Hey maybe I need to get you to "Help" me on my projects!!! Maybe some of them would start winding up.
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Classic Car Rebuild?
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A friend of mine got a wild hair to restore a car, this is his story. It is a 1969 Triumph GT6.
Below is a project report as the car was purchased to end of restore.
Rex Haller?s Triumph GT6 project ? Phoenix Motorsport Racing
Below is a project report as the car was purchased to end of restore.
Rex Haller?s Triumph GT6 project ? Phoenix Motorsport Racing
That was interesting. The part where he said he was in his 60's made me think; I'm just entering my 60's. Maybe it's not too late to have a project.
Nothing wrong with 2 gen. Chargers, one of the best looking cars of the era. I finished up this one a few years back. Best advice is once you get started on a car find the internet group that follows it. I don't know how I would have finished mine without all that info.
I found this car sitting in a package store lot with a for sale sign in DelMar California in about 1986. It was hit hard in the passenger rear quarter and was running on 4 Cylinders. The interior was good and being a Cali car it was near rust free. $300.00. I bought it.
We were there for the last race of the season in IMSA GTP and planned to stay a couple of days after the truck was loaded and look around then fly home. I spent those couple of days getting the tired 282 to run solid on 7 holes. #8 was dead. 0 compression. Changed the oil/trans fluid. Adjusted the brakes and took off for home in it. That was the absolute longest road trip of my life. Coming down the back side of the rockies it lost 2 and was running on 5 the rest of the way. I was scared to shut it off. Man what a journey.
I cut the quarter out and put a better one in that we cut out of one in the yard. Just not a lot of after market then.
Pulled the 350 out of the corner and freshened it up with a T-350. This was done entirely in my little shop and driveway. Painted at a friends body shop. I did most all of the work with help when I needed it.
I did not get the body line on the door exactly right but I blame Budweiser for that error. This car lives in Colorado now.
That is my now 35 year old daughter and the mother of the terrorists (See Avatar)
That's the original Cali Front plate.
We were there for the last race of the season in IMSA GTP and planned to stay a couple of days after the truck was loaded and look around then fly home. I spent those couple of days getting the tired 282 to run solid on 7 holes. #8 was dead. 0 compression. Changed the oil/trans fluid. Adjusted the brakes and took off for home in it. That was the absolute longest road trip of my life. Coming down the back side of the rockies it lost 2 and was running on 5 the rest of the way. I was scared to shut it off. Man what a journey.
I cut the quarter out and put a better one in that we cut out of one in the yard. Just not a lot of after market then.
Pulled the 350 out of the corner and freshened it up with a T-350. This was done entirely in my little shop and driveway. Painted at a friends body shop. I did most all of the work with help when I needed it.
I did not get the body line on the door exactly right but I blame Budweiser for that error. This car lives in Colorado now.
That is my now 35 year old daughter and the mother of the terrorists (See Avatar)
That's the original Cali Front plate.
I always liked the 67's. Nice lines.
I love the early to mid-60's big Chevy's.
Not a hot rod by a long shot, but I would love to find my first car - a 1960 Olds 98. It was my dad's boss's old "work" car (head of Marion County Health Dept) and it had every option on it - power windows, power seats, power steering, power breaks, power antenna, and even the "Wonder Bar" on the AM (tube) radio. Man I miss that car. Sounded like a bank vault when you'd close the doors. And that Wonder Bar also had a switch on the floor next to the dimmer switch. I had a lot of fun punking people by just pointing my finger at the radio and hitting the switch on the floor and having the radio scan to the next strongest station. Of course they wouldn't be paying attention to my foot, so they'd sit there waving their hands in front of the radio trying to make it change stations.
Only had 30K miles on it in 1976 when Dad bought it. It had been sitting for 5 years, so Dad had to pour diesel into the cylinders to get it freed up. Would really be cool to restore back to "showroom new".
Only had 30K miles on it in 1976 when Dad bought it. It had been sitting for 5 years, so Dad had to pour diesel into the cylinders to get it freed up. Would really be cool to restore back to "showroom new".
Not really. If you pay a shop then yes you will get hosed.
If you do the work yourself it is not so bad.
Having a circle of friends in this addiction does tend to help juts like having a gun addiction.
"AND"......if you are doing this to break even then you need to be doing something else. This is a labor of love. An achievement based endeavor. I always found great personal rewards when I took something like this...…
And spent the time and energy to make it live again. Its in primer here but paint was soon to come. Tow rig for the race car trailer.
You must be a B-body fan.I found this car sitting in a package store lot with a for sale sign in DelMar California in about 1986. It was hit hard in the passenger rear quarter and was running on 4 Cylinders. The interior was good and being a Cali car it was near rust free. $300.00. I bought it.
We were there for the last race of the season in IMSA GTP and planned to stay a couple of days after the truck was loaded and look around then fly home. I spent those couple of days getting the tired 282 to run solid on 7 holes. #8 was dead. 0 compression. Changed the oil/trans fluid. Adjusted the brakes and took off for home in it. That was the absolute longest road trip of my life. Coming down the back side of the rockies it lost 2 and was running on 5 the rest of the way. I was scared to shut it off. Man what a journey.
I cut the quarter out and put a better one in that we cut out of one in the yard. Just not a lot of after market then.
Pulled the 350 out of the corner and freshened it up with a T-350. This was done entirely in my little shop and driveway. Painted at a friends body shop. I did most all of the work with help when I needed it.
I did not get the body line on the door exactly right but I blame Budweiser for that error. This car lives in Colorado now.
That is my now 35 year old daughter and the mother of the terrorists (See Avatar)
That's the original Cali Front plate.
Not a hot rod by a long shot, but I would love to find my first car - a 1960 Olds 98. It was my dad's boss's old "work" car (head of Marion County Health Dept) and it had every option on it - power windows, power seats, power steering, power breaks, power antenna, and even the "Wonder Bar" on the AM (tube) radio. Man I miss that car. Sounded like a bank vault when you'd close the doors. And that Wonder Bar also had a switch on the floor next to the dimmer switch. I had a lot of fun punking people by just pointing my finger at the radio and hitting the switch on the floor and having the radio scan to the next strongest station. Of course they wouldn't be paying attention to my foot, so they'd sit there waving their hands in front of the radio trying to make it change stations.
Only had 30K miles on it in 1976 when Dad bought it. It had been sitting for 5 years, so Dad had to pour diesel into the cylinders to get it freed up. Would really be cool to restore back to "showroom new".
My first car was a 64 Cutlass with a 330. It was pretty cool. Black with Crager SS wheels. I had better after that, but it was fun. You could really wind it out in first gear. Of course there was only 2 speeds.
My first car was a 64 Cutlass with a 330. It was pretty cool. Black with Crager SS wheels. I had better after that, but it was fun. You could really wind it out in first gear. Of course there was only 2 speeds.
This one had the 394 "Rocket" motor. It was all original white paint when dad got it. He had an Earl Scheib sky blue paint job put on the bottom (left the roof white). I have no idea why.
ETA: I did do some customization. I got an FM converter (fit in the glove box) and an 8 track player (under dash mount) and some Jensen rear deck speakers.
This one had the 394 "Rocket" motor. It was all original white paint when dad got it. He had an Earl Scheib sky blue paint job put on the bottom (left the roof white). I have no idea why.
ETA: I did do some customization. I got an FM converter (fit in the glove box) and an 8 track player (under dash mount) and some Jensen rear deck speakers.
Classic stuff man.....classic stuff.
I wish I had logged all the hours we spent in the shop. It was my drug of choice. Granted we should have owned stock in Budweiser.
Things change with time. We still do the occasional engine for a Harley or a Chevy. But mainly gun projects on the bench and we build/fabricate HVAC projects now.
I do miss it though.
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