| Bill Pritchard |
08-12-2020 11:09 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by tom406
(Post 1510385)
That poor thing was barely 4 years old and it was already thru the ringer and DONE.
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You got that right, Tom. Bought it from a guy who worked in the body shop at a local Ford dealer. When I had the body & paint work done (by a good friend), he said there was not an undamaged panel on the car. Back then I had a strong dislike for the Lime frost green color, but I like it now. The dark green color I had it painted was a 74 Ford color, with a Cadillac Firemist color pinstripe on the sides.
I sold it in the fall of 75 to a friend, who sold it to another friend that put a 5.38 gear in it and got it down in the 11.70's. With that gear he was running the motor to 8000 rpm....with stock stamped steel rocker arms :eek2: Needless to say, it didn't last long. He came to me wanting me to build him another motor....I declined. He sold the car to yet another friend, who had a chassis put under it and painted it maroon....still with the green headliner inside :blush: He sold it to someone in Wisconsin around 1980 and I've never seen or heard of it since. |
