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ironindian · #**311** 09-21-2004, 11:12 PM

First car was a 1958 Ford Fairlane . They called ir a Victorian Club. Built in Canada, if I remember right. The current love fo my life is this:

A 2001 Indian Chief

Melissa · #**312** 09-22-2004, 12:01 PM

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Originally posted by ironindian:
First car was a 1958 Ford Fairlane . They called ir a Victorian Club. Built in Canada, if I remember right. The current love fo my life is this:
A 2001 Indian Chief

<font color="purple" c>That's a beauty Iron. Every year I go to a work related conference up in Springfield Mass. and visited the Indian Motorcycle Company museum a couple of times. As a matter of fact the hotel that I usually stay at has a 1920 model in the lobby. </font c>

Mary-Lou · #**313** 09-22-2004, 12:06 PM

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Originally posted by ironindian:
First car was a 1958 Ford Fairlane . They called ir a Victorian Club. Built in Canada, if I remember right. The current love fo my life is this:

A 2001 Indian Chief

Beautiful!

hemikid · #**314** 09-23-2004, 12:28 AM

Hey, NickM and Fleet, I hit the motherlode today. A couple buddies and I went to see a guy about an hour south of me about some Mopars. Walk into a shed, and there's a 1970 Challenger R/T convertible, 440, column shift auto, buckets, Plum Crazy, white interior, and a 1971 Cuda, B-5 blue, black interior, black billboards, 340, slapstick, 3.91 Sure Grip. We stood there and drooled for awhile, then he says, "That's nothing. Want to see a real Mopar?" He leads us up to the garage, opens the door, and there's a 1970 Super Bee, Go-Mango, black top, stripes, and interior, 440 Six-Pack, column shift auto, bench seat, Trak Pak, 3.54 Dana. It's original paint, original interior, original F-60 15 Polyglass GT's, original belts, original hoses, original battery, everything. Plus, it's an original Press Fleet car. This was THE 70 Six Pak Super Bee magazine test car. This guy's uncle owned a Dodge dealership, and when the press fleet moved it, his uncle bought it and they've had it ever since. THEN, he takes us down the road to his neighbor's house, and there in the barn is a 1970 Charger R/T, 426 Hemi, 4-speed, 4.10 Dana. Little rusty, but all there. And behind the barn, there's a 69 Shelby GT-500, also rusty but all there. Then, he takes us back the other way a few miles, we drive out into a pasture with an old machine shed, and in the shed is an FE-5 Rallye Red on black, rear spoiler, buckets, console, shaker hood 1970 HemiCuda. Slapstick, 3.54 Dana car, all there. It was pretty rusty, and the windows were down so there were raccoons living in it, but it was real, honest-to-God HemiCuda. How often do you get up in the morning and have that happen?

Nick M · #**315** 09-23-2004, 12:34 AM

Sounds like one of those hot rod stories guys dream of. Actually did this happen before you woke up or after? Have you refinanced the house yet? Keep me posted on this one.

hemikid · #**316** 09-23-2004, 12:52 AM

Definitely awake. Just got home an hour ago, in fact.

The Challenger 'vert and the 71 Cuda are probably for sale. The rest of it isn't, yet. But I'm going to start bugging him once a week until I get it all bought.

Nick M · #**317** 09-23-2004, 01:10 AM

Did you copy any vin #'s? It's interesting those are the two he's willing to let go. Are the cars owned by the same person? The 340 car I could see but everything about the Challenger is big money. You buy 'em and we're bringing trailers to your house!

danger2112 · #**318** 09-23-2004, 01:13 AM

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The Super Star Destroyer.... Now Orbiting Omicron Persei 8!!!

OH i HOPE i get this right:

it's true what they always say, men are from Omicron Persei 9 women are from Omicron Persei 7

hemikid · #**319** 09-23-2004, 01:19 AM

I don't know, right now 71 'Cudas start at $50,000 for a 340 car and go up from there. I can't guess right now what that Super Bee is worth. All original, super low mile, and a magazine test car... the value of that car is probably incalculable. The cars are owned by the same person. The best part was, we went out and hammered that Bee hard. And he let me drive. I forgot how hard a stock Six-Pak runs. I dropped the hammer on that thing, and when those outboard carbs opened, it was like the end of the world. I thought my eyeballs were going to collapse. That car ran hard. The wierd thing is, this stuff happens to me about once a month. (You'd be amazed at how much Six-Pak and Hemi stuff I've dug up just sitting in fields around here. I can smell a multi-carb B-body from 10 miles away.

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Nick M · #**320** 09-23-2004, 01:42 AM

Wish I was on your planet. I'm in the middle of the rust belt so we're doing mostly Dart/Duster and the A-body 'Cuda's are making a comeback. I'm even feeling guilty putting big-blocks in Darts anymore. It is really amazing to drive a 13 second turbo-Civic then get into a stock big block. They may run similar times but the turbo car just got real boring. Oh and now it almost takes two hands to shift an old Mo after getting used to the new boxes doesn't it.
I'm always suprised when a customer wants you to drive their car. I aligned the front end of a '70 340 duster that the guy spent 6 years restoring. He's that yuppie type that was a real perfectionist, great job, He insisted I test drive it and wanted me to power shift it. I explained the concept and still insisted. I don't know if they are sharing the exitement or what but everytime you slide into a seat of one of these cars before you turn the key you swear the thing is snarling.