What's nice in TX for '68 is because of the hemisfair there are a LOT of nos plates around still in the "prison paper" . DL
Terry, I was lucky with the 69 registration sticker, it came with the plate and was in really nice shape for an original. If I could have used one of the old PA Antique "Purple" plates I would have done it, but the new ones with the old 1913 or whatever car that's on it, are stone ugly. Duane
Ditto for Florida, I do not like the light blue antique plates they issue either so I usually hunt for a year specific, luckily in FL they changed the year and color back then so it is pretty easy to find one. Finding a clean one without rusty bug splatter is a different story though.
There are companies out there that restore license plates. When I bought a 70 GSX out of California, it came with a set of original plates but they were banged up pretty bad. When they came back they looked like new. Duane
Duane!!! I have the perfect plate for your '71. It was just pure stupid luck the DMV sent me this for my '66. 'not a Chevelle'
Hey Duane I was showing pics of this motion car to a friend he was wondering name of shop you guys are building this at. Is this public knowledge or under wraps? Where's the shop and what's the name? (If that's okay)
Ken, it is more then OK. Nick's Company is, Ivyland Collision 75 Industrial Drive Warminster, Pa. 18974 and Gene posted his phone number above. He has a few cars/engines he is working on now, but believe he has openings in the very near future for a couple of projects. He has done many different Buicks from at least 69-72, like Ken Lisk's 71 GSX car, and does other Brands as well. I think he was piecing together a Ford a couple of years ago. Now he is just finishing up a 66 or 67 GTO, working on touch ups on a 70 GSX, and working on a GN. He also did a body off, there actually wasn't that much body to take off the frame, on my wife Beth's 70 Chevelle convertible. That car would have been finished years ago but I had to take a hiatis because I got sick. We will be taking that back up to him soon, so he can assemble the front end sheet metal. (I think everything except possibly the grille is already painted.) Then I get it back to do the interior and it will be finished. If your buddy, or anyone else that would be interested, wants to talk to me about the quality of his work etc., then feel free to PM me and I will give you my cell number and times I can talk. This and the pics of my car should be enough of a reference. Duane
On another note I got all the paperwork done yesterday for the car, so now it's titled, insured, registered and tagged. I took all the paperwork/pictures etc. needed, down to our local title/tag store. The clerk had a bit of trouble getting the "Year of Manufacture" plate on the car with everything else getting changed over, but she kept at it until it was done. So now it's mine. Duane
Uh, I have to ask. Why did you wait till now to get it in your name and insured? What would you have done had something happen to car while be restored? Or something unforeseen happen with the paper work and title could not b switch?
I could have transferred the title at any time but there was no need , as both Jimmy and my family have known each other for over 40 years now. There is no way he would have done anything to me. If you have ever heard the phrase "Would you want him in your fox hole?", well he is one of those guys. I actually bought a 70 Stage 1 Automatic car from Jimmy years ago and never took possession of it. I gave him a year to buy it back for the same amount I paid for it. After 9 months he wanted it back so he gave me back my money and I handed him back his title. As far as the insurance Larry already answered that. The reason I waited was due to my insurance, they usually want pictures of finished cars so they can see what they are insuring. What I didn't know is they will insure the car and parts while it was being done, but even that's a pain, as you have to update their records and re-negotiate the price. Do you really think I had that much time on my hands, with everything else I was doing, to keep sending them updated pics and up the coverage? Especially with this being such a fast build. Duane
My 70 was fresh out of the paint booth when a tornado ripped the roof off of the body shop. The techs pushed it back in the booth and took cover underneath it. I was luck enough to have full coverage prior to sending it to the shop, if damaged we would have had to place bits n pieces of it through out the country side for coverage as it was a shell. In order to claim it’s appraised value it has to be complete. The car wasn’t damaged so I never had to Persue a claim. The fact that u guys turned out this car in record time and of this quality is a testament of both of your hard work. Nice job. Hope to see it in person someday
Here are some pics of the Exhaust. The Tailpipes are from Gardner, the Mufflers are a set of NOS Thrush mufflers, the headers are the Mickey Thompson long tube headers, and then the short intermediate pipes were custom bent. This is basically the same exhaust set-up that was on the Motion GSX. Duane
I hear ya Bill. I drove the 70 Motion GSX once and it was kind of loud, but I didn't seem to mind it. Duane
Yeah Duane.....Thrush were better than Cherry Bombs if you kept the tail pipes...... Cannot wait to see and hear your car ! Peace WildBill
I was trying to explain to a buddy what those mufflers were like and told him they just "kissed" the exhaust as it went by. Duane