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Re: Mannix 72 cuda convertible
« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2006 - 12:27:36 PM »
Scott,
Was the owner's name Randy? The guy that used to run the Cuda Connection in the LA area? If so I saw the car ouside his shop back in 1988.

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Re: Mannix 72 cuda convertible
« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2006 - 12:45:49 PM »
 :iagree:   I also remember a Car Craft article way back stating the car was in a bad accident but was cut in half and restored 'good' as new.Seems I remember the car as red???
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Re: Mannix 72 cuda convertible
« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2006 - 02:30:52 PM »
Yes Barry, I believe his name was Randy.

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Re: Mannix 72 cuda convertible
« Reply #18 on: October 17, 2006 - 12:11:14 AM »
That would be Randy Gerstenberg...Owned Cuda Country, well known for questionable resto work...Just ask Steve Wall....Pretty car though...  BTW It was originally a Sassy Grass 383 car...
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Re: Mannix 72 cuda convertible
« Reply #19 on: October 17, 2006 - 01:08:34 AM »
Yep! That's the car alright! I remember it as being Rallye Red but it could have been Tor-Red (Hemi Orange) It's been about many years afterall, I guess it could have been either one.

(Man I feel old, It's been about 23 years since I saw it and I'm 44 now!  :scared:)
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Re: Mannix 72 cuda convertible
« Reply #20 on: October 17, 2006 - 01:15:31 AM »
 :rofl: I took that photo in 87 at the Power in the Pines Show at the Kirkwood ski resort...We're all getting old... BTW I need a nap now...:sleeping:
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Re: Mannix 72 cuda convertible
« Reply #21 on: October 17, 2006 - 01:52:22 PM »
I have a photo of it outside Randy's shop, but it is already packed a way for when I move. This photo was taken behind his shop in 1988;

http://www.hamtramck-historical.com/images/1970/challenger/c0289.jpg

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Re: Mannix 72 cuda convertible
« Reply #22 on: October 25, 2006 - 02:40:20 PM »

The Manix car is owned by Ken Swanky a local bodyshop owner and a large collector of Cuda's. The car was made out of a '71 Cuda. He said one of the hardist things to do was puddy up the '71 Gill fenders. When they stripped the car that is what they found. All the '71 stuff was covered to turn it into a '72 which didn't exist.
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