HISTORY:
1988 MY WIFE OF 46 YEARS PRESENTED ME WITH THE CAR, ($300.00).
1988 – 1999 BROUGHT CAR HOME IN A FLAT-BED TRAILER, A PICK UP, AND A SUBURBAN, AFTER SEVERAL HOURS PICKING PARTS FROM AN OVERGROWN FIELD, THE CAR HAD BEEN DIS-ASSEMBLED, ALL BUT CAB WAS ACID DIPPED AND ZINC CHROMATED. SET-UP FRAME AND BEGAN CLEANING AND RE-ASSEMBLING THE FRAME AND SUSPENSION. INSTALLED ENGINE AND DRIVE TRAIN, THEN SET THE CAB. GOT 5 NEW 600/16 WIDE WHITE WALLS FOR CHRISTMAS. INITIAL FITTING OF FENDERS, DOORS, AND HOOD AND TRUNK.
1999-2005 MOVED TO NEW HOME, WITH A 2-CAR GARAGE, FOR RETIREMENT, AND A GOOD HOME FOR THE COUPE. MY SON-IN-LAW, STACY BOND, TOOK ALL BODY PARTS TO HIS GARAGE, THEN THE REST OF THE CAR, AND COMPLETED BODY WORK, AND PAINTED THE COUPE THE ORIGINAL POWDER BLUE COLOR.
2006 FINISHED UP MECHANICAL WORK, WITH HELP OF SONS JAMES AND CHRIS, INSTALLED INTERIOR, AND TRIM WORK. TOOK IT FOR DRIVE TO MUFFLER SHOP, AND FOR SHAKE-DOWN RUN. NOW FINISHING UP TRIM WORK TO GET READY FOR MOPAR SHOW IN OCTOBER