Re: Greetings from a newbie!

[chevetteroadwarrior@xxxx]

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Freddie.
Thats a great looking ride you have. You could go either way, restore 
or hotrod. Myself, I like the hotrod look. Im v8ing my 73 right now. 
Unfortunatly I am using my readily available sbc engine and 2 speed 
powerglide tranny. Im catching flak, but financially I had no choice. 
Im also tubbing it out at this time. Running 18.5 Mickey Thompsons 
with a narrowed 10 bolt. Im all pumped up. Well let us know what you 
decide. Rod 









-- In gremlintime@xxxx, purple_swirl@xxxx wrote:
> I brought my baby home last weekend after replacing the fuel pump 
and 
> a rubber hose at the seller's home. It was a 60 mile ride back to 
my 
> place...the car had been in storage but had been maintained by the 
> seller's father...started up etc. well, the old girl just sailed 
> home...a lifter making noise but that was all...the power in the V8 
> was something else...she wanted to fly! i slowly got her up to 60 
mph 
> on the freeway...this morning when i went to start here. the float 
in 
> the carb was stuck..so i will have to do something with that..but i 
> drove it around town today...vroom vrooom vrooom! engine purring 
like 
> a kitten...roar, roar, roar...power steering and brakes are 
> supreme...question now is...restore to collector's edition...or put 
> in some higher performance stuff...intake manifold, carb, exhaust? 
> hmmmm...i am going to paint her the honda inca pearl gold, and try 
to 
> get a detail person to copy the hockey stick stripe in black...in 
any 
> event i will be pulling out all the stops to make this one a great 
> car again!
> PS..only paid $435 USD for this car($650 Cdn)...she was so fun to 
> drive today...can't wait to get her fixed up and take her to AMC 
> meets in the pacific north west...and hang out with other Amc 
buffs! 
> the odometer reads 43,000 miles...only two owners...the second one 
> bought the car in '85 but only drove it a short distance to college 
> and back...the condition of the seats might lead me to believe it 
has 
> turned 100,000 but I don't know..it may well be that the 43,000 are 
> original. 
> 
> Freddie
> ps. posting a few pics in the album