My name is Jason, 3 years ago I lived in a small town.... Had no vehicle.... I worked as a bouncer on the weekends and made only 150/week. I was playing pool one day and a kid I was playing wanted to learn we started meeting up there a few days a week and he had to leave early to do chores on his dad's farm. I asked him if he wanted help. I ended up helping him feeding cows and such for a little while and he started showing me around the farm. I seen an old ass yellow car sitting in one of the barns and asked him what they were doing with it. He told me it just sits there, he tried selling it the summer before and nobody wanted it cause it was a 4-door. I was looking it over and it looked in decent shape had rust and what not. He started it up and we went for a ride down the back roads and showed me all the acres that belongs to his family. When we got back i asked him what he was asking for it. He laughed and asked me "why? do you want it?" I explained that the only reason I was working at the bar was I had no vehicle. He said "here, pay me when you start making extra money" he gave me the keys just like that... That car has been my daily driver for 3 years and I haven't put more than $1500 into including what I paid for it. I can't put gas in it without someone saying: "wow what year is that?" "havent seen one of those in a long time" "not many of those around" "I/my friend had one like that with the 302 in it, that baby was fast!" Replaced: solenoid ball joints bushings brakes muffler shocks radiator (single core all aluminum welded) all hoses main bearings rod bearings (has .002 clearance with standard sizes) rear main seal brass freeze/expansion plugs battery (Optima-redtop) oil pan gasket head gasket rebuilt the carter rbs carb all cylinders 110+compression *has HID bulbs with Projector headlight housings. *bucket seats out of a toyota truck. (the ones that make you sit almost on the floor) *white gauge sets w/ LED upgrades in the dash (drilled new holes and repositioned the LED's for a brighter glow. *cut out the old stereo bezel to fit the touchscreen ghost cd player *has relay upgrades on headlights and blower motor *did alternator upgrade to 75amp w/internal regulator *accel super stock coil *8mm accel wires *bluestreak condensor currently experimenting..... running 42* on the dwell and 14*advanced on the timing 195* thermostat with 89 octane fuel very good results very smooth. just started the body work.
Sounds like a keeper! I have done that for people in the past. Do you have better employment now? You should post some before & after pics!
to my 4 door brother.. My quad door weighs 2860 with full tank and the trunk full of all highway trip gear and supplies. I prefer the looks as well.
