i bought my GP ffrom a kid ( i'm still young at 22) around town 2 years ago. he had it for a year before me. the owner before that is the one that did the work and owned it for 18 years. i was thrilled to finally meet him. he started pointing things out to me on the car. he did the paint himself, he put the 79 taillights on and the 78 grill. he pointed out the welded frame. he replaced the frame from the rear wheels back. also dug in his garage and found me a replacement back seat and gas tank. also some touch up paint. he informed me the heads have some shaved off, the crank and rods are both 10 under and the cylinders are 60 over. :shock: i may not have a 350!! :lol: anyways he is a really cool guy. he was thrilled that someone that appreciates the car is owning it.
end of story. it was just an awesome feeling to finally talk to him. before this i would be sitting at a red light and some one would pull up and be like 'hey! i helped build this car... the crank is 10 over.' or ' hey, theres some head work on that car.' or ' that car hit a deer before.'
for the longest time i was wanting to put a crate motor in there just because the engine was a mystery to me and that has always kinda bugged me.
any one else have any similar stories?
end of story. it was just an awesome feeling to finally talk to him. before this i would be sitting at a red light and some one would pull up and be like 'hey! i helped build this car... the crank is 10 over.' or ' hey, theres some head work on that car.' or ' that car hit a deer before.'
for the longest time i was wanting to put a crate motor in there just because the engine was a mystery to me and that has always kinda bugged me.
any one else have any similar stories?