Anyone in Western PA?

442w30 · #1 05-02-2004, 04:14 AM

It was Cranberry Red. I don't remember tranny, but I bet it was a stick. I took a pic of it but it did not come out. Owner's father was quite elderly and was bragging how much the cars were going for. Of course, I tried to reason him to no avail.

"What hp?"
"A lot."
"The 454 has a lot. This is a 396."
"The boy's uncle told me it had the biggest hp."
(In my mind,) "Grrrr . . . "

**bkhpah** · #2 05-02-2004, 05:03 AM

We are not far from Bentlyville....BKH

442w30 · #3 05-04-2004, 05:39 AM

C'mon guys! If you want the car bad enough, you should be emailing ME, not vice versa!

Anyway, what I recall from 1996, I got off the Bentleyville exit of the Turnpike, then probably made a right. Not far from there was a service garage on the left. It was attached to a house. A very old man owned it. His son's car, of which he was the original owner (and lived in W. Virginia), was out back in the house's garage. A few hundred yards further on the street, for a frame of reference, was a strip mall on the right.

If anyone follows up on this, I'd appreciate an update on the car just for curiosity's sake. Happy hunting!

442w30 · #4 06-13-2005, 07:51 AM

Well, guess who was passing by the other day . . .

**Mr70** · #5 06-13-2005, 08:08 AM

Tell us more...

442w30 · #6 06-13-2005, 09:02 AM

What's more to tell? There was a lot more crap on the car this time. I now know the tach would have helped determine what 396 it had, but with the things blocking the doors . . . but it's an original red no stripe car.

It's been 9 years. Old man is now 82. They didn't remember me. His wife still was standoff-ish too.

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