[PeteLeathersac]

Cool story and reminded me of another of my lost loves although far from my first. . Pretty sure it was Dec. '81....I was working at the boneyard and answered the phone from a guy asking what we were paying for cars. . I told him the standard answer of $40 for complete w/ battery, rad etc and asked what he had. . A 70 Chev. 2 dr. was the reply and since I knew a guy w/ a '69 Impala 2 Dr. Hdtp who needed doors I told him I'd give more if the doors were good. . A day or so later a guy walked into the shop about 5 minutes to closing and said he had the '70 Chev outside. . I walked out the door and there it was....a '70 Chevelle 2 Dr. Hdtp. w/ 307 and Turbo-350, red w/ perfect white bench interior and only 57,000 thou on it! . His wife was waiting in a new Malibu and honked at him as if to hurry up so I paid him the $45 he asked me for and off he went. . The only thing bad was the rear bumper chrome and I remember pulling a beautiful one off a green 4 door, adding front shocks and a headlight and hit the road. . Great car, great times for a year or so 'til a lady in a '73 Impala came around a corner and creamed my complete driver's side writing off the car. . The insurance gave me $1800 I think and the car back. . I put on a used orange fender and door, welded on a quarter w/ a rusty wheel lip and cut the good lip section off the mangled fender and welded it to the rusty quarter. . Some guy bought it off me before I put even any bondo to it and I never saw it again. . Be great to do it all again and nothing to do w/ the Chevelle but here's what I'm thinking now after reflecting....I wonder why did Chevy only offer a full size 2 Dr. Hdtp. and no Post Sedan for '70 when it was the same bodys as '69??? ~ Pete