I’m going to fix that car up one of these days…
Phill remarks on my post showing some of my cars in the woods “That car kinda makes me sad…”, referring to my ‘68 Lemans:
Well, it makes me sad too, but the fact is, when I bought the car for $100 some 20 years ago, it wasn’t in such good shape either.
It had a bad motor, some surface rust and had been sitting for years.
But I built a 455 Pontiac motor for it that had amazing power (here I am in 1988 putting that motor together, the first motor I ever rebuilt)
And I know it’s familiar story, you see an old car in the woods and when you ask the owner if he wants to sell it, he says, “No, I’m going to fix that car up one of these days” and you know he never will. One day it will just disapear.
But do those guys have a stack of fenders, doors and trunk lids tucked away?
Or extra cowls, floors, wheel housings and trunk floors?
A fender, 6x heads and a tripower intake (I know, the tripower is from ‘65, but a 455 and a tripower make a great combo).
A GTO enduro bumper to replace the bent steel bumper currently on the car.
And even some quarter panels cut out of a junkyard car…
All I need now is time and money (though the main problem is living 3000 mi. away).
That makes me considerably less sad! I too have “parts” for the “stuff” that lays in stacks in my shed. All of a sudden, I’m glad my shed’s just out in the backyard!
Comment by Phill — July 2, 2006 @ 11:42 pm
any more pictures of the 1962 cub cadet?
Thanks
Dan
Comment by Dan Keller — March 19, 2007 @ 2:54 pm
thats mad do you have any more pic do y wont to sell it
Comment by stevo — June 11, 2007 @ 3:43 am