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My Old's
I bought my first Old's, a '68 Cutlass Convertible, for $900.00 about 17 years ago. a total rust bucket, bought right out of a farmers field. It ran quite well after putting a new battery in it. Drove it home about 150 miles and watched the freeway passing beneath my feet...hot sweaty summer day but was I happy. I bought it to replace my '70 Z28 that needed too much. I drove it to work , year around I might add, after putting a new top on it. During that first winter the factory exhaust pretty much disentegrated from rust. Not having a garage at the time and having very little extra money ( raising 5 kids ) I laid in the snowy, slushy, cold street for many days installing headers. I had to take the headers ( drivers side ) on and off about 8 times. I had to beat clearance into one of the pipes to make clearance for the 4 speed linkage....I will never forget feeling so close to being done so many times only to hear that linkage hitting the headers and having to pull them again and hammer so more....ah to be a kid with boundless enthusiaism & "expertise". The following summer while driving home from work the rings came apart in one cyclinder and the smoked poured out while I made it home and parked it. We moved to a house with a garage and the project started. frame off, restored that by myself ( had kids help and the shop for some bushing presses etc). had over 3k into the frame alone. Split up with my ex, beautiful frame covered and waiting for the next chapter. Moved into an apt. The City came by the ex's house ( where the frame sat ) and said get rid of the "junk" in the driveway...she bothered not to tell me about the notice...frame was loaded and taken to the scrap yard, unretrieveable per the city.sold the body to a guy who only wanted the top frame to make some year Monte a convertible....fast forward another 10 years and I bought this ( pictured ) '68 to start anew, needless to say this is in much better condition, tired drivetrain and suspension but it looks good while I start the process again.
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