A little trip down memory Lane showing the evolution of my son and collectable cars
First Picture it was 1968 and he is two years old standing beside my 68 Beaumont SW (327 275 hp with powewrglide with posi ; couldn't get TH 350 in that model yet that year)
Second picture 1984 he bought a 67 Acadian SD without motor and trans. He installed a souped up 350 with TH350 and 4.11 rear end. This was taken at Bremerton Race track west of Seattle
Third Picture 1990 he had restored the Acadian back to original then he had a full frame installed plus he tubbed out the rear put fat slicks on along with a dodge 4.88 rear end. under the hood was a roller cammed small block which he cranked up to 9,000 rpm on the track. I cried when I saw what he did to that car. He said that he had to do that to keep the body from twisting on his race launches
Fourth Picture: 1997 His two sons beside car. He found a body of a 1970 Malibu SS in a old garage...which originally had the LS6 big block. He did a complete frame off resto back to original and also found numbers matching drive train. For racing purposes he would drop in a full race 427 chey, and was unbeatable in the Fraser Valley.
Fifth Picture1999 he saw an ad in the Auto Trader for an original 1969 Camero SS/RS 396 posted from Edmonton. It was in driveable shape with a bit of rust in the usual places. He flew to Edmonton and bought it for 20,000 drove it back and tore it down to the frame, put on new fenders compeletly redid everything with new parts..rebuilt the drive train, etc. He learned his lesson about bringing the old cars back to life. During a divorce in the early 2002 he ended up selling the two chevy's for 40,000 and 75,000.
Sometimes I say things and then realize I'd better make sure everyone knows I'm only joking or everyone would think I was a tad on the demented side. The voices just made me write this by the way.
Just a thought, an aquaintance was going thru a divorce an had many many high end cars and she wanted to get them appraised and split the money, quess what, he said no they'll be auctioned off and the proceeds will be split in 2, who buys them for what price in this depressed economy, who knows??
