I have been browsing The HAMB as a guest for quite awhile, since my other two cars are far too new (and unmodified) to be relevant here. I finally picked up an older car, so now I feel I can be part of the group. A little about me. I have been around cars, doing something to them for about twenty years now. Most everything has been newer, there have been a few 4x4s, a lot of European stuff, any my oldest until now was a `74 D100 with the Slant 6. I have a few jobs, and am the owner of a small company. My 9-5 is at a junkyard, hauling around insurance salvage cars, most of which get repaired. I do some property management for my family's trust, and some accounting work for a struggling startup. I have my bachelors degree in accounting, and am currently working on receiving my MBA. I want to continue on to receive my juris doctorates. I'm not married, and don't have kids. Being around cars as much as I have been, and having the DD as something that will literally get mad at me if I modify it (Mercedes), I haven't been focused at doing much more than tint and wheels, I have even gone so far as to restore that car to its factory ride height. A few of the guys I work with are always modifying older cars. One of they guys seems to be able to produce barn finds easier than I have ever seen. Seeing old pickups arrive as basket cases in the bed of his pickup and then be running under their own power two weeks later, had made me want something for myself. I found my car because I had told him that I wanted something of my own. He knew that I wanted a car, and preferably a sedan (I like the lines more), and that age wasn't a huge issue. He had me follow him into the far north, non-public section of the wrecking yard, well past the stack of dead cars. I knew these cars and trucks were up here, but I hadn't looked too closely. Sitting up in that section of the yard, among the old 30's and 40's pickups, heavier flatbeds, a Suburban, a few old BMWs and a Volkswagen Cabrio were two old Ford Galaxies, a `60 and a `64. He told me that the guy had bought both, with the intent of stripping the running 4bbl 352 out of the `60 for the `64. The `60 was then going to be destroyed. He asked if I was interested, and made me promise that it would see the road again. When I told him it would, he pulled the title out of his pocket and gave it to me. The car was owned by an old man, who had stored it (and the `64) in a grassy field about 2.5 hours north of Salt Lake, UT. The weatherstriping was shot, and there was a hole in one front window. As would be expected for where it was stored, there are a couple of epic holes in the floor (driver's front, and no trunk floor). The car has no rocker panels, but the rust has stopped (slowed) there. There was some damage to the brightwork, but the car was complete, and slightly rough. As part of the deal, the 352 sill needs to go, and for that to happen, the car must be put out where normal customers could access it, even though it will be away from the usual cars being parted out. For this reason, I am removing all of the brightwork, and storing it. The windows and doors now function as they should, so it can be locked up. The window that had a hole in it has been replaced. I have yet to figure out what engine I want to replace the 352 with. I will think of the Ford 300 for awhile, then I'll think of a 4bt Cummins (or 6 if it wasn't so damn tall/long), then I'll think of newer fuel injected stuff. I seem to keep coming back to the diesel though. All of that is on hold for a little longer, as I don't dare do much more until I either get the trustee of the old man's estate to cough up the survivorship affidavit/death certificate, or have the motor vehicle police do the leg work and get it for me. Anyway, that is my awesome introduction, FWIW.
Welcome what part of Utah are you from. I live out in west Jordan. There are a few of us on here from Utah. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
I'm up in Ogden. On a different note, I scored a 94 Cobra drivetrain to take the place of the missing 352. Now I'm just waiting on the state to finish the insufficient ownership paperwork.
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