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Topic: Tired T-Bird
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-02-2006 06:34 PM
 
Check out this T-Bird the shop that's doing my Mach is restoring. They are restoring it for a guy that doesn't care how much it will cost, and are hand making much of the sheetmetal. This thing makes my convertible look mint!    ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '70 Mustang Convertible - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150 XL
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mellowyellow
Gearhead Posts: 8198
From: So. Fl.
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 01-02-2006 07:22 PM
Man, they have some nice cars in that shop. Many 55-7 T-Birds needed rocker panels when they were 3 years old...in salty Chicago. As bad as it looks, it's still a beauty! What's the deal with what looks like a 34 roadster, in the background?  For a tight shop, it still looks clean. Impressed!
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mustangs68
Moderator Posts: 27681
From: Hampton Va MCA#39406 M&M #12 Member Mustang Club of Tidewater
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-02-2006 07:29 PM
STEVE...STEVE!!!
someone hiding in your engine bay!!!Oh wait,that something wrapped around the column  Sam [This message has been edited by mustangs68 (edited 01-02-2006).]
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-02-2006 07:33 PM
 That's another one of the works in progress I forgot to ask about. It appears to have a hard top they are building for it. ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '70 Mustang Convertible - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150 XL
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-02-2006 07:43 PM
check out some of this other stuff:        ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '70 Mustang Convertible - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150 XL
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GTRocks
Gearhead Posts: 4800
From: Lusby, MD
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 01-02-2006 08:01 PM
Nice Shop!! Would make you a whole lot more comfortable leaving your Mach with them seeing all those beauties there!
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johnmustang
Gearhead Posts: 6748
From: British Columbia , Canada
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 01-02-2006 08:16 PM
looks like your car is in good hands, they seem to know what they are doing and by the looks of the cars they seem to really take pride in their work.------------------
JOHN
65 FASTBACK 2+2
87 TAURUS WAGON
03 F150 XLT SUPER CREW 4X4 SHORT BOX
Member: PACIFIC COAST MUSTANG ASSOCIATION
Member:Vancouver Island Mustang Association
M&M #1710
65 FASTBACK
2003 F150 XLT SUPER CREW 4X4
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mellowyellow
Gearhead Posts: 8198
From: So. Fl.
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 01-02-2006 11:55 PM
This'll be fun guessing those cars! I think the first one, the 34, may be a 33 instead.The last car, the coupe with the sharp body work on hood and grille, looks like it could be a 40 Plymouth. Behind that looks like a 49-54 Chev Sedan Delivery in the process of getting chopped. You can see that it's in progress. That is first class work. Welding a roof that size is way way off the porch! First class! Behind the black duece roadster with a newer frame, is a 50 Olds Cvt with what engine??? The Studebaker Commander looks like a 55 and chopped no less!!! Sharp!!! Those "in the process oldies" are off the chart in quality work! Blown away! Glad you were able to get your car in there. Thanks for showing the pics. It was a treat! Quality of pics was great. They were really crisp! and dealt with lighting well. Could almost pick up the body shop smells!!
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fastford34
Gearhead Posts: 1299
From: penna
Registered: May 2002
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posted 01-03-2006 08:34 AM
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34 coupe powered by 351 c 4v
keith
it`s nice to be important but more IMPORTANT to be nice.
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68 Coop
Gearhead Posts: 5847
From: Mesquite, NV. 89027
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 01-03-2006 08:41 AM
WOW! That shop is a slice of Hot Rodder's heaven.------------------
William "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
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Thud
Gearhead Posts: 1407
From: Cumming,Ga.,USofA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 01-03-2006 09:50 AM
quote:
Originally posted by mellowyellow:
Behind the black duece roadster with a newer frame, is a 50 Olds Cvt with what engine???:
Looks like a Caddy Northstar (or maybe an Olds Aurora?)
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"An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured."
- Konrad Adenauer - "I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked."
- Raymond Chandler - Dwayne M&M Member #18
Son of Smurf
'94 Lightning #942 of 4007
'67 Mustang Coupe
'70 Mach1
'75 Cougar
'06 Focus ST
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 22791
From: Reno Nv M&M #1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 01-03-2006 01:42 PM
Is that what heaven looks like?  ------------------
oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs HOOD HACKERS DELIGHT!
My Pics
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68 Coop
Gearhead Posts: 5847
From: Mesquite, NV. 89027
Registered: Oct 2004
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posted 01-03-2006 04:16 PM
quote:
Originally posted by Fastymz:
Is that what heaven looks like?
Not sure Ron, but it would be a whole lotta fun any way, wadda ya think???------------------
William "It's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog."
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 22791
From: Reno Nv M&M #1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 01-03-2006 04:58 PM
quote:
Originally posted by 68 Coop:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fastymz:
[b]Is that what heaven looks like?
Not sure Ron, but it would be a whole lotta fun any way, wadda ya think???[/B][/QUOTE] I'd love to work in a shop like that. Heck I'd like to work in any shop.As long as they do whole car,not just body work.
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oddly obsessed with big scoops on little Mustangs HOOD HACKERS DELIGHT!
My Pics
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-03-2006 06:02 PM
quote:
Originally posted by mellowyellow:
Behind the black duece roadster with a newer frame, is a 50 Olds Cvt with what engine???
That's an Olds Aurora, I think he said it's getting twin turbos. ------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '70 Mustang Convertible - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150 XL
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IIGood
Moderator Posts: 3919
From: Arnold, MD, USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 01-03-2006 06:12 PM
Steve, do ya think you could smuggle that '32 out of there for me? That's a great start for my dream project. ------------------
Frank S.----MCA Member 40390
'03 Mustang GT coupe
'77 Ghia--"II Good"
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-03-2006 06:14 PM
I dunno... I try never to argue with guys that swing hammers all day...------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '70 Mustang Convertible - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150 XL
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cracing
Gearhead Posts: 640
From: Saltillo Miss. USA
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 01-03-2006 07:08 PM
Wish I had the Studebaker & he had a feather up his azz, then we would both be tickled!------------------
BAD COMPANY TILL THE DAY I DIE!!!!!
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SteveLaRiviere
Administrator Posts: 48752
From: Saco, Maine
Registered: May 99
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posted 01-03-2006 07:22 PM
The Stude actually belongs to one of the guys there.------------------
'70 Mustang Mach 1 - '70 Mustang Convertible - '72 Mustang Sprint - '94 F-150 XL
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my4ateyour8
Journeyman Posts: 53
From: Nampa, Idaho, USA
Registered: Dec 2004
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posted 01-03-2006 11:04 PM
Steve that is some of the coolest stuff. I go to Bonneville Speed Week every year and I get to see stuff like that. Some of them are still in the building stages but they drive them anyway. Sometimes someone brings in a vintage race car just to show it off.
I really love that old stuff. The car shows with all the trailer queens put me to sleep but I go anyway because sometimes someone brings something like what you just showed us.
Thanks
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