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What car do you regret parting out?
I'm sure there are plenty of interesting stories on this subject.
If you have pics that would be good too. Being only 40 years old I was not active in the GTO or musclecar scene during the early to mid 80's when these cars could be bought for little or nothing. I have heard plenty of "horror" stories about a few rare cars being parted out back then by some older members of our local GTO club. The general consensus is that we are now restoring cars that are in worse shape than the ones that were parted out back in the 80's. How about these cars: (all parted and scrapped) 67 GTO convertible factory Ram Air 4spd car. 69 Judge Ram Air III 4spd. 70 Hemi Cuda factory black/black 426 4spd car. :doh: My worst transgression was parting a complete 70 GTO Pepper Green auto A/C car. Borderline restoration candidate even today but got lots of parts for my 70 Judge which was incomplete when I bought it. Lets hear your regrets... |
58 Chieftan
59 Cat conv. 3x2 3-speed stick 60 El Camino 61 Bonne wagon 62 Cat 4-door 2-62 Tempest6 65 GP 65 Bonne 67 GTO 67 Lemans 71 Cat 68 Cat 50 GMC 56 GMC 72 Grandville 68 Chevelle 65 GTO 72 Cat 70 Chevelle 73 GP 70 GP 69 Firebird 74 TA 74 Nova 79 Grand Am 79 Buick Regal 63 Tempest 4-door SHAME ON ME |
WELL MINE GOES
67 GTO 67 LEMANS 67 TEMPEST 78 CAMARO 67 CHEVELLE 66 CHEVELLE 70 CHEVELLE 64 GTO 74 GTO 04 GTO |
71 Lemans Sport Convertible(bad Frame)
71 Mustang GT (Bad Car all together) 64 Comet Convertible (bad Everything) |
65 GTO HTP/Maroon ext black int 389 4pd/rusty:mad:
65 GTO Conv /Red ext black int 389 4 spd/bad frame:gag: |
Only one parted out but I regret it still. '63 Catalina/Ventura 2dr hardtop 421 376 hp w/4speed, 364 Dana posi rear. I bought it from a friend that got it with a broken 421. I got 2 421 blocks with it and a set of rubber rods. One was cracked in the rod cheek, hence why the engine had been torn down. It was originally raced but i never found out who owned/raced it. I eventually got a RAIII 48 headed 400 from a '69 Goat that I added a '65 tri-power to. I bought a house and had to part it out. The new house had been a rental and the garage was full of somebodies stuff. We could not find the owner and when we did we had to get a lawyer to get the stuff out. The owner claimed that he had signed a lease and it was the original renters responsibility to move it and store it for him. Lot of crap but I had nowhere to go with it so I had to scrap it out. I had it totally torn down for a partial restore at the time. Gone but not forgotten. Mark L
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Please retitle thread, "List of People that are going straight to hell." :D
I get a pass to Heaven because I'm 33: anything I helped Dad part out was crap then and crap now. |
64 Bonneville, 65 Catalina, 76 Trans Am, 70 Camaro RS, 66 Mustang, 69 428 Executive,
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73 olds cutlass police interceptor.
early 69 gto |
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I haven't scrapped many, but do regret parting out a '69 SS396 Camaro, 325 hp, but loaded with options. It was rusty in 1985, but today that car would be saved. Also parted a 69 GTO 4 sp, Matatdor Red, white painted top, red interior car. Was too far gone to save. Scott |
here our mine
1966 mustang2+2 fastback 289 4speed traded in on a 1970 torino cobra jet then traded that in on a 1972 nova premium gas hit 65cents a gallon and the nova had a 307 and got 20mpg
scraped a 1966chevy2 ss and turned a 1966ss396 4speed chevelle into a hobbie stock stock car:stupid: my current insanity is my 1972 gto that i run in nhra superstock thathas 20K actual miles:cool: |
cars I parted out:
51 chieftain 2 door (frame bad) 58 bonne 2 door (bad frame, very rusty) 59 cat 4 dr (bad frame, broke in 2) 60 cat conv. (car broke in 2 pieces) 77 firebird (rust) 79 cat wagon 85 bonne 87 bonne wagon most of these were my dads cars. still have a lot of his cars to part out when we get time... |
Two come to mind...
a '68 GTO HO four speed and a '61 Impala SS from Florida...348 3x2 4-speed car.
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Would be what a wad of metal a friend of mine turned his 69 GTO into. but the Ponitac engine found a good home, in a 68 ss396 chevelle!!!:D :D :D
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Didnt part it out but regret selling/getting ripped of on my red 72 ventura,would be a perfect car for my 540 Jim Robertson is doing the heads for.Greg
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Parted a 70 T/A in the early 80's, it was a Fl car all of it's life and I beat the livin' life out of it. I had so much fun with that car that I bought another one a year later...:D
Mike |
All parted out:
An original red/white interior 69 Parisienne convertible, factory 427 car. All I have left to show for it is the cowl tag showing a 427 ragtop... 67 Grande Parisienne wagon original 396, factory air car. 72 Lemans 455 HO 4 speed ram air $41 nose job car. Got it without the engine and M22, but I hear they are still in the area. |
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