Came across this on youtube
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Great car and great story. And how about JCPenney, what a great place in the 70s - where you could buy fairly decent audio equipment; and a carb, headers, and manifold for your newly purchased W-30 442.
Then turn high 11s at the track. Nice!
Then turn high 11s at the track. Nice!
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And it is not only stripes that arrived at the dealer's lots imperfect, so did badges, among other things. On my '70 442, the right hand fender, the trailing 2 of the 442 badge is crooked when compared to the preceeding double 4s. I could have hogged out the holes and made the 2 more perfect, but why? As the guy in this video states: " They (the factory workers) often didn't get it right."
#11
I agree! It is always exciting to see such an example surface, especially with all the documented history this one retains.
The paperwork and photographs smacks one right in the face, detailing historical events, and people associated with this particular automobile, something only documentation can do; and because of this, docs rule.
The paperwork and photographs smacks one right in the face, detailing historical events, and people associated with this particular automobile, something only documentation can do; and because of this, docs rule.
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#13
Indeed.. can you imagine owning today’s restoration back in the 70’s? We would all be afraid to drive the car..I remember stripping and prepping one of my gto’s, a 67 in around 1977, Imron paint was the rage..Ford dealer bodyshop sprayed it for me..couldn’t believe how it glowed compared to the old acrylic enamel stuff. My 70 442 has never been apart, the gaps, the trunk spatter paint , all factory, a lot to be desired for sure..
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