar. I always suggest someone bring a car to us for inspection before buying....not easy with this car being in Texas and I did look at the pictures and gave him my impression based on the information put in front of me. The guy with the 69 is local...the finance company told him they required an inspection so he didn't bring it to us....he should have because he bought a $5K car for $15K but that's another story.
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Last question....can you give me the info on those exhaust tips? I'm "in the market" and like those.....
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The exhaust tips are Magnaflow:
http://www.magnaflow.com/02product/s...e=main&id=8221
They are too wide for the stock valance opening on the Mustang, we had to widen the opening for them to fit.