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Offline mopglen

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Re: FY4 70 Cuda
« Reply #15 on: February 22, 2008 - 12:27:53 PM »
Hey 4 Crusin and Solarguy
Thanks again for posting some FY4 pics. They were a big help.
Glen




Offline HOUND DAWGER

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Re: FY4 70 Cuda
« Reply #16 on: February 22, 2008 - 01:27:02 PM »
Hound dawger, I got my car out of Delta, B.C. around 2000.  I'm in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.  do you remember the vin #?
Car is an automatic. 

E-mailed you back............ Looks like that my old car all right!  I did some interior work on it and had a friend do the paint.  Pretty good job delete'n the after market sun roof eh!   Turns out your #'s 340 was in my 71 340 cuda (I reconised the vin # when I started assembling it, but I didn't know where the gold car went.  The 71 went to Texas and is painted lemon twist with black bill boards 340 4spd.  We can try and find it for ya though!   Too small of a world.

Offline solarguy

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Re: FY4 70 Cuda
« Reply #17 on: February 22, 2008 - 04:02:00 PM »
E-mailed you back............ Looks like that my old car all right!  I did some interior work on it and had a friend do the paint.  Pretty good job delete'n the after market sun roof eh!   Turns out your #'s 340 was in my 71 340 cuda (I reconised the vin # when I started assembling it, but I didn't know where the gold car went.  The 71 went to Texas and is painted lemon twist with black bill boards 340 4spd.  We can try and find it for ya though!   Too small of a world.

hound Dawger, I didn't get any email from you, my current email is GCoriginals@yahoo.com.  Even without the vin, the sunroof gave it away.  Unfortunelty, patch popped after a few years.  I've never seen bondo that thick it looked like it was put on all in one layer, 1" thick, lol.  My buddy who also owns a body shop repainted it for me about 2 years ago.   I think I remember seeing the 340 4 speed on old Coast classic cars website a few months after I bought mine.  I've done lots with the car and love it.  It's living the good life here in FL.  Please resend your first email to above address and I'll respond with fresh pics and details.  ANYTHING you vcan tell me about the car would be great.

Garrett

Offline HOUND DAWGER

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Re: FY4 70 Cuda
« Reply #18 on: February 22, 2008 - 07:22:50 PM »
Here's what I know....The car was an original B.C. car.  The original owner used to work on a tug boat and drowned back in the 70's.  Apperently the car sat and the motor froze.  I found the car in 97 and bocked at the price of $5000 needing some work.  The guy who had it then wanted to take all the goodie's off of it ( sway bars, fish gill rocker mouldings, fog lights, 15" rally's, console, rally gauges, switch trunk lids, cuda hood, hood pins, sure-grip, ect.) and sell it to me as a rolling chassis.) 
Then in 2000 the car came up for sale again from another guy...walked in and instantly knew the car and bought it.  As a roller missing some pieces.
Took it home and started the disassembly and droped it off at the body shop.  IT had some pin-hole rust in the lower 1\4s and that ugly sunroof.  Against what everyone told me I had it painted back the orig. Citron mist.  Replaced the rear seat skin, put a headlinner in (first time doing one ever!), put on those large base mirrors, and what ever good stuff I could find to make it whole again and installed a known good 340 and 727 and called it a day.  Turned out pretty good for a guy who was only 19-20 years old when I did it.  Since my resto jobs have been allot more detailed buy I did like that car and only drove it about 20 miles before it found a new home.  Take care of her for me!

Offline solarguy

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Re: FY4 70 Cuda
« Reply #19 on: February 23, 2008 - 01:10:20 PM »
Hound,
I sent you an email to the address listed in your profile,  I don't want to take this thread too far off topic.

Garrett