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Thank you. Unfortunately Dad wasn't much for pictures. The only two photos that I knew about have gone MIA. The car was raced in Northwest Oregon....
Sorry it's been so long. Almost 5 years to be exact. Just a quick update, I had gotten a little burned out on the Willys build, so I took a break...
That really sucks to hear. I talked to you about the Hilborn hat on Thursday morning. This explains why I couldn't find your booth on Friday....
Langy, All I can continue to say is WOW. You set the standard for rest of us to build to!
My 392 [IMG] My 472 [IMG]
Be on the road Thursday. Meeting a buddy that moved to LA and bringing a CHRR virgin along. He's never heard a vintage fueler fire! Can't wait.
A few more- and no, none of these are for sale. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Here's some taken this weekend in Central Oregon [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Thanks Chuck. If I could find a set of ET's that weren't beat to hell I would do it. They would need to be 15X7 though, 8" wides with the 3 3/4"...
I live in Prineville.
On the way, I took a little detour. Here's my '64 parked at the old entrance to the McMinnville dragstrip that closed in '64. They use it for...
The Polara is finished and my wife and I took it on it's first 400 mile road trip. We went back to our home town of McMinnville, OR for a little...
In early 1980 a buddy and I were cruising 82nd in Portland, Oregon in my '70 440 6 Pak Road Runner. It was a 4 speed with a vertical gate and had...
RIP Tom. I am fortunate to have met you and am proud to say that my Willys pickup cab passed through your ownership on it's way to me.
While I was at it I added disc front brakes and a dual master cylinder along with rebuilding the front and rear suspension. Next was to tackle the...
Sorry for no updates until now, but I have been spending my extra time trying to get the Polara put together. So here goes: I picked up a Hemi...
I met Tom quite a few years ago when I first got aspirations to build a Willys, He invited me to his house, showed me all the great stuff he had...
Don't forget the Agitator! [IMG]
Here's my wife's '64 Classic 770. It has a late model 258, 904 auto, 3 link rear suspension, PDB, PS, AC and a hidden Ipod stereo system. Figured...
Take a look at these, they are the Mopar ones mentioned above. I just put a set on my '64 Polara. They are stainless and come with all the parts...
I am taking a little break from working on the WIllys to get the '64 Polara I bought last fall ready for summer. I bought a hemi style hood scoop...
From the late '70's until they shut it down. Third street- McMinnville, OR 82nd street- Portland, OR
Fastest steet car- 1969 Road Runner- 440 4 speed, drove it to the track, ran 11.55 through the mufflers on M/T ET street tires and drove it home....
Last November at a garage sale I bought a Mopar steel crank 440 with a factory dual quad intake, Carter carbs and Mallory YL distributor that come...
A few from back in the day. Damn, Paul still looks the same! [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
In the shop [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
Here's some pictures of the'56 Chev that belongs to a guy at my work. I've known he had it for while and have been bugging him to get it back on...
From around the yard this week: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Bad ass thread, don't change a thing.
Thank you to everyone for the support. Probably won't be any updates until after Christmas. MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
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