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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. 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... |
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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 |
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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!!!
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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...
Mike |
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in 78 my dad
parted a 54 star chief that was a factory air car coral color 4 door.... junked the car with the air set up still in it. LOL i was about 5...
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2007 Chrysler 300 C SRT8 2005 Pontiac G6 2000 Yamaha R1 1999 Chevy Silverado Ext Z71 1998 Ducati 916 SPS 1998 Honda ex300 1997 honda ex300 1997 Mustang Cobra 1997 Sea Doo Challenger 1800 1965 Bonne Coupe 421 3x2 1965 Bonne Conv 1964 Gp 4spd - parting 1963 Catalina Conv 3x2 4sp 1963 Gp 4spd 1963 Catalina post 4spd 1962 Bonne Conv 425a 3x2 4spd i have an addiction and need help... |
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Parting my first car I built up,1955 2 dr with 1960 389 hydrostick,traction bars,upside down starter,4.30 axle.1963 GP 4spd no option car with std steering and brakes.1961 cat 2dr for the 389.
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First parting out... 1978 '68 GTO Convertible.. loaded w/options, triple red.
(donor for my '68 GTO Conv.) After that, I went to Calif. (USMC)... Junkyard heaven... (3) '64 GTO coupes '65-'67 GTOs (several) '67 Lemans Sprint 4spd (loaded) (2) '69 Judges (yep, in a yard) '73 Grand Am with functional Ram Air hood '64 Grand Prix (4spd- red interior) Several 428 full-size Pontiacs '68 Tempest Wagon (factory 4spd; Radio delete) '69 SS Chevelle (2) '70 SS Chevelles '69 Impala 427 '68 Road Runner '64-'66 442s (several) '70 Mustang.. forget which engine but it had a shaker hood '71 Cuda (Rally Guages, 8-track, etc) + others I can't even remember. Did save Broadcast Sheets, Trim Tags for most all. After USMC tour.... '71 GTO 455HO (w/Broadcast sheet & BH- still have) '70 GTO 4spd, Silver (3) '68 Firebirds including a 400 HO (ouch!) '64 GTO conv. TriPwr, Cus.Sprt.Strg.Wheel '69 Firebird 400 RAIII w/functional RA hood (very rusty car) '67 GTO factory Ram Air car (still have the block) '65 Tempest Wagon (from Royal) '65 Bonnevillle 421 '68 GTO 400 HO (Red) original owner, 4spd, 3.90 '68 GTO 400 HO (Grn) original owner, 4spd, full pwr options (still have engine) '66 GTO (red) 4spd bone stock '65 GTO conv w/pwr windows, 4spd And the worst of all... '68 GTO Conv. Grand Marque factory show car Owned by my wifes cousin... very rusty.. every option...Engine died in '77 I went by and pulled several options for my '68. Car went to the crusher in '81 (Had no idea how rare this car was until late 80's when cousin gave me one of the 'Grand Marque' emblems that was on the fender... UGH!!) Who knew
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cars parted out
Plenty of them through the 90's. However the one I wish I had kept was a good one.
1970 RA IV Judge, M-21, 3.90 posi, Orbit Orange with a black interior. Interesting story about this poor car. I saw it when it was painted red with no decals and only a Judge emblem on the glove box. Some kid had it and mentioned he had a factory aluminum intake he would trade me for my Torker. Such a deal. When I got the intake I checked the part number and guess what, it was for a 1970 RA IV. That's when I tried to track the car down. The kid could not keep the motor together (said something about a 455 engine in the car, turns out they had the #614 heads on top of a 455 and were trying to run pump gas). He sold it to another guy who had a local Pontiac "expert" build a motor. Three weeks later it broke a rod. The guy parked the car outside with the windows down and dismantled the entire drive train. By the time I tracked it down it was looking rather sad but still restorable. However at the time I was only after the RA IV heads for a race motor I was putting together. I ended up buying the entire car and hauled it to my friends body shop to see what he thought about putting it back together. He recognized the car from years earlier when he painted it red. He told me some 16 year old kid put it in a ditch and he replaced the fender, door and painted the car but never put the stripes back on (they were still with the car when I bought it). Here's where it gets even more interesting. My brother-in-law is down for a visit and remembers this kid from his high school (around 1980). At that time I remember seeing an ad in the Auto Trader for a 70 RAIV Judge with a spun main bearing for $1,600. Guess what? It was the same car! The story is a high ranking officer at PAFB bought the car for his son. The kid spun the main bearing in the 400 and they sold the car as is. Now that I discovered all this I am trying to figure out how to restore the car back original. I stored it for a while as I figured up how much it was going to cost. I was already in the middle of a race car project and had just finished a nice resortation on my 69 GTO. I simply could not see how I could afford to restore this car in the near future so I tried to sell the car. I got tons of calls from people wanting to buy parts but not the entire car. I eventually boned it out but some of the parts went on a very nice silver 1970 RA IV Judge owned by a collector in the 80's and early 90's. But the story does not end here. I sold what was left (just the body and frame) to a guy in my neighborhood who made a drag car out of it and put a cage and BB Chevy in the car. I saw it a couple of times then lost track of it for a couple of years. I moved to another town nearby and one day while driving by a junk used car lot I saw the nose of a red GTO sticking out of the back row. Needless to say I went in to check it out and it was the same car all beat to hell! I thought about trying to get it but the car lot owner had the PHS on the car by then and knew what it was. I still go by that lot but have not seen the car in years. I suspect the VIN tags may have been removed. Poor car never had a chance. Everyone tried to make it into a hot rod and ended up beating the crap out of it. And then there was the completely original 67 Catalina 2+2 428 car that I drove home and would have been an easy restoration. How about a 69 Bonneville Brougham 428 HO car that had more factory options than I have ever seen on one vehicle. I drove it home too. When I got done with those cars they both were hauled away on a flat bed (I pulled the tilt wheels and posi rear ends). Who would have ever thought a Judge would bring well over six figures? MarkC |
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Cars we regret parting out
1 '79 4peed 10th Anniversary
3 '79 auto 10th anniversary 3 Indy pace cars 2 Nascar pace cars 4 '78 Gold editions I lost count of the Bandits/ 3 were 4 speed cars 2 '76 455 4speed cars 1 79 4 speed silver T/A it had been rolled |
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My regret is a '76 Trans am 4 speed. Had a rebuilt 1973 Formula 400ci motor in it and super t-10 trans. God it hurts to even think about it.
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Probably the 69 RAIV Judge 4speed carousel red black interior and hideaways . Had some rust but thinking back it was not that bad . What a mistake .
Also several 70 ta's ra III cars and a few 74 super dutys .Those were the days when you could pick up a rusted out 74 sd car for a couple thousand pull the motor and after selling the rest of the parts have a sd for free sitting in the garage . |
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sold a 1970 mustang boss 302,80 turbo ta,81 ta but kept my favorite 1970 trans am
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WELL MINE GOES
67 GTO 67 LEMANS 67 TEMPEST 78 CAMARO 67 CHEVELLE 66 CHEVELLE 70 CHEVELLE 64 GTO 74 GTO 04 GTO |
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71 Lemans Sport Convertible(bad Frame)
71 Mustang GT (Bad Car all together) 64 Comet Convertible (bad Everything)
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65 GTO HTP/Maroon ext black int 389 4pd/rusty
65 GTO Conv /Red ext black int 389 4 spd/bad frame
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70 GTO Conv 455/A 69 Firebird Hdtp Drag Car 69 T/A Conv (All Steel)Clone a69ta@woh.rr.com |
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