[Born30YrsLate]

Many thanks for all the compliments so far!...it was great talking with everyone at the show (Mr. Tuckman it was good to finally meet in person after numerous phone calls/emails/part transactions on Motion stuff) but there were so many more people there that I had hoped to talk with but didn’t get the chance, eg Nelson, Mr M22 Mike and the list goes on, wish I could been able to be there all weekend. There were also a number of other individuals that helped along the way with locating parts, selling NOS parts I just had to have, restoring parts, trailering the car around (Mr. Wheelhop) and etc. Rick Nelson at MCRD did a great job on the factory shifter rebuild as well as riveting the ball joints on the A-arms. When Doug says he played a small part he is being very humble! By the time I got the car he had done lots or research, accumulated a good number of the parts needed for the restoration and always came through when a crisis hit.

I’d be more than happy to do the Red/Red COPO…all Doug has to do is sign the title over and I’ll be right down to pick it up – HA! I tell you what, the most tempting part of the red/red car is the 7-14-69 ship date, same month and day as my birthday, albeit 9 years earlier. Oh man I can already picture the Day2 look to give this car, not as wild as the “Bumblee COPO” though.

I overheard many positive comments at the show, but also did here some along the lines of “why would he put that interior in that car?”...HA!

And yes Joe – I actually have a designated drinking chair in the garage. The car got delivered Monday afternoon so that night I got’r settled in on the vintage orange shag carpet. I tell you what, what an assault on the senses between looking at the car, the taste of PBR, listening to 45s playing classic rock on the jukebox, and the smell of race gas exhaust…

Some more pics includin details you won’t see unless you crawl around the car soon to follow (CureRides, Thrush mufflers)…