Race Hemi Memories
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- Опубликовано: 5 май 2022
- A 1964 Dodge Golden Anniversary Polara 4-door Hardtop triggers Race Hemi memories and gives Steve a chance to show off his most cherished possession, an actual hood pin from Dave Strickler’s aluminum 1964 A/FX Dodge. And was 1964 really the final year that Dodge offered a mid-sized 4-door hardtop body style? Please watch and see.
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I love watching a guy who geeks out over old Mopars as much as I do. As soon as you mentioned that the hood pin you were holding was aluminum, my Mopar Spidey senses started tingling. Great content as always.
Mopar, mo'problems!
@@samholdsworth420 Moparts
Mopar or No Car!!!
@@727Md-The-Eastside-Duck you stole that from Mark Worman
@@speedfreak8200 I stole that from no one,I grew up in a Mopar family and I’ve driven and raced MoPars since I was 16. For me it truly is Mopar or no car. You know some of us are from the pre-internet era and I can say without doubt that slogan is far older than the washed up editor of graveyard cars or what ever the hell else he did.
I learn so much from you Steve, keep em' coming! That hood pin is quite a treasure for sure, very cool!
Only Steve can talk in depth about a family sedan, and make it interesting
I used to own a plain Jane 64 Polara sedan with radio delete and a 225 slant 6 … what a great car. Sturdy and simple as a tractor
Love the hood pin excitement. 👍
These daily videos have become a part of my wake-up routine now. Grab some coffee, head to the porch with the dogs, and watch. I appreciate these!
@Eric I Agree👍☕️🍩
Maybe I’m just different, but I’ve always loved the look of the 62’s, a 62 Savoy 2dr sedan in black is one of the most sinister looking cars I can imagine. I always get a laugh out of those two icons of Chevrolet, Strickler and Jenkins being known as The Dodge Boys! I’d like to see a nicely done T shirt with that artwork on it, just to be contrary.
Yes, those are cool James!
I agree awsome car. I remember seeing these and really liking them.
Maybe they got sick of working on mopar rustbuckets in their old age.
Thin rusty metal =speed.....
Yeah man, I liked the old 62 Savoy
@@will7its everyone had rust problems.
Boy, the person who owned that car sure got their money out of those front tires.
You are the Steve of knowledge! we appreciate you
When I was 16 my buddy had a Dodge Polara with a 383 4 barrel. He put a rattle can paint job on it. All the owners of the shiny new cars laughed at us, until he opened up the secondaries and blew them away!!!
Good part about that wrecking yard is the old stuff is still there. Yards here in NY are cleaning out or has been wiped out. Once was were you'd find a old car you'll find 15 focus's or civics now
Yep. Nothing around Long Island either.
Yep, same here around where I live in Manitoba Canada. I am not even sure anyone wants used parts for Civics etc since the after market stuff can be priced fairly cheap. As for wanting a Civic etc down the road, I can't see many folks wanting to restore one.
I'm in upstate NY and I only know of one yard left. Has 3 rows of mopars still from the 80's few old Ford trucks, and a 50 Chrysler Newport and the 63 buick
This is sad, wrecker Jonny. I guess it is all a out the money. One wrecker here retired, 99% of his stuff was newer, but there was a few 1950's stuff that also got baled and sent off to the shredders. Some small scrappers don't have the room to store them either. At least try to sell them before melting them down!
The prices of scrap medal.
An ol' dog like me that lived during those days can still learn things never known-from you Steve!
I once had a treasure of racing history-once. In '73 I bought one of Pettys '70s NASCAR dirt cars thinking I could use it on the 5/8s, half mile, 3/8s dirt tracks I was racing. That thing was built like a Mack truck, nearly twice as heavy as our class minimum weight limit. 1 week and it was shoved to the side of the lot and sold to the first one that gave me what I paid for it. I've in later years, wondered why I didn't stick it in one of our many farms empty buildings and still have it for nothing more than a show-off toy.
at ray 56.. isn't that the same with the plymouth superbirds?
@@tonyfriend7413 No, it was just a RR.
I did look over a brand new 3 year old bird in a small town dealership. The car dealership didn't even own the bird, it was brought from KC to see if it'd sell. I heard it went to the next county over and sat in a dealership there before moving on.
I guess a forward thinking fella would of bought it and stashed it, but I wasn't one of those. Owned it I'd of ran it like it was made to run plus some.
My friend had that car and I believe it had the max wedge ,super fast it would smoke the tires all the way down the road and back 😎✌️
My sister and disagree a lot, but we agree on one thing...the '62 Dart is the most beautiful car ever made. I have one, and so does Steve. Ok, beauty is in the eye of the beholder haha.
We're all pulling for you Steve. Hope to see you soon
You must be fun at TSA airport security Steve... What's in your pocket sir? "Oh, I have this old NASCAR style hood pin used on a drag car"... Then here comes the story :)
Im amazed at all of the rare parts still on this car
Steve……..you are a walking, talking encyclopedia of all things cars!
I love listening to the staggering amount of knowledge you have acquired.
Keep it up!
Oh my heart! Another 1964 Polara!!!!!!!!! My high school car - first car!
Listen Steve anything you put a 426 Hemi in is a race car LOL great videos :-) really enjoy them!
You’re a wealth of information Steve. Such a blessing to those of us interested in car history. Thanks for the videos. I wish that my dad was still alive to see them. I think that he would have enjoyed them.
I had a Plymouth Fury ,1963 ,Four door hardtop and a Dodge Phoenix which was Australian assembled and had a higher spec interior than the US versions .Another I had years ago was a '64 Dodge 330,RHD assembled in Canada for the New Zealand market. The Plymouth Fury had the same body as the Dodge but with different fenders and was built RHD(in Canada) and bought to Australia for the manager of Hertz rental cars.
Regarding Max wedge engines, in 1964 a Genuine 1963 Max wedge car weas bought to Australia and raced on the strips (such as they were back then) with Ramcharger written on the sides. It had originally been raced in the US by a Californian dealer named Milne (from memory...) later in 64' another max wedge car came to Australia and was often pitted against the earlier car. 20 something years ago I was offered a 426 as a swap for my old toyota ute. 🙀😯😯.That was the original engine from the Milne car and went to the US in 1999.
Hello Mercmad, it is a small world indeed! I'm a collector of lots of things and one of them is vintage car magazines. I have a stack of "Australian Hot Rod" and "The Australian Hot Rodding Review" from the 1966 - 1970 period and YES INDEED a small number of 426 Max Wedge cars were raced "down under" (as we say "up here" in the U.S.). Just a coupe I can see right now are "Larsen's Ramcharger" a 1964 PLYMOUTH in the November 1966 issue (page 21), and on pg. 57 of the November 1968 issue the dueling 1964 Plymouth max Wedges of Bert Needham and Des Leonard are shown launching together at Surfers Paradise under the stars. Des Leonard's '64 Plymouth hardtop shows up again on pg. 27 of the August 1966 issue of "Australian Hot Rod" and Bert Needham's "Needham Automatic Co." '64 Plymouth sedan appears once again on pg. 35 of the July 1969 issue of "The Australian Hot Rodding Revue". Interestingly, Needham's Plymouth is shown wearing a front license plate from CALIFORNIA that reads "JOM563". It is very possible that this car was originally sold out of Milne Brothers Chrysler-Plymouth on Colorado Blvd. in Pasadena, CA. We must wonder where these cars are today...a possible answer appears on pps. 10-11 of the January 1969 issue of "Australian Hot Rod" where a 2-page black-and-white feature story on the John Bell / Allan Caelli-built fiberglass T-Bucket open-wheel altered-type drag car which is powered by a...Max Wedge. Could one of the Plymouth's have been "parted out" by the time this January, 1969 magazine article appeared? Did Bell and Caelli buy a "crate" engine and have it shipped to Australia? The mind boggles. What is bizarre about this T-Bucker dragger (painted up as "The Spoiler') is the FORD-O-Matic transmission! Perhaps the Max Wedge-spec push-button 727 Torqueflite was not available to these guys? I wonder how they adapted the Mopar block to the Ford bell housing (no there are no close-up photos though the cast iron case of the Borg-Warner / Ford-O-Matic transmission is photographed). So many mysteries...so little time. THANKS again for jogging these memories of Max Wedges in Australia! -Steve Magnante
Steve says Mikes asleep lets upload one or two an he can wake up to it ! Thanks Mr Mag !
I have the pleasure of knowing Mike Guffey, as I was able to buy a pair of nos pie crust slicks from him a few years back. He shared his collection with us, stories, and his knowledge of all things cool vintage drag racing. He is the man!!
Very cool having that original hood pin! Great history there!
Mate... I'm from Australia. I get a notification to your channel. I click and enjoy every time 🙏❤️
My Grandfather would be 103 today, my Dad would be 81 and Uncle would be 78, I am the last Grayson, I recall Hemmings mlotor news when it was typewritten , my Uncle was an actor for 30+ years he had 75vehicles at one point stored ikn a chicken coop in Cucamonga, he loved Chysler's but had many others. Some notable cars were a 1946 Mercury 4wd Marmon Herrington conversion built for ex fotomat tycoon turned ornithologist photographer Donald Bleth, a very rare woody, my Dad had it for ablout 15 years before y Uncle went to LA with it, it had a sweet 283 solid lifter vette motor, the current owner put a flathed back kn it now, we restored 3 Town &COuntry convertibles, an Airlow, a 1929Chrysler roadster we drove unrestored from Mass to LA across I 40 ause we had no heater and wooden wheels unrestored uinregistered since 1955, a hell of a story there!
When I moved into my Uncles house in the 90210 at age15 he showed me a car ion his garage a 1967 427 ac Cobra in 1975, he had a 1969 Rolls Corniche convertible too he let me drive both myself at age 16!
Hello Skid Markman, great story and all I can say is "only in America" where acting and the car hobby can go hand-in-hand. Your Uncle's Cucamonga chicken coop stash sounds like a GOLD mine. I spent 17 years in the Los Angeles area (owned a house and half acre plot in El Monte) and remember painfully many shouting matches with the Code Enforcement guy over MY cars in MY yard. I had to install a WOOD fence (couldn't be metal..."too industrial looking for this neighborhood" he said) to shield folks driving by my home on Cherrylee Drive from the "unsightly" vision of some pretty neat, well cared for older cars. What a hassle that was. I've heard recently Code Enforcement is using Google Earth to locate "hidden" backyard vehicle stashes in urban (and rural) locations so as to go after non-op / vehicle excise tax funds! I sold my place, hired an Intercity Lines big-rig to transport my 6 cars and 2-tons of personal stuff "back home" to Massachusetts about 11 years ago. I do miss California's cars and fine folks but DO NOT miss the Code Enforcement people. Funny thing was, my neighbors and I got along great and they liked my cars (I had 6 on my property at the maximum) and they never complained. When I'd ask the Code Enforcement guy: "did somebody file a complaint?" He'd say "yes". I'd ask: "But WHO? We all get along great here" and he'd say "I don't have to tell you WHO". In other words, it was probably made up and he chose me and my yard to zoom in on. Oh well. I still love California! OK, THANKS for watching and sharing, Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante Funny you mention code enforcement, I just paid $575 to the city of Sacramento for having a Ducati Diavel, Stella scooter, Tote Gote and a few mtn bikes in my driveway, same thing, allegedly a neighbor called.
My Dad, Grandpa and Uncle talked cars every time we were together, it is different now I have nobody to talk about cars with anymore.
My Dad married a gal whose father owned 30 egg ranches across so cal, he had an egg processing plant to dehydrate eggs for the army, the chicken coop my Uncle had the 75 vehicles was part of the egg ranch at one time, it was about 1/8th mile long with lights, he had Chryslers , Plymouths, De Soto's, Packard's, a couple v12 Caddys,, Lincoln's trucks, cars, woody's, the 46 Mercury woody 4wd Marmon Herrington conversion was one of the special vehicles my Uncle and Dad were caretakers of, they both told me nobody really owns cars as they live forever.
My Uncle when he died had a Bentley Azure convertible, a BMW 850 csi 6 spd V 12, he was in the E31 forum with over 4500 posts, he had a 1937 Lincoln Zephyr 3 window V12 coupe that was the last old car he bought before he died.
At age 15 ,I moved into my Uncles house in Coldwater canyon below Mullholland drive, that was a culture shock, my uncles best pal also am actor was named Reid smith, Reid was an actor and mansion flipper before flipping homes was En vogue.
Reid Smith dated many famous actresses, Maude Adams, Valerie Perrine, Victoria Principal, he was dating Jaclyn Smith just before Charlies Angels premiered , she was already famous, her Daddy was a rich Texan , she had a mansion off Coldwater canyon on Lindacrest dr, my Uncle took me to her house for dinner one night I arm wrestled Reid and beat him in front of her.
Reid also had a 427 AC Cobra as did my Uncle, his was in Gumball rally or Canon ball movie,? they had a mutual buddy a guy whose Grandfather owned Levitz furniture, Gary Levitz, those 3 were as wild as anyone ever was! They all had real Cobras and would blast around the canyons, Benedict, Laurel, and Coldwater, Mullholland drive and Sunset, they were rich, young ,, handsome, lived in the 90210 and were car guys.
The 1929 Chrysler roadster my Uncle said the 29 Chrysler did well at Le mans that year, we went to Framingham Mass to drive it back to Los Angeles unrestored and unregistered since 1955, it was 1976, the car had wooden wheels and no heater, we about froze to death even though we kept along the coast as I 80 was way too cold in November, Framingham was colder than any place I have ever been! We stopped at several shops that allowed us to remain there after they went home so my Uncle and I could fix the car, we rewound the generator by hand, plasti-gauged the rods and crank, all things I never did before, it was a wild trip, I snagged a license plate in NY off a Granada at a rental yard, we made it all the way to LA except for the night we were in South Carolina and pulled into a late night diner as a sheriff was backing out, we went in thinking nothing but he ran the plates, after my Uncle went to the bathroom i saw the sheriff come in and straight to me asking where my buddy went, we were arrested taken in and a magistrate was awoken to come out at 2 am to fine us $150 cash and away we went!
My Uncle actually let me take his real 1967 427 AC Cobra out by myself! many times, I bet I am the only kid in LA that ever drove a Cobra alone! I had a TR6 then, I took the Cobra to Van Nuys blvd and nobody knew what it was as did I whenn je first showed it to me but oh wow whenn it started up the side pipes compression was blassting puffs of dust around the driveway with each lope of the engine! The 1976 Turbo Crarras had come out doing 14 second 1/4 mile and 160 mph, my Uncle was next to one i his CObra and the guy was jousting, my Uncle said, watch this, dropped it bogging in 3rd to 2nd gear and pinned my head back as we blew away that Turbo Carerra!
He had a 1970 Boss 429 that a guy named Earl Wade in Azusa built the engine to 486 ci and 12 to 1 compression! That was a wild Mustang too!
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My Uncle Kurt Grayson in one of the many TV ads he made, he let me take out his real 1967 AC Cobra 427 when I was just 16.
My Dad went to Bob Bondurant school and afterwards he took me to the Ontario motor speedway parking lot witrh my Grandmas 63 Le Mans, with a 326 V8, looked like a GTO.
My Dad told me to turn hard right and floor it then left then right never letting up on the gas showed me how to slide a car and reverse 180 and forward 180 etc, there were no poles they used portable lights so nothing to run into and gravel was the lot surface.
My Da dalso had an AC Bristol that he put a 215 ci oldsmobile engine in the aluminum frame, ran great!
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This was Kurt at the end scene of this trailer, he was playing Doggo in the Chuck Norris movie ,
The Octagon. the mercenary camp leader and only other white guy just about.
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That gold,, under deck lid aka trunk always show history
This is my favorite Dodge of all times!!! I had my Great-grandpa's (who I knew he was alive when I was a kid) as my first car and it is the one I regret selling while in college. It was also a 4 door for the family with a 318 poly, white. I didn't realize that many were made! So many more than the 1972 Satellite Sebring Plus I currently have. If it wasn't for the Satellite I would be on the hunt for another one of these and maybe someday I could still add one to the collection. Great work Steve, I always love your content.
This is very informative. Thanks for making the video.
Plate C
Love the details, always something to learn from Steve. We eagerly await the Remcharger.
Lot of history connected to that hoodpin Steve. It's in good hands.
👍🤗 like crawl ! .. early 70’s & back, memories, night time front or back lights.. unlike the square headlights & beyond easy to distinguish what’s coming at you or past you 😛 .. 🤙✌️
'Brand new shinny red super stock Dodge'
"Parked in her rickety old garage is a....."
There was a old auto Teacher in 1963 That Ford and General Motors bailed out Chrysler many times to have another car manufacture he taught us a National Technical Schools in LA.
Great school at that time. Long time gone.
The nostalga of the hood pin is like when I find some old railroad artifact {junk!} along the old Pittsburg & Erie right-of-way, here in Pennside Pa.
Awesome history
Excellent video Steve
You are a wealth of information sir! Tom H.
Your knowledge is just amazing...thank you
Genuinely such good content. I know the whole Motor trend thing sucks, but It worked out for me as an Australian, as now I can actually watch some excellent Steve content!
Great video and history! I’m starting to like and learn so much about Chrysler and dodge cars from that era. I have a hot wheels version of that car! The drag strip demon dodge! Tanks for sharing and teaching us some great automotive knowledge and history Steve!👌😎👍
We sure miss you Steve. Hope you’re getting better.
I love your Chanel Steve. Thanks for your hard work.
Great info, I love the enthusiasm.
Cheers😊
All that inside information is wonderful, thank you Steve, truly appreciated.
Cool Episode, thanks Steve for sharing it with us.
Your automotive knowledge is truly amazing 🤩
Not necessarily the biggest car fan, but Steve's encyclopedic knowledge combined with his enthusiastic presenting style keep this as one of my favourite channels.
The depth of your knowledge never ceases to amaze
And that hood pin is pretty darn cool!
Thanks
Great vid, Steve!
🤙thank you. Brings back memories
Not only some wicked memorabilia, but what must be 1 of the best magazine collections goin . Luv ya work mate.
Love your passion about old Mopars and cars in general, Steve! I could watch you all day riffing about random factoids!
Very cool!!!! 👍👍👍
Awesome information and great race car stories!!!!👍👍👍👍
What an awesome video! I'm a definite Nova fan, and this was really cool to see. And even more cool to see Mike and hear the story from the guy that drove the car.
At the Same time, kinda sad. We all have "some day" plans... but, time marches on.
I love the style of the '64... my father owned a '64 Dodge 440 (318 Poly, auto) back in the day.
My dad as a kid had a 64 dodge polara 4 door hardtop in anniversary gold in his family. He would like to see one again but they are kind of uncommon even here in AZ.
i had the origional ramchargers model back in the day along with chuckwagon and backup wagon and the little red wagon and the la dart wheelie car oh and mowtown and mopar missle miss em now
Hello Rc topfueler, You CAN GO BACK! The Little Red Wagon model kit has been re-released by Round-2 and I'm hearing the L.A. Dart model is about to be re-released too! Build away and "be a kid again". I do! THANKS for writing, Steve Magnante
You are a world book of knowledge I love it.
Love your channel. I've been a Chevy affictionado but am learning more about Plymouth and Dodge. Thanks
Hey Steve., anything new with the R.E.M. Charger? Loved the 500 Caddy Chevette back in the day, and the altered wheelbase stuff. I have 3 1964 Fury’s and I’m looking forward to seeing more on the engine in R.E.M. and how it runs.
For most of my car enthusiast life, I shunned 4 doors. As I have matured, I find myself really wanting a 4dr hardtop- this is exactly what I'd love to have. The knowledge between those ears of yours is darn near unparalleled, Steve- thank you for sharing it with us!
Awesome channel. Keep up the good work Steve!
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Keep ‘em coming Steve my favorite mopars, own 2 63’s one factory 383 2x4 car early early 63 with carryover 62 stuff
That pin looks just like a 20mm cannon shell for sure! Great video Mr. Steve! :-D
Never knew that information! Thankyou!
Get well soon Steve!!
I like the 63 Savoy.
Another great video Steve. I owned a 64 dodge 330 4 door sedan it was a six cylinder manual brakes and steering. Push button auto. Black with red interior. In 1977 I bought it from my boss who owned a GULF station in Wakefield mass. for $50.00.I was 19 years old . I had a lot of really good times in that car.
Oh what a beautiful time of engineering 💦❤️
I swear I see a 3rd gen f body in the background of everyone of his junkyard crawls.
The fact that you are apparently able to talk about the minutiae of these cars off the top of your head blows my mind.
I know of a 64 sitting in a garage abandoned, 318 poly engine, probably could pick it up cheap, no title
You are the HAL 9000 of automotive history.
Prettiest of the 64's,,,,,, Canadian 64 Fury 3 ( I believe sport fury in U.S. ) with 313 poly and pushbutton torqueflite in Black !!!!
Loved those 64 AF/X cars
Yes, they are highly misunderstood today - and then too! Most folks assume 1965 was the debut year for the altered wheelbase concept. But those 4 Alexander Brothers-built 1964 A/FX cars were a "proof of concept" trial. They look BRUTAL too with their slightly bizarre proportions with axles and wheels just slightly off kilter! THANKS for writing, Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante Seems like you forget about Dick Landy's AFX car....1964 with I beam axle and moved rear wheels....
Love Steve’s excitement! As another viewer pointed out, Steve carrying a historic hood pin in his pocket. What else is he carrying? A Hemi engine in the other pocket? Thanks again for the video Steve!
,,,,,DooooooooooooD ! ! .........I just acquired a 64' polara,or a belvedeir??.not yet sure,,,but after watching this,,,I have a better idea,,,tnx a ton.......it looks close to this,,,,I'll keep you posted here ! ....a very good keeper,from an old guy who just passed,,,,....and the family have the car to my son and I........great info,again,,,,,pat,land o'lakes.wi.
Great video Steve. I always wondered when they switched from wing nuts to pins. Building a 64 Plymouth hardtop myself so I appreciate the details.
Steve, please do a quick review on that Third Gen f-body behind this one… 👍
Morning Steve , Speaking of large trunks in 1967 - 8 my buddies and myself would sneak into the drags especially on grudge nights in anyone of our cars but the most cramped was in a 68 Dodge 383 Dart GTS . Thanks
True story. My Dad built the engines when the Ram chargers won their national championship and of course he built the engines for the Lawman.
Thank you 🙏
It's probably just me, but I actually prefer the looks of these as four door hardtops than two doors. There's something super classy, sleek and very early 60s about the roofline with the hardtop sedans. Even with a 318 Poly, it would be an awesome cruiser for some friends or family.
New Old Stock. That phrase is something one has to think about for a sec. The only way that anything manufactured can qualify for 'New Old Stock' is time. Time has to pass...
Good information
Loved the 50’s 60’s Mopars❤️
anyone remember the "Color Me Gone" drag car? i think it was a super stocker in the detroit area in the mid-60s.
I remember my grabdfather had one of these. In that ugly yellow.lol. great video again steve. Thanks.
Watched these type run at Lion's when I'd go with my older brother.
that is a different roofline than my 64 Polara.
Hi Merle Morrison (any relation to Jim The Lizard King? Kidding...). As you know, your Polara two door has the "convertible look" arched roof skin that is specific to up-market Polara and Dodge 440-series 2-doors. The base level 330 sedan and optional low-line 440-series 2-door sedan have the same flat roof skin and thick B-pillars as the Polara Hardtop 4-door featured in the video. Crazy but true, folks hoping to clone '64 Race Hemi and Max Wedge 2-door sedans (as opposed to the Hardtop 2-door which was less "hard core" to these drag racers...but some were built with Max and hemi in '64) are so desperate for "core vehicles" that they have begun converting 4-doors like this into 2-door sedans. It can be done. If you have the skills to "tub and back-half" a Camaro, you can also do the 4-to-2-door conversion on a 1964 Polara -4-door (1965 Dodge and Plymouth 4-doors are also ripe for this 2-door swap). THANKS for writing, Steve Magnante
@@SteveMagnante if only! I forgot about the 2 door vs 4 door thing. Ooppss on me!!! :(
I live by the Columbia River & there's a boat named "Sir Osis of the River" keep working your butt off Steve I always Jones for the next video (I used to have a 67' Plymouth fury 4dr hardtop 383 4bbl)
I love how you explain everything so well. Very well put together videos . Is that a Chevy panel van I seen in the background
I don't know why the US didn't use the rear brake drum set up the Mexican Spec cars used where it had a separate drum from the axle, kind of like the newer ones would have.
love the story
2 door hardtop !
Great donor car - noticed some decent trim pieces on it.
Yeah, that pin is awesome.