Re: [FWDLK] ANSWER ME ONE QUESTION ??????
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Re: [FWDLK] ANSWER ME ONE QUESTION ??????



If it is because of your age, the ironic part is by the time you're old enough to "look responsible," you probably will no longer have the free time, or not as much of it at least, to work on cars.  Go figure.
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Subject: Re: [FWDLK] ANSWER ME ONE QUESTION ??????

That absolutely drives me nuts. I can see maybe not parting them out, but the whole "I'll get to it". No, you won't. I can typically bring a car back from any stage of death in six months, but then again, I have no family, I make good money, and I'm 27. I get home from a long days work and spend 4-5 hours in a garage, and over twenty on the weekend. A lot gets done in that time. I get frustrated between finding cars that are definitely not for sale, or someone who wants far more than it's worth. Other than driveability, I don't typically modify the cars I buy. I don't see why I get people so fickle about selling me something I'll be driving in a year. A lot of these guys seem to be older. I always wonder if it's because of my age.
 
Dave

Ron Allyn Swartley <Archangel1390@xxxxxxx> wrote:
 
     In 1956 I got into Chrysler Cars with a 56 Plymouth Fury that I raced at more that 8 different drag strips. Many years later when I sold it I had won a total of 51 drag strip competition trophies. I became friends with most of the Mopar guys at the drag strip because we were a minority group compared to all the Chevy's and Ford in attendance at the drag strip. Over the years us older guys and a lot of younger guys have stayed friends and kept in touch with each other over the years. Most of us collect Chrysler Products today. We love them.!!!!!
     OK, HERE IS MY QUESTION--- Why is it  a large percentage of Mopar guys will not sell the cars they know they will never restore? More than 50 years of experience racing, collecting, restoring,selling, trading and locating Mopar's has put me in touch with Mopar guys that have 10, 20, 30 and more  cars that are just sitting and rusting like "Miss Belvedere" did.   EXAMPLE-- One friend who has more than 100 Chrysler 300's that are mostly high performance letter series, and they are sitting and rotting inside and outside his building. They will not sell them. Two of my best friends each have Mopar collector cars--- The one friend has a Chrysler 300-C conv, 300-F conv, 3 Barracuda Conv, 3 Challenger Conv, 58 Fury, 58 Belvedere Conv, 58 Dodge Regal Lancer 500, 58 Dodge 2 dr D 500, 4 Imperials of which 2 are conv. and at least 20 other rare Mopar cars and he has not restored one single car in the last 35 years.  But he says someday---you know the rest.That is just one friend, I will not go into what the other friend has sitting and rusting for fear of putting you into tears.  I have met way too many Mopar guys who let their cars rot for a lot of different reasons but they will not sell them!!!!
       What really bothers me is I have a lot of Chevy and Ford friends and if they do not restore their cars,  most of them sell them to a friend who will restore them. Why don't more Mopar guys do that. By keeping their cars out of circulation they are permitting the Ford and Chevy guys to have many more cars on the road today and at car shows and events.
 
         Hey, I apologize in advance if I offend anybody by not being politically correct and being nice, but I live in the real world. If you don't have the money to fix it up, sell your Mopar to someone who will fix it up. It does not deserve to just rot like "Miss Belvedere" did in Tulsa.!!!!!!
 
     THIS E MAIL WAS INSPIRED BY ALL THE GUY WHO SAID " HOW COULD TULSA LET THAT CARS DETERIORATE LIKE THEY DID".   WELL, DON'T WE HAVE A LOT OF TULSA GUYS WITHIN THE MOPAR FOLLOWING.!!!!! ------THINK ABOUT IT, WE ALL KNOW SOME OF THESE TULSA GUYS.
 
 
                       Ron Swartley




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