Jonathan
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Newbie here, so be easy on me! I just bought my dad’s old 68 RoadRunner (440 6bbl) that he owned when I was younger. I’ve had it for about a month and a half now. My dad owned it back in 2003ish until about 2006. I started searching for the car about 3 months ago. Through the help of some good friends, I was able to easily locate it. The crazy thing is when I called the owner of the car a few months ago, he had just posted the car for sale about a week before. The timing gives me chills.
I was around 10 at the time my dad owned it. We took rides in it all the time, so it’s very sentimental to me. So many memories in it. I remember the day he sold it. I always dreamed about finding it again one day and buying it back. I’m still a bit shocked that it’s back home!
It was orangish/red when my dad owned it. It’s had a complete overhaul on its journey away from us! New paint, new interior, motor work; basically new from front to end. It has a few things left to do, but it’s almost done! It’s beautiful and sounds great!
My dad passed away back in 2009. I know he’s looking down and grinning from ear to ear about this.
He was the sheriff of our small town for 8 years. A few days after I bought it, I was in the trunk of the roadrunner going through parts boxes and envelopes that came with the car. Most of it was stickers and hood badges for the car. A few receipts and stuff like that. I mentioned to my girlfriend “how cool would it be to pull something out with my dads name on it”. 2 minutes later, I open an envelope that had my dads election card from 2004 when my dad was running for sheriff again. It made me so happy. You can’t put a price on something like that! Attached are a few pictures of the car and how it looked back in 2004.
I was around 10 at the time my dad owned it. We took rides in it all the time, so it’s very sentimental to me. So many memories in it. I remember the day he sold it. I always dreamed about finding it again one day and buying it back. I’m still a bit shocked that it’s back home!
It was orangish/red when my dad owned it. It’s had a complete overhaul on its journey away from us! New paint, new interior, motor work; basically new from front to end. It has a few things left to do, but it’s almost done! It’s beautiful and sounds great!
My dad passed away back in 2009. I know he’s looking down and grinning from ear to ear about this.
He was the sheriff of our small town for 8 years. A few days after I bought it, I was in the trunk of the roadrunner going through parts boxes and envelopes that came with the car. Most of it was stickers and hood badges for the car. A few receipts and stuff like that. I mentioned to my girlfriend “how cool would it be to pull something out with my dads name on it”. 2 minutes later, I open an envelope that had my dads election card from 2004 when my dad was running for sheriff again. It made me so happy. You can’t put a price on something like that! Attached are a few pictures of the car and how it looked back in 2004.
