What a haul this guy made!

Reply #15 – December 07, 2005, 01:56:21 PM

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You guys don't know what I have to go through sometimes to hide the convertible or keep its location secure.

You don't have to worry, Eric - I won't be coming to Ohio for a while yet :p

Whether you like Chevies or not, just think of the money you could make on eBay with that stuff

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #16 – December 07, 2005, 02:03:54 PM

Man that is freakin awesome! Who hasn't had a daydream about this at one time. Hell I'd be happy to find one nice '70 Chevelle in a barn somewhere.

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I bet no one will be surprised when I say I'm pretty unenthused by this whole story

Rare shiznit or not, Vette's, Camaros, Novas hold absolutely NO interest for me.

Man how can you call yourself a car guy and say that? I LOVE my fox T-bird but I'd give it up for a LS6 Chevelle, big block Nova, or first gen Z/28 any day of the week. I know you don't seem dig anything mainstream and all but jeez. I guess its just me but as long as I think a car is cool and American made I really don't car what it is. Oh well I guess you dont think a 400+ hp from the factory muscle car is cool (but somehow an '80 T-bird is)...different strokes for different folks huh?

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #17 – December 07, 2005, 02:06:11 PM

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You don't have to worry, Eric - I won't be coming to Ohio for a while yet

Who says it's in Ohio...?

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #18 – December 07, 2005, 02:21:37 PM

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Hell I'd be happy to find one nice '70 Chevelle in a barn somewhere.

There's a guy whose house I go by on my way in to school every day...has a '70 Chevelle sitting off by the side of his house with no engine. Looks like it has some rust but overall seems to be in decent shape. It's been sittin there for as long as I can remember, I don't even know what the guy is doing with it (he also has a chevelle wagon and 80's monte ss sitting with it, they've been there forever too)

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #19 – December 07, 2005, 02:27:22 PM

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Man how can you call yourself a car guy and say that?

..different strokes for different folks huh?

If having to like Camaros and the like and drooling over old big-blocks is a requirement for being a "car guy", then I guess I'm not one then.

If I was given any of the cars above, I'd sell it to some over-enthusiastic fan boy and be on my way. I'd use the proceeds to contine on with some of my involved automotive projects(but remember..I'm not a car guy..I just spend most of my time modding and working on them though). I have what I have because I like them and they mean something to me, not what I'm stuck with and am making due and would give up in an instant for some mainstream cool...:flip:

Yes different strokes. Some more different than others :D

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #20 – December 07, 2005, 04:29:52 PM

i'm going to have to agree with chuck on this. yes, the car are cool as hell (to a point), but it's not the same warm and fuzzies as finding a 428 69 mustang coupe, 83-86 turbo coupe with no options at all (maen and lean) with 2k miles, or something so rare, yet so undesirable that's it's actually cool as hell.

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #21 – December 07, 2005, 04:38:58 PM

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Man that is freakin awesome! Who hasn't had a daydream about this at one time. Hell I'd be happy to find one nice '70 Chevelle in a barn somewhere.

Man how can you call yourself a car guy and say that? I LOVE my fox T-bird but I'd give it up for a LS6 Chevelle, big block Nova, or first gen Z/28 any day of the week. I know you don't seem dig anything mainstream and all but jeez. I guess its just me but as long as I think a car is cool and American made I really don't car what it is. Oh well I guess you dont think a 400+ hp from the factory muscle car is cool (but somehow an '80 T-bird is)...different strokes for different folks huh?

I agree completely.... Anybody got his ph #?? :D... Maybe I can puppies off this 5.0 TC for that Yenko or COPO(since those cars all seem to have the wrong engine, it'd be right up his alley)... Hell he could have all three TCs I still have, and the Lightning and the Aerostar and the wife...(oh shiznit I'm gettin carried away)....

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #22 – December 07, 2005, 05:14:00 PM

Hell, I love my nova but I couldn't even read the whole article without getting bored of it.

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #23 – December 07, 2005, 06:08:44 PM

meh...chevy stuff...awesome story. awmazing find but its just not my thing and isnt all that exciting too me.....

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #24 – December 07, 2005, 07:58:52 PM

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There all over the place most Ford guys see it this way. Whats the purpouse of owning it if you can't drive it. You have to be a little excentric to do something of this scale.

Hehe, that's exactly why I want to find the guy who isn't "most" Ford fans, so I can take his low mileage muscle car and enjoy driving it.

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #25 – December 07, 2005, 08:19:04 PM

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Man that is freakin awesome! Who hasn't had a daydream about this at one time. Hell I'd be happy to find one nice '70 Chevelle in a barn somewhere.

Well thats good for me then. My dad bought a nice 70 Chevelle right after I was born. SS 402 Blue White Vinyl Top. I love that car. Wouldnt seem right to let her go. I like the Yenko, expecially the orange:tg:
As for looking in barns, Ive done my fair share. I got my dads 53 Chevy Sedan, a 65 El Camino, 72 C10, 85 Sierra Grande, 58 THUNDERBIRD, a 67 C10 and a 55 willys 4 door. All for FREE BABY. Actually the TBird is my Grandpas, he wants me to restore it, so I can take it to Senior Prom in 5 months WooHoo

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #26 – December 08, 2005, 12:02:38 AM

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he wants me to restore it, so I can take it to Senior Prom in 5 months WooHoo

Umm...5 months? Better get busy.

I love muscle cars of all makes, but they're all gettin so expensive nowadays...they're turning into the new street rods:mad:

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #27 – December 08, 2005, 02:20:49 AM

So when I get old and go crazy you guys are going to fight over my TC stash??

What a haul this guy made!

Reply #28 – December 08, 2005, 02:21:53 AM

What`s the point of buy the half of GM muscle cars and parts, store and rarely drive them...? I would do this if i can live 200 years at least. Otherwise, seems without any sense to get that wonderful cars and die at 70....

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Reply #29 – December 08, 2005, 08:11:29 AM

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I have what I have because I like them and they mean something to me, not what I'm stuck with and am making due and would give up in an instant for some mainstream cool...

I agree and I am sure that you are probably more knowledgable than I am when I comes to working on cars. I'm just saying that I get so tired of people flaming on something because its too mainstream. Yeah I get tired of seeing '69 camaros in mags too...but the fact is that muscle cars were amazing right out of the box. Yeah right now they're pretty popular and waaaaay overpriced. But there is a reason they are so popular and most people never give our cars a second look. I'll be first to admit that one reason I like my T-bird so much is that it is different and I take back the statement about giving it up because I probably never would. My old man had a '69 Chevelle with a big block when he was in college. The stories he and his buddies tell about that car are amazing...hell he helped pay his tuition by drag racing. So for me its reasons like that that I'm so interested in 60's cars. Sorry if I came off wrong and pi$$ed you off but I am having a hard time understanding why anyone would dislike something just because its "too popular".