4th 68 in a row
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4th 68 in a row
i swear it like we have a production line going. 
completed june '09
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completed april '10
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for most part, completed jan '11. still have a couple things to finish up.
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and here's the latest. trying to have this done by the end of july. i promised the owner he'd be driving this to the woodward dream cruise august.
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number 5 should be done late this year, early next.....
completed june '09
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completed april '10
151.jpg
for most part, completed jan '11. still have a couple things to finish up.
075.jpg
and here's the latest. trying to have this done by the end of july. i promised the owner he'd be driving this to the woodward dream cruise august.
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34.jpg
37.jpg
number 5 should be done late this year, early next.....
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Great looking cars! I really like the one currently under construction.
I think a guy with a sienna '71 442 who lives in your vicinity told me about that black F-85 Ram Rod 3 or 4 years ago. I'll assume there aren't that many of those in that upper NE quadrant of the state.
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I think a guy with a sienna '71 442 who lives in your vicinity told me about that black F-85 Ram Rod 3 or 4 years ago. I'll assume there aren't that many of those in that upper NE quadrant of the state.
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Not surprising. I was checking out his 442 that was parked in the registration lot at the '07 GM Nats at Carlisle as I was leaving in my SX. He showed up and started giving me some generally unbelievable BS about the history and purchase of his 442 (which was extremely nice) and eventually I decided he was just fooling with me, saying that he knew about a black F-85 RamRod post coupe for sale to see what I'd say.
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Is that a factory shade of blue? I like that color and its hard to tell online what shade it is when you compare it to a paint chip. Also love the stance and wheel/tire combo of the black car. It's badass.
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thought i'd share a couple pics of 68 #5 from earlier in this thread.....almost complete. still waiting for a couple of trim pieces to come back from polishing/plating, and new seat belts.
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and as if we haven't done enough of them already, 68 #6 (in a row) is in the background of the third pic.
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and as if we haven't done enough of them already, 68 #6 (in a row) is in the background of the third pic.
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#6 (68 442 vert) is in the background in the 3rd pic of the maroon car. here's what it looked like when we brought it home to start the restoration. right now, it's the wrong color. it'll look pretty much just like the teal 442 above (which is the correct color for the vert), exterior and interior, except for the white top and fender stripes.
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Do you have more pics on a website or that you can share? The underhood W car shots are helpful. Do you do the paint and body? They all look great.
Also how big is your shop? Looks like there is room to get alot of work done.
Matt
Also how big is your shop? Looks like there is room to get alot of work done.
Matt
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other than rebuilding engines, transmissions and rear ends, everything gets done in house, in 2 bays. body work, paint, chassis, interior, sandblasting (in the back yard), etc. there isn't much that we can't/don't do ourselves.
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no, we don't have a website. just a father and son deal building cars out of 2 bays of a 4 car garage. we don't advertise or anything like that. maybe i could work on a photobucket slideshow or something like that to show you more pics.
other than rebuilding engines, transmissions and rear ends, everything gets done in house, in 2 bays. body work, paint, chassis, interior, sandblasting (in the back yard), etc. there isn't much that we can't/don't do ourselves.
other than rebuilding engines, transmissions and rear ends, everything gets done in house, in 2 bays. body work, paint, chassis, interior, sandblasting (in the back yard), etc. there isn't much that we can't/don't do ourselves.
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ya, the door panels, seat covers, and carpet. i pretty sure the headliners are REM (i can't remember 
). you definately have to dick around with the stuff to make it fit, but once it's done the stuff looks good.
the last couple of cars we did we took the seats to a some what local guy to cover them. we try to cover them before ourselves, and they weren't made right, sewn right, and we'd end up taking them to him to have him alter the covers. so, we just take them right to him now. we don't even try to mess with them.
). you definately have to dick around with the stuff to make it fit, but once it's done the stuff looks good.the last couple of cars we did we took the seats to a some what local guy to cover them. we try to cover them before ourselves, and they weren't made right, sewn right, and we'd end up taking them to him to have him alter the covers. so, we just take them right to him now. we don't even try to mess with them.
