Congrat's Rick Nelson
 

Nice article in Muscle Car Review on the resto of the first LS 6 built............Great Job Rick and Annie!!

Ken

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Just got mine today and saw that as well when flipping through the pages, will read it tonight.

Congratulations!

Jake

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Congrats Rick and Annie - can't wait to read it!

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I will have to find this magazine...

Congrats Rick and Annie!

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I will have to find this magazine...

Congrats Rick and Annie! </div></div>

X2!

I thought I had a subscription to that magazine several years ago and it went out of business, or am I thinking of a different magazine?

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Rick and Annie Rock! Congrats!

Dan

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Congrats!

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Don't tell me I gotta buy another car mag.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]

First Sully, then Sam...and now Rick &amp; Annie [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Well we got one from the East and one from the West...guess it is only fair to include the farmers in the middle [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/flag.gif[/img]

Nice job.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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I've got a subscription but it's not here yet. Very cool! Congrats.
Schonye

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Congrats Rick and Annie. Good to see your shop get the ink. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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C[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]NGRATS Rick and Annie!!!
Looking forward to reading the article!.

Cool site page w/ the resto of this same car!.
http://www.musclecarrestorationandde...ilot/index.htm

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~ Pete

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Thanks all but the real thanks goes out to Mark Mitchell for giving us the opportunity to restore this unique piece of history and trusting us to do it the way it should be done. He was and is a great customer and is now letting us do his 70 Z28/M22 4.10 car. I am sure it will be another 3 weeks before I find this issue on the newsstand so until then.......

Here is the magazine

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CONGRATES TO THE BOTH OF YOU !!! Well deserving!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Rick, you were very conservative on the amount of metal removed and replaced. Was this the owners request? Very different approach compared to other shops.

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[img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Congrats! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

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Can't wait to see it..awesome people ..congrats!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

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Roger, the restoration was fully photo documented and many of the photos are posted on our webpage. As far as how much metal was removed, we try and retain as much of the original sheet metal as possible. This is usually more expensive but many people prefer to have &quot;original sheetmetal&quot; in their car as opposed to replacements regardless if they are NOS. We are also able to preserve most all the factory spot welds and die marks using this method. All joints are butt welded removing any signs of the work that was performed and leaving a flawless seam. Floor pans are usually a different story as that is just too cost prohibitive to repair versus replace. The entire floor pan on this car was replaced with a one piece donor from Arizona. Hopefully that answered your question.

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Very nice job Rick and Annie! Well-deserved congrats to you both....and Hollywood too, I'm sure he Must have had something to do with it! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

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That is just a great cover shot! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img]


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../MCR1103FS.jpg

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Congrats Rick. Looked at your webpage the other night. Cool page!

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Congrats Rick,
I will be proud to post the cover of that magazine in my facebook club.
Can't wait to buy the magazine at a store shelf.
1st LS6 car WOW !!

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Congrats Rick &amp; Annie;

Waiting for my copy to show up over here...way to go!

Cheers
Cal

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Good job! Congrats. Car looks great!
Peter

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Well done!

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Picked up a copy from the newsstand yesterday.

Congrats. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

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As if one cover was not good enough, Mark (Late BrakeU2) went and got himself on yet another cover in the same month! Way to go Mark. Some nice accomplishments.

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n...s/2edebf93.jpg

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Mark is a cool cat (as he likes to say ) [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

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And there is yet another one coming out with his name on it. Should be next month. Way to go Mark.

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Great job Rick.Really like the way you restore cast parts. Excellent work.

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Mark is a cool cat (as he likes to say ) </div></div>

I like cats [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]...and Chevelles! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/headbang.gif[/img]

CONGRATULATIONS Mark, Rick &amp; Annie!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/youguysrock.gif[/img]

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Congrats [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

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Picked up two copies today....and now I have exceeded my magazine budget for the 1st quarter [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

Looks like a cool story....I'm sure Annie did most of the work [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/3gears.gif[/img]

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Why 2 copies Tommy? Arn't they both the same? Did you ask Karen if you could buy 2?

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Just received my copy today.All i can say is,you do excellent work Rick.Mark,nice to see your car on the cover of MCR.

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Thanks again. I have worked for 29 years to get a car on the cover and this is only my second time so we are quite happy.

I have tried to get Mark to comment but he hates attention and feels that the car should get the credit anyway and says he is just the caretaker. Thank goodness for caretakers like Mark.

As far as Annie doing most of the work I will say she did in fact did do a lot of it. She was a huge help on the headliner as well as many other areas. She loves working on these cars and in the shop and I will certainly not get in her way with that kind of enthusiasm especially when I am not paying her much if anything right now. She loves it so much she in fact took on a part time office/shop job with a custom rod shop in Springfield. Nothing like coming home to my gal and she smells like gear lube! Sometimes when I hug her I feel like I am hugging one of my car buddies. I gotta post some pictures of her someday when she is working in the shop. Quite comical.

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----Rick,,,I had to dig my way out and hit a Barnes and Noble to see what all the hubub is about. Great article, great car. Red Alert is early, but not that early!.....Bill S

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Congrats to Rick, Annie, and Mark on the cover car.....nice article. That car deserves to receive the attention considering what it represents in the musclecar era.

Seems like many these days express that they don't care for the green colors of yesteryear but when a Forest Green ext. is done well it is a great color as is shown with your Pilot Car example.

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Congrats to Mark, Rick. and Annie. I remember when Harry Snow found that car, and now it received the restoration it deserved. A piece of automotive history!
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Rick, Stopped into Barnes and Noble today. What a fantastic article and stunning restoration! Congrats again.

Dan