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#421
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Looks amazing.
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1969 Beaumont 350 Auto White Sold 1969 Beaumont 307 Auto Green Sold 1969 Chevelle SS 396-L35 Auto Blue Sold 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass 'S' Sports Coupe W31 |
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Yeah, the truck. It’s a beaut. I’ll work on tracking it down - how hard could that be?
That was OO’s dad’s ‘66. That pick up is about 5 years old in that picture and looks to be in nice shape (for a rust prone Ford) despite the salty/wet southern VA winters. I think OO’s habits of taking care of his vehicles were picked up from his Dad. BTW, you might be able to see the red interior on the truck. That color scheme, of course, was OO’s inspiration for his Chevelle. Wayne and his Dad have always had a close relationship.
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Sam... Last edited by mockingbird812; 03-10-2018 at 03:09 AM. Reason: Change |
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Love the look of the slicks on the 'velle.
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mockingbird812 (03-14-2018) |
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Yes, they actually were available in 1968. I had the very same pair of cheaters on my 1st (ordered new) '68 L79 Malibu back then. This is a poor black and white Day 2 pic of that car taken with an old Polaroid camera in summer of '68.
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#426
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Absolutely love this car Sam. The Day II touches are so well executed on this beauty that I'll have to wipe down my keyboard when I close this page! I'd keep it open but the drool is already running out the corner of my mouth.
Even the dogs looking at me here.
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mockingbird812 (03-11-2018) |
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Absolutely stunning love the look of the wheel combo! Sam do u happen to know the maker of those ladder bars I’d like to hunt down a set.
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mockingbird812 (03-14-2018) |
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Thanks for your photo Augy - that clears things up - tuff looking ‘68!
Coming from you Norcam, that says a lot! Thanks - having a blast!! Thanks Chevyman - those are Lakewood “traction bars’ (really they are replacements for stock lower control arms). Easy swap out and just bolt right in - no drilling required like Lakewood "Ladder Bars". I bought these at a garage sale awhile back and didn’t know their application but thot they were cool looking. This article (notice the author’s name!) helped to piece together what was going on - some kind sYcer provided this....
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Sam... Last edited by mockingbird812; 03-12-2018 at 06:10 PM. Reason: There to their!!!! |
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augy (03-12-2018) |
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A little off-topic, but I hope you guys don't mind a true story about cheater slicks and ice. Spring of 1968: a buddy also had a beautiful '57 Chevy, and he put his cheaters on, just for looks, one weekend when the snow was melting around here. He just couldn't wait. 6 am on the following Monday morning. 5 of us in his car on our way to work (we carpooled), we hit a patch of ice at about 50 mph and rolled the car 1.5 times. Car ended up upside down in the ditch. No seatbelts of course. 5 bodies and 5 lunch buckets flying around inside the car during the rollover. We crawled out through the back window which had popped out in one piece. None of us were seriously hurt, but the car was totalled. That was a very sad day and a hard lesson learned. Funny (kind of) ending to the story. About 6 years later, 1974, I had just gotten married, and the new wife and I rented a house on the very same farm in front of which we had rolled that '57 Chevy. I told her the story and one day we walked the ditch where the car rolled. We found a Steppenwolf 8 track tape that flew out of the car 6 years earlier. I gave it back to my buddy and to this day it's the only thing he still has from that car. BTW, I LOVE the Day 2 look of your '69! Think I'll do that with my '68 just for the memories! As you mentioned, it's all bolt-on and can be changed back to stock at any time..... Last edited by augy; 03-12-2018 at 12:52 PM. |
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