Re: It's alive!

[Doug Daniel <dougdaniel50@xxxxxxxxx>]

good for you looks like a shape ride and i like the front rims,, crager ss rims make it look meaner 
 

--- On Thu, 4/2/09, chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx <chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx <chymar01@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: It's alive!
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, April 2, 2009, 1:40 AM
> 
> 
> Woo-hoo! 
> 
> My recently acquired '64 Polara convertible runs! 
> 
> About six months ago a good friend decided to get out of
> cars due to health issues and loss of enthusiasm(he picked
> another expensive hobby-guns). He sold me the car without an
> engine but otherwise complete for $3000. Lots of bondo but
> it looks good going down the road. I also bought another
> car('64 440 wagon converted to 2 door) and a lot of parts
> and sold a bunch of stuff for him. 
> 
> Early last week I got the car home. We spent Thursday
> cleaning out the nests from under the seats since it sat for
> the last year or so. Saturday afternoon the girlfriend and I
> started cleaning up a 383 I already had in anticipation of
> getting it into the convertible. Threw on some new paint and
> the next thing I know I'm digging out parts. New clutch,
> pressure plate and flywheel I had leftover from another
> build. Some new mounts, hoses and filters. Replaced the
> cobbled together crossmember for the 4-speed with one I had
> in my stash. 
> 
> As of 12:50AM On April 1st it roared to life briefly. I
> only fired it for a few seconds to spare the neighborhood
> the noise of open headers. With a large smile on my face, I
> went to bed. 
> 
> Today I buttoned up the exhaust and a few other bits and
> went around the block. Then across town. The I remembered
> that while it's still tagged in my buddy's name, there's no
> insurance! Home we went. 
> 
> To do: 
> subframe connectors! This car needs them so bad the
> driver's door won't open right. 
> remove and fix leaky driver's side header 
> install oil and temp senders 
> hook up heater hoses 
> replace leaking master cylinder 
> fix gauge lights 
> disc brake swap and add swaybar 
> finish cleaning up engine compartment 
> fix hacked wiring 
> and lots more. 
> 
> I haven't thrashed this hard on a car in years and I'm a
> hurtin' pup. 42 seems like 80 tonight. Good thing I'm going
> out of town this weekend and won't have to pick up a single
> tool. 
> 
> Pics at http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/21824735 
> 
> Mark 
> 
> 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> 
> 
> ----
> Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one
> person -- directly to that person.  I.e., send
> parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other
> personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the
> Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your
> privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the
> content signal to Mopar topic.  Thanks!
> 
> '62 to '65 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines:
> http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html. 
> 
> 
>