Lombard 8/28/21
Today was a great day / evening at Lombard.
My good friend Peter Solmo and his son Anthony...Debuted Anthony`s Beautiful 1988 5.0 LX Notch Mustang. This is a car that Anthony has been after for a long, long time. Anthony had no luck getting through the owner...until the day Anthony decided to write the owner a letter. The owner was obviously smart enough to know that his Mustang would be a great hands with Anthony. The deal was finally finalized and Anthony was finally the new owner of his Dream Car! Peter and Anthony did a Wonderful and Beautiful Preservation on Anthony`s LX Mustang. I voted the Mustang as The Best in Show at Lombard. As we all know all too well....there is nothing much better than a Father / Son Project. Peter cherish these Special Times....Priceless Memories! Well Done Anthony....you made me Proud! Dan |
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According to the Marti Report Anthony’s Mustang with the Blue Cloth Interior combined with the Regatta Blue Exterior is less than 304 produced in 1988. |
Awesome!
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I love these cars, lots of good memories from my high school days.
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Nice pics Dan! It was so cool seeing Anthony out for the first time with the car of his dreams!! Priceless!!
Mike |
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This LX looks great in pics, but even better in the flesh. Anthony found himself a Holy Grail car! |
Charlie,
Peter will have your Chair Ready and polished with Meguiars Mirror Glaze #7 for you, LOL. Dan |
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Dan - what's the story on the blue 67 Impala in the background? |
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I will allow Mike Ruhl (Owner) to tell his story. Dan |
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I moved in April of 1989, and shortly after, I was introduced to the original owner, Hank. I was teased with many stories about the car, sitting in his garage since 1974, yes, 1974 but he never showed it to me or anyone else for that matter. Just the kind of guy he was, but he loved to talk about the car. It was ordered 12/66 from Spradlin Chevrolet in Park Ridge IL where Hank was employed. He was a GM mechanic his whole life. It was built in the Janesville plant, delivered to the dealer at the end of January of 67. From day 1, he kept a gas log and recorded miles on the car, MPG, how much per gallon and so on. He did this till the last time he put fuel in it. That was June of 1972. When I purchased it, the car had 20 miles added to what he had recorded and that was from starting it up once or twice a year, driving it around the neighborhood then back to the climate controlled garage to sit. It never left the garage after 1974. Hank passed in 2005 and never got to enjoy the Impala again. He had intentions of one day getting it going again, but that never happened. Sad. When he ordered it, he obviously did not want the SS package, but he did order the L36 427 under the hood. Backed by a turbo 400, 12 bolt posi with 3:31 gears. Factory a/c P/W and disc brakes to name a few options. Bench seat, column shifted. It has the gauge package. Marina blue with a black vinyl top. His wife decided to let it go, again in 2015 when I purchased it. Short trip across the street and it was in my climate controlled garage. It's what the car has been use too!!! The fun began! We dropped the tank, had it flushed, cleaned, new plugs points. Oil in the cylinders, pulled the distributer to prime the engine. It fired right up!! Crazy! Sounded great!! Fuel pump lasted about 20min and we had to replace that. It still retains everything else original! Water pump, exhaust is original except the tail pipes. He wanted to remove the resonators. It even is still running today with the original plug wires!!! I forgot to mention the miles. It had 16k on it in 2015 and just turned over 18k a few weeks ago when I was giving it a little exercise. I have every piece of paperwork from when the car was ordered to when it arrived at the dealer. It really gets lots of attention when I bring it out to any local cruise night. I always have to tell everyone, it is all original paint, thats when people show the interest, once they realize it is not restored. Anyway, I rambled on enough for now. The car has a lot of unique touches that Hank did to the car that I have chose to leave alone and just preserve the car. One being a caprice rear bumper and tail light set up because he wanted to make the sequential!! Enjoy the pics! Mike |
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Like I have said many times.... This may very well be the very best survivor 1967 427 Impala out there.....and even better is that Mike is the perfect owner of this amazing Impala. Plus, may I add the AC blows super super cold :)
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I can still remember the text you sent me that day: "Come to my house, now!" LOL!
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I remember that well Charlie!! That was a great day and the beginning of some fun garage nights!!! |
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Garage Nights....you had the Hot Dogs and Chevrolet....all that was missing was the Baseball and Apple Pies :)
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I live right around the corner and although I never knew Hank you knew how much he loved this car once you have seen it. I know in my heart that Hank knows the car is in good hands and would approve of what Mike has done to preserve and put this amazing car back on the road. Hank, rest assured that Mike will keep the legacy of your beautiful 1967 Impala alive for a very long time and you couldn't have picked a better owner!
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Wow - thanks for sharing. Exceptional car, love the story.
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