Zerkfitting
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Classic car prices seem to be way up this year.
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Zerkfitting
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In my youth, I could get a used '68 AMC AMX or a new 71 Gremlin. I choose poorly. I've been kicking myself ever since.
One of my friends that lives in AZ went to BG for fun this week.
see: http://texaspic.net/p106245674/h421c775e#h421c775e
see: http://texaspic.net/p106245674/h421c775e#h421c775e
Zerkfitting
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Sweet, I don't think it has the 232 6 - looks like it can do wheelies.
Nope, stays attached to terra firma...and will sneak up on you and kill you if you let it. He was the slowest car on the property one weekend, took us out, next round, draws the fastest car on the property, takes that one out too.
I had an AMC Javelin that could go like hell right off the showroom floor. Had the biggest V8 engine AMC put in a street car. Had an
automatic transmission that thought it was a manual. Once, I was pushing the speedometer to the edge, saw the temp jump, and slammed on the brakes. Damn thing stopped on a dime, slid hubby right off the seat under the dash, and handed me 9 cents change. Sweet little car. It was screaming red, white stripes, black hood scoops(fake), red interior. Loved that car.
Then, we had a white Gremlin that was just lovely to drive. Had red stripes with red interior. That little bugger would fly.
automatic transmission that thought it was a manual. Once, I was pushing the speedometer to the edge, saw the temp jump, and slammed on the brakes. Damn thing stopped on a dime, slid hubby right off the seat under the dash, and handed me 9 cents change. Sweet little car. It was screaming red, white stripes, black hood scoops(fake), red interior. Loved that car.
Then, we had a white Gremlin that was just lovely to drive. Had red stripes with red interior. That little bugger would fly.
Zerkfitting
Team Owner
What did your Ford and Chevy friends think of your Javelin?
They didn't like it much ---- mainly because it beat their ass off the line quite regularly. hehehe
Zerkfitting
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$4.2M for the original Batmobile - it was pretty exciting. I hadn't seen anything like it watching car auctions.
My dad's shop was at Riverside & Cahuenga, Barris Customs was down the street on Riverside Drive. I used to go down and look at all of the cars. The Batmobile was fuzzy; the exterior was sort of like velvet.
My dad painted Charlies' black Camaro with about a zillion coats of black laquer and when George saw the car, he offered my dad a job painting cars (my dad was making way more money than George offered him.)
I was trying to find a pic of my dad's Facel Vega, he painted it around the same time he painted Charlies camaro. The Facel was painted Amelia Amelia red laquer. Can't seem to find the pics, I originally TIG scanned them from some old 110 negatives that I found.
My dad painted Charlies' black Camaro with about a zillion coats of black laquer and when George saw the car, he offered my dad a job painting cars (my dad was making way more money than George offered him.)
I was trying to find a pic of my dad's Facel Vega, he painted it around the same time he painted Charlies camaro. The Facel was painted Amelia Amelia red laquer. Can't seem to find the pics, I originally TIG scanned them from some old 110 negatives that I found.