[4birds]

Yup. Thats the car. I just bought it from Randy. (great guy) He bought if from Joe. I've been talking to him about it for a while. I finally flew down to Houston to see the car in person. Its not perfect by any means, but it is a real deal low mile car. It has its issues, but dont they all after 43 years? The previous damage to the body was no where near as bad it sounded in the article. They did a great job of fixing all the cosmetic damage. It still retains all of its original sheet metal from the facory except the LF fender and radiator support. After verifying all the #'s and a thorough inspection we made a deal.

I'll post some current pics after I give it a good cleaning. It needs it!

These are pictures from the article years ago:

[Alvin]

Originally Posted by RicksGTO

Congrats on a very nice HO!! Isn't that the car that was owned by Joe Parrish a few years ago out of Houston? Very nice car with a HPP article on it from around 2008 or so if I remember right. Congrats on a very nice HO!

Originally Posted by 4birds

Yup. Thats the car. I just bought it from Randy. (great guy) He bought if from Joe. I've been talking to him about it for a while. I finally flew down to Houston to see the car in person. Its not perfect by any means, but it is a real deal low mile car. It has its issues, but dont they all after 43 years? The previous damage to the body was no where near as bad it sounded in the article. They did a great job of fixing all the cosmetic damage. It still retains all of its original sheet metal from the facory except the LF fender and radiator support. After verifying all the #'s and a thorough inspection we made a deal.

I'll post some current pics after I give it a good cleaning. It needs it!

These are pictures from the article years ago:

On the daily path to my old office not too far from NASA's JSC I remember stopping and looking at the car w FS sign on it before Joe's purchase and restoration...amazing job was done to resurrect it. Glad they saved it.

IIRC rear 1/4 and roof damage from telephone "pole dancing?" And was cover / feature car in HPP, yes? Love the color & drivetrain combo.

Congrats on your purchase.

[Bentwheelbob]

Congrats on your new addition. Great looking car that you are bound to have a lot of fun with. We look forward to hearing more about it and seeing more pictures. You need to think about bringing it to the TA Nationals. Right now there are at least four 455 HO Formulas that should be there (Orange, Black, Silver and Copper) and a Monarch Yellow one would help round out the fleet. Now if maybe a Blue and White one would commit to showing up....

Here's a link to the HPP article on the car.

http://www.hotrod.com/cars/featured/...ebird-formula/

[4birds]

Thanks for posting the link Bob. If anyone knows which issue of HPP the article was in, let me know. I have stack of HPP mags, but I could not find it. It might be May 2007. I cant find that issue.
I have a stash of extra 72 parts that will be perfect for this car. I'll eventually be putting on the correct crossflow exhaust system back on, and I'll replace the 74 radiator support with a correct 72. I have an original GM poly front valence, and a super nice original 72 LF fender for it.

Thanks for all the compliments and support guys! It is in good hands and I couldn't be happier to have it!

Just received my 455HO Banner and t-shirts from Pat Brown. Very nice stuff! Thanks Pat!

[1971455HO]

Pretty car...congrats.