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mprice
07-30-2020, 03:07 AM
I have a black with red interior restored to perfection 409/409 horse bubbletop but this is the one I enjoy.

quik9r
07-30-2020, 03:30 AM
Love the alternator, is that the hard one to find?

NorCam
07-30-2020, 03:32 AM
Now there's a sweet looking ride. Love everything about it!

mprice
07-30-2020, 03:37 AM
The alternator was optional for taxi, police and I have seen them on a fire chief's wagon.

Postsedan
07-30-2020, 03:49 AM
Be Still My Beating Heart!

Mick you are my HERO!

Dan

mprice
07-30-2020, 04:03 AM
Thanks, being white these photos doesn't really show off the finish on this car it is much more impressive in person.

John Brown
07-30-2020, 04:27 AM
If I win the lottery, I'll be in touch. :drool:

big gear head
07-30-2020, 10:47 AM
Wow!

RPOLS3
07-30-2020, 11:50 AM
Love it Mick!

MonteMike79
07-30-2020, 01:45 PM
Very nice, what size wheel/tire are you running on the back, are those radirs ?

I have a '62 bubble I'm building to resemble an old super stock car from the early '60s. Yours has the look.

McCune
07-30-2020, 01:50 PM
The alternator was optional for taxi, police and I have seen them on a fire chief's wagon.

The alternator is a Delco Remy 20DN. I have a 55 gallon drum full of them. Some refer to them as a perforated case alternator.

This 1962 is perfect!

hiperf69
07-30-2020, 03:22 PM
Yep one amazing car!
Among a great collection of amazing cars.
Mic has an eye to see the potential of a car
and won’t give up until it’s right.
Great guy and enthusiast of our hobby.
Joe

ELEFUNTMAN
07-30-2020, 03:28 PM
Very nice!! I would love to have that one! :3gears:

mprice
07-30-2020, 07:07 PM
The rear tires is 8.20X15 MT Radir Dragster tires and the front is ProTrac 70 P225/70D15. Yes the wheels are Radir and don't think if you go with this combination changing the rear tires will be easy because you will be disconnecting the shocks and may be pulling the drive shaft yoke to gain clearance enough to pull them, deflating the slicks also helps. Good news is they don't rub.

mockingbird812
07-30-2020, 08:10 PM
That is a right fine looking ‘mobile you have there! Love it!!!!

:3gears::3gears::3gears:

Crush
07-30-2020, 10:52 PM
How fast is it?!
Very Kool car!!

napa68
07-31-2020, 01:13 AM
Alright Mick........you suck!

That thing is SPECTACULAR!

1967Z28
07-31-2020, 02:15 AM
Awesome car, Mick. You've had a bunch of nice stuff but this might be my favorite. Gotta do something with that battery though.

Zedder
07-31-2020, 02:55 AM
Beauty!

MonteMike79
07-31-2020, 12:48 PM
The rear tires is 8.20X15 MT Radir Dragster tires and the front is ProTrac 70 P225/70D15. Yes the wheels are Radir and don't think if you go with this combination changing the rear tires will be easy because you will be disconnecting the shocks and may be pulling the drive shaft yoke to gain clearance enough to pull them, deflating the slicks also helps. Good news is they don't rub.

Thanks for the info, I was worried how tight they would be based on radir's measurements. I ordered a custom reversed wheel, and am going to order a custom width rear end to fit them. Your car looks great.

bergy
07-31-2020, 09:08 PM
Beautiful ride Mick!

Bill Pritchard
07-31-2020, 09:58 PM
x2 :worship:

dykstra
08-05-2020, 12:00 PM
Love this car! Bravo Mick!

1903USMCUnertl
08-10-2020, 05:20 PM
Gorgeous car

Todd553
11-09-2020, 03:55 PM
This car is perfect. Really nice job Mick.

seventyLs5
11-10-2020, 02:02 PM
I want to see pictures of the black one too!!!

Turbo70Camaro
11-30-2020, 04:18 PM
wow beautiful

whitetop
11-30-2020, 07:34 PM
Beautiful car, well done. Love the wheels and tires and stance.

Here is my friends 409 4 x2. original car with original paint and interior. Yes original paint. My friend bought it in 1966 from the original owner. I think it had 400--500 miles on it and it sat because the original owner spun a bearing the first or second year he owned it. My friend added the Ford dump truck scoop, Cragars and Jardine white fenderwell headers etc back in 67-69 era. Had SW gauges inserted into dash panel-looked stock.

He sold in the mid 2000's B-J run up craze. Current owner put it all back to 100% stock dog dish and all. Ruined it.

Too Many Projects
11-30-2020, 11:04 PM
Very nice!
I have a '62 hardtop and pie crust slicks and I have to drop the shocks to get the axle far enough down to get them in the fender well too. Those quarter panels drop down quite low at the wheel opening.

mrays
12-23-2020, 05:59 PM
I saw this car at the very first Super Chevy Show at Joliet back in 1998. It looked exactly as it does now. That's the only time I ever saw it and I've wondered what happened to it. Is it an original 409/409 car?

mprice
01-04-2021, 07:22 PM
Someone asked earlier for me to post pictures of my black bubbletop. After looking thru my camera cards I see I have lost the only ones I had taken. This picture has the black bubble and two others I owned when this picture was taken.

olredalert
01-04-2021, 08:16 PM
----Mick,,,Have always loved the Zintsmaster 409. Terry Carney took me to look at it when the Chevy dealer owned it (not Zintsmaster, but I can't remember the name). Long time ago. must have been in the mid 80's......Bill S

mprice
01-04-2021, 09:20 PM
Yes Sam Pierce of Sam Pierce Chevrolet bought the car from John Zintsmaster in 1988, Sam sold it to John Been in Atlanta Georgia in 2007, I bought it from John B. in 2012 and later sold it to Ray Skillman in 2014 where it sits on display in his museum just outside Indy. The car still retains about 85% of its original paint, 100% of the original interior, it even has the born with front tires and spare still in the car today.

olredalert
01-04-2021, 10:33 PM
----Old age rearing it's ugly head again as I know Sam fairly well (great guy). Hope Ray appreciates it as it is a piece of history!.....Bill S

mprice
01-05-2021, 12:12 PM
I think Ray does appreciate the car and best of all it is in the right place for the car now. Its back with an Indiana dealer as it was when it was new and better yet Ray is a drag racer also. it is very fitting as it is written on the car Indiana's fastest trader.