[joe_padavano]

Originally Posted by FourFourDeuce

Thanks a lot, Joe.

Here's a link to the car.

http://www.coolcarsforsale.net/showc...fl_175_1001177

Has the correct trumpets and he says it comes with the original rims. Too good to be true for that price or a bargain if it is as he says it is?

That car's definitely had a lot of work done to it. Those trumpets do not look right. Maybe it's the angle of the picture, but the flared portion does not look correct. Ask if this car has 2 1/2" exhaust pipes. The OEM tail pipes were 2" and the tips are shaped differently.

What's going on with the inside door handle on the driver's door? The handle should be horizontal, not angled upwards. If it's just put back on the mechanism in the wrong orientation, that's easy to fix, but be sure it isn't due to some other problem.

The car has obviously been repainted. The white side stripes were added and are not original. In 1968 if you ordered the side stripes the 442 emblems on the fenders were repositioned further back towards the edge of the door, This was done so the stripe would be centered between the back of the wheel opening and the front edge of the door at the bottom of the fender. Notice on this car how the bottom of the stripe hits the back of the wheel opening. That is not correct.

I'm also always nervous when I see a repaint like this. What's going on with the sheetmetal under the "resale red" paint?

Finally, and this is not a criticism of this particular car, why do people put this much money and effort into a car like this and leave the crappy front drum brakes on it?