440six
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This was my first car that I bought when I turned 16 in 1979. I drove it a couple years through out high school then parked it. I ended up giving it away in 1981 to a friends older brother who wanted something to play around with in his spare time. It sat behind his house with a tarp covering it for 26 years.
In April 2007 I met my high school buddy and was informed the car was sitting untouched, his brother never did get around restoring it. I phoned him and asked if he would sell the car back to me, which he did for the same price as he paid for it $0.00.
Picture from 1979
When I first saw it after 26 years. Took me back to a simplier time
Orginal motor looking tired, but all there. Even the M/T valve covers which was the first thing I did to the car. The originals were even still at my dads farm.
I decided to do a complete rotissorie restoration on it. I have a friend who's a mopar guru.
In November 07 we had it ready for the major body work that would be needed to get it right.
I took it to a respected bodyman who works only on mopars. He's got 4 mopars on the go.
He's replaced pretty much everything from cross members to frame rails on the car. Anything that we thought was not 100% we changed.
The body work should be done in a couple months, most of the power train has been restored.
The motor has been rebuilt, waiting for the carb to come back then on the dyno
It has a green houndstooth cloth interior. Legendary had a roll of original chrysler material.
The Dash was done by Justdashes, turned out really nice.
The Grille & rear tail panel are all redone ready to go back on the car. I'm taking lots of pictures as the resto moves ahead. Hopefully it will be done by the summer of 09.
In April 2007 I met my high school buddy and was informed the car was sitting untouched, his brother never did get around restoring it. I phoned him and asked if he would sell the car back to me, which he did for the same price as he paid for it $0.00.
Picture from 1979
When I first saw it after 26 years. Took me back to a simplier time
Orginal motor looking tired, but all there. Even the M/T valve covers which was the first thing I did to the car. The originals were even still at my dads farm.
I decided to do a complete rotissorie restoration on it. I have a friend who's a mopar guru.
In November 07 we had it ready for the major body work that would be needed to get it right.
I took it to a respected bodyman who works only on mopars. He's got 4 mopars on the go.
He's replaced pretty much everything from cross members to frame rails on the car. Anything that we thought was not 100% we changed.
The body work should be done in a couple months, most of the power train has been restored.
The motor has been rebuilt, waiting for the carb to come back then on the dyno
It has a green houndstooth cloth interior. Legendary had a roll of original chrysler material.
The Dash was done by Justdashes, turned out really nice.
The Grille & rear tail panel are all redone ready to go back on the car. I'm taking lots of pictures as the resto moves ahead. Hopefully it will be done by the summer of 09.
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