[Steve Hoog]

Originally Posted by weranc55

You saw the car 25 years ago I saw it 2 years ago. The car has not been driven in 25 years. So what motor is in the car? Where did he get all the original ra4 parts to put it together? Every nut and bolt on that motor is correct and looks untouched. Ive seen a lot of guys do survivor cars and for someone to do this in the mid 80's? If it was done then the person is a master at his craft.

Dave was well contacted with the correct people to secure any RAIV that he needed, 100% fact.

And something else that just popped in my head. The first time I saw the car a key RA IV peice was missing; don't get me to lying because that was a long time ago, but I want to say it had a cheap chrome air cleaner assembly on it. The next time I saw it; he had the goods including the screen over the carb, at which time I do remember for sure asking him where he had gotten that. I remember clearly he said "you wouldn't believe the trouble I had to go through to get that part"; maybe one of the few lies he didn't tell.

[muscle_collector]

Originally Posted by steved400

Dave was well contacted with the correct people to secure any RAIV that he needed, 100% fact.

And something else that just popped in my head. The first time I saw the car a key RA IV peice was missing; don't get me to lying because that was a long time ago, but I want to say it had a cheap chrome air cleaner assembly on it. The next time I saw it; he had the goods including the screen over the carb, at which time I do remember for sure asking him where he had gotten that. I remember clearly he said "you wouldn't believe the trouble I had to go through to get that part"; maybe one of the few lies he didn't tell.

since it has been brought out, yes it was missing the ra pan when he got it. but why would it have it on it with a 350 engine in it. he paid dearly at the time for the correct one and was very worried about finding one. also, back then you couldnt get a set of new cooling lines and they hand made a set by using the ones off of my car as a pattern. i dont recall if they ever put them on it or not.

again, i am not trying to just bash this car, it is one of the nicest ones i have ever seen and it ran fantastic and pulled hard all the way up to 6500 rpm in first thru third gear and i would shut it down at around five grand in fourth gear. no idea how fast i was going because the speedo was never hooked up.

too bad he turned out to be a gay child molester, when i first met him, he was actually a pretty cool guy to hang out with and talk cars. and he loved to beat the living daylights out of them no matter how nice they were. i just wish someone would have listened to me back then it would have probably saved alot of ruined lives of innocent little boys. worse yet was why he was fired from the muskogee police force and the cover up behind it. in my opinion that police chief should be in prison also. steved can tell that story, he knew all the details behind it.