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In my travels today, I stumbled across a "collision" shop that is actually more of a restoration shop, and was I glad that I bothered stopping in.
First, I had noticed a '69 Hemi Charger in the front showroom and thought that if I didn't go in, I was no kind of true-blue "carnut". Once inside, I met a tech who gave me the nickel tour. Let's start with the '71 GS 350 convertible waiting the start of it's resto. Next, there was a '71 Road Runner. Oh, did I forget to mention the number's matching 440 Six Pack?
Out front with the Charger (originally ordered with bucket seats and a collumn shift automatic!) was a mint condition '70 El Camino SS big block, and a brand new GT 500 ragtop. All but the GS were the toys of a very well to do shop owner who loves his Mopars. How much does he love them? How about the $90,000 he forked over for the last car on the tour; a basket case '70 Superbird that he located in a Connecticut barn last year. Oh, numbers matching 440 Six Pack here, too, thank you.
I actually got to see the 'bird stripped bare, including an "up close" look at how they made the infamous rear window plug for the bulged out aerodynamic rear glass. Pretty neat, actually. It's a sheet metal "frame" that gets inserted right into where the original glass goes.
My job really sucks
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First, I had noticed a '69 Hemi Charger in the front showroom and thought that if I didn't go in, I was no kind of true-blue "carnut". Once inside, I met a tech who gave me the nickel tour. Let's start with the '71 GS 350 convertible waiting the start of it's resto. Next, there was a '71 Road Runner. Oh, did I forget to mention the number's matching 440 Six Pack?
Out front with the Charger (originally ordered with bucket seats and a collumn shift automatic!) was a mint condition '70 El Camino SS big block, and a brand new GT 500 ragtop. All but the GS were the toys of a very well to do shop owner who loves his Mopars. How much does he love them? How about the $90,000 he forked over for the last car on the tour; a basket case '70 Superbird that he located in a Connecticut barn last year. Oh, numbers matching 440 Six Pack here, too, thank you.
I actually got to see the 'bird stripped bare, including an "up close" look at how they made the infamous rear window plug for the bulged out aerodynamic rear glass. Pretty neat, actually. It's a sheet metal "frame" that gets inserted right into where the original glass goes.
My job really sucks