I wish I'd kept it!

[sw/theo]

I bought this from the son of the original owner, who drove this car everywhere. He gave it to his son who hopped-up the engine & trans. (383-4 speed car) & did a damn good job. I was a mechanic for a long time so I can spot nice work right away. I bought the car from him in 2011 for 8 grand, which was a real good price in my opinion, for a very solid, one owner (basically) car. I got a lot of paperwork with it when I bought it including the original window sticker & some mid 11 second time slips the son gave me. I unfortunately had to sell it, but a good friend bought it & still has it to this day. He spent $30 grand on it to make it pretty nice. Not perfect, but a very nice driver that is faster than it looks. Here is a before (when I owned it) & after picture. Though some folks might enjoy them.

 

[69hemibeep]

Nice (stripper) low option car.

 

[sw/theo]

Pretty much but, it had the deluxe (Burnt Orange) interior. The seats were upholstered wrong when I bought it but whoever did it, did a pretty nice job & held up well over all these years.

Nice (stripper) low option car.

 

[torredcuda]

Not a complete stripper - looks like Decor package, High grade seats but cool car.

 

[rose heiden]

Beautiful and great buy back then for $8,000

 

[sw/theo]

Yes, I think I got a hell of a good deal. The car was easily worth 10 grand. It was a very solid car too.

 

[Russ69Runner]

Any Runner is a grate car. Nice.

 

[cosgig]

Any Runner is a grate car. Nice.

You got that right, bud!

 

[6PKRTSE]

Nice runner. Mine is also one of those that is faster than it looks.

 

[sw/theo]

Nice runner. Mine is also one of those that is faster than it looks.

Yes, the guy I bought it from knew what he was doing. I was impressed with some of the little, time-consuming things he did that most people didn't spend their time doing. All the right combination of parts, not too radical, but pretty quick & you could drive it all day with no problems. He would drive it to the track (Englishtown or ATCO) run it hard & drive it home, close to 2 hours away!

 

[6PKRTSE]

I agree. I always do the little things that usually always makes am impression on someone that I did things that way. The bad thing is, mine doesn't even look like it would run at all.

 

[sw/theo]

I agree. I always do the little things that usually always makes am impression on someone that I did things that way. The bad thing is, mine doesn't even look like it would run at all.

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I have to say, there's something I really like about a car that looks like it had seen better days but embarrasses a lot of folks at stoplight drags! I've seen pictures of your car here before & I like what I see.

 

[6PKRTSE]

I have to say, there's something I really like about a car that looks like it had seen better days but embarrasses a lot of folks at stoplight drags! I've seen pictures of your car here before & I like what I see.

Thanks, it is fun.