I have been in a 'restification' process over the last few months.
It is my cruiser and I plan to rack up more miles on it this year. Don't be mistaken
that I plan to make it a showcar, all I am doing is replacing or reconditioning the
worn out parts and making a few modifications to suit my needs. I will not cut on my
car unless it is absolutely neccessary, so that takes out the things that some guys do
to thier cars. My view on cutting on a car is that if it survived this long without getting cut, drilled, or welded on; why start now? If it was in a whole lot more of a sadder state of condition I wouldn't think twice about cutting it up and welding on this and that, but it does not have too many things altered on it from when it originally left the factory. I plan to keep this car as a driver, thus the paint job it is getting is costing me about $1300 and it will be nice, but not so nice I wouldn't be afraid to leave it in a parking lot. Now for a little history: It originally left the factory as a tuxedo black SS396/375 4 speed manual car with manual steering, bench seat, AM radio, 12 bolt rear end with 3.90:1 gear ratio, and factory tinting (the blue strip on the front windshield that is now very common to todays cars.) In its lifetime it has been drag raced...alot. It has been painted and repainted a total of 6 times, so when I go to repaint it I will be stripping it down to the bare metal. The original engine and transmission are both long gone now thanks to the racing career it had and currently it has a pretty stout '69 396 with a 4 speed Muncie 'Rockcrusher' transmission, this was in the car when I bought it and I plan to keep it.  continued...
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