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for the mopar lovers......

the guy that owns the 63 impala above, here's his superbird. we're gonna be doing some work on this in the next month or so.

Is it real?

Lol. I used to play with mustangs and whenever your out in a saleen or roush people are always asking if its real so I had to go there. I'm sure he hears it all the time. I'm no Mopar fan but those superbirds are damn sexy

That would be a real pleasure to work on...what work does it need, though?? Looks great!

Only Plymouth I drool over........ok, maybe a really sharp GTX too...

gomachv wrote:Is it real?

Lol. I used to play with mustangs and whenever your out in a saleen or roush people are always asking if its real so I had to go there. I'm sure he hears it all the time. I'm no Mopar fan but those superbirds are damn sexy

A coworker had a Shinoda Boss mustang and some guy asked her that. Just thought what a dumb question. Yes its a real mustang, yes its a real car, yes its a real shinoda boss, yes its faster than your civic. So of course my question is, how many fake mustangs are there?

scr8p wrote:for the mopar lovers......

the guy that owns the 63 impala above, here's his superbird. we're gonna be doing some work on this in the next month or so.

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And all these hondas thought they were being original with a 5' wing. .Love it.
gonna have to subscribe to this thread and go thru when I get time.

Coelacanth wrote:what work does it need, though?? Looks great!

it's an older restoration. there's some things that need to be freshened up underneath the car. for instance..... the rear leaf spring are hazed up a little bit (rust), so they need to be stripped and redone. the lid on the master cylinder leaked and where it was dripping it ate some of the paint off in the engine compartment. so that'll get fixed up and resprayed. he also wants to yank the trans and have it rebuilt and put in a new clutch.

the biggest thing is at one point in time it was rear ended. well, the rear body panel is pretty much bondo from one side to the other. it wouldn't such a big deal, but the bondo is cracked at each hole where the letter studs go through. so, it all needs to be grounded out and fixed.

Is that the rarest car you've worked on? Only 1,935 of those ended up at American dealerships, with less than 50 ending up in Canada. According to Wikipedia (hardly a trustworthy resource, but...) it's estimated only about 1000 of those still exist.

Coelacanth wrote: it's estimated only about 1000 of those still exist.

I'd be willing to bet thats about twice of what actual numbers of these things still exist.

they are one of the only mopar machines to do anything for me...maybe the cuda or gtx would but these are just plain cool

Todd

I knew someone who destroyed one. He said thought he was doing about 150 when he rolled it. He said he was able to save the engine, that's it.

Cool car!

Coelacanth wrote:Is that the rarest car you've worked on? Only 1,935 of those ended up at American dealerships, with less than 50 ending up in Canada. According to Wikipedia (hardly a trustworthy resource, but...) it's estimated only about 1000 of those still exist.

The rarest car we restored would be the 68 hurst olds from earlier in this thread. Its 1 of 515, but being as though it had a/c, its actually 1 of 183 (somewhere around there).

That car will be going across the block at barrett jackon (scottsdale) in january. Unfortunately, I bet we won't get the recognition for the resto.

You do a great job restoring these old classics. What car has been your hardest project and what was your favorite project?

scr8p wrote:That car will be going across the block at barrett jackon (scottsdale) in january. Unfortunately, I bet we won't get the recognition for the resto.

Don't worry scr8p, I will always give you credit for working on my cars!

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Halgar wrote:Don't worry scr8p, I will always give you credit for working on my cars!

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thanks.

Dirtdiver wrote:You do a great job restoring these old classics. What car has been your hardest project and what was your favorite project?

you know........ it's hard to say. each one presents it's own challenges that needs to be worked through. i would have to say that the 55 olds gasser would be at the top of the list for most difficult. my favorite......... that's a tough one. this 68 f-85 is probably up at the top. i'm really into the whole pro touring stuff so this one was right up my alley. plus, it's so plain jane. all of the cool stuff (suspension/brakes) is underneath.

I love those air inlets!