Mecum Auction Hemi Fest

[njsteve]

Now the description is rather scary on this car:

http://www.mecumauction.com/auctions...D=CH1007-60144

I remember doing some of the tech articles on this car back in 1993 or so when Greg and Tom had the car, when we all worked at Dobbs Publishing Group. They found it near the office in Lakeland, Florida. It was in rusty primer with 340 painted-on billboards on the quarters and a 340/automatic under the hood. It did have the holes for the window louvers still and some decal remains from billboards in the door jams. It was a real BS23R1 1971 Hemicuda originally but everything including the shaker hood, hemi K frame, fender tags, broadcast sheets, Dana rear, etc., was gone. The only thing from its past heritage that remained was the VIN tag on the dash.

So I am wondering how it is now a "3 fender tag car loaded with factory options" and a "real deal with matching body numbers"???

I remember doing the photography and the article on the rusty rear window deck replacement. I will try to dig the article up in the basement later.

Beautiful restoration from the photos but the description seems rather inaccurate. Anyone know who owns this car at the present time?