Originally Posted by HawkX66 (Post 1479993)

I don't understand people like that. What do that have to gain except maybe stroking their ego if it's because he's miffed someone scooped the car on him? I group them in, almost, with the "I'm going to restore it" crowd that let nice rigs rot away in their yard or garage just because they can't or won't admit to themselves that they'll never actually be able to do it. At least they have delusions of grandeur versus being motivated by greed or whatever it is.

Originally Posted by Charley Lillard (Post 1479954)

His car is apart. He bought the # 3 engine back in the 70's and thought he was going to buy # 3 from the guy that had it with a small block in it. Porterfield swooped in with a boot full of cash and bought it out from under him. Porterfield tried for years to buy the engine. The guy wanted Porterfield to sell him the car. Later Porterfield found the block to # 26 and did a complete build up of the engine with a magazine covering it and even invited the guy to be part of the article. Guy still would not trade. Porterfield gave up and sold the engine to Heartbeat City. When I bought # 3 from Porterfield I then bought the engine from Heartbeat thinking I could get the deal done but just wasted my time. I offered to trade plus cash, Offered to buy him a car etc. When the guy dies the engine will probably get put into the correct cars.

Originally Posted by Keith Seymore (Post 1480047)

I don't understand either.

It was cheaper to create an entirely new front end from scratch than to reunite this car with it's original aluminum.

K

Originally Posted by jdv69z (Post 1480087)

It's all ego. I've something you want, and you can't have it. Just like when we were children.