I will not tell you the type of car or where it is. So please do not ask. At least not yet.
I, like many of you, I always stop and knock on doors when I see a MOPAR in the driveway, garage, or parked on the street. I usually ask if they will come out to our MOPAR cruise events or just ask if it is for sale. I have picked up a couple MOPARs in the last few years by knocking on doors this way. This particular car has been sitting in a driveway for a long time. I have stopped there numerous times already, made small chat with the owner or his elderly mother, and always got the same story, "not for sale, going to restore it". I usually check back about every 3-6 months just to let the owner know that I am still interested. The car has been sitting for 16 years at least, flat tires, rusting badly and is covered with boxes and other junk. Today, I stopped by again to ask the same old question and got the same old answer "not for sale, going to restore it someday". But today the owner let me go through the car close-up. It is a real HEMI car!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The owner knows what he has, but I cannot understand why he just lets it rot. The owner is in his late 50s and gave a good account of how he was going to restore it. He has owned the car for over 30 years. Oh well. Just had to tell someone as I have come across a lot of 318 and 383 cars like this but never a Hemi car! The owner also stated that he had a friend in the Police department that purchased a 1969 Hemi Fury with a Police Package back in 1969. Anyone ever hear of something like that?
I am not giving up hope. Either he restores it or I will try to buy it before it is too late.
Sorry, do not have any pictures as I have known of this car for a very long time and its sad condition. Did not anticipate this unexpected development from my visit today. Have to tell someone, could not keep this all to myself.
