Soldato
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Looks awesome,This is a real car not the **** we get in the UK.
Awesome I think I'd like something powerful, old and Yank, this is my mechanics GTO Judge he's had it years and just keeps adding to it
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His was in a dark heavy metallic green, running a full steel flipfront, Chevy 383, tunnel ram, twin double-pumpers, ridiculously high stall converter that used to make it impossible in traffic and it used to run 11's at Santa Pod in the early 80's, where we used to spend most weekends. Oh, and I remember it used to overheat quite a lot
I'm impressed with the "GM Restoration Parts", I assume this is due to the huge classics market in the US?
This is such an epic car.
I was talking to InvaderGIR the other day about how I'd love '68 Fastback bare shell and build it from the ground up.
But then I saw how much Mustangs had appreciated, and quickly put the idea to bed. Even for a non runner rusted to oblivion you're looking at 8-10k easily
Dude, I know you lurk somewhere in the South East, would love to come and see this at some point in the not too distant future, possible?
Will bring the SLR of course.
Indeed, the fastback has always been a 'thing' for me...shall look around at what else takes my fancy though. A Camero would be nice.Yea. This is effectively a Camaro underneath as well, so there is a lot of aftermarket and OEM support for it.
That's one reason why I went for a Firebird - they're on the up now, following the other period muscle cars, rather than commanding a mental price already.
You can still get a really nice period car if you deviate from the usual choices though, so it's worth looking around. You can even find one of the prime choices for good money if you dig hard enough. Takes time though.
I'd be more than happy to meet up, hopefully there'll be something on soon to take it to anyway. I've just a few more things to do before it hits the show circuit in earnest.
Meeting up would be cool, drop me an email whenever! I wanted to ask you where's best to look for such projects? Any particular magazines or websites?