Pics from Back in the Day

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such metaphor... ^^^

 

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1970 Roadrunner 383 4bbl, auto black interior, air grabber. Paid $300 back around 1982.

 

[Dako]

My 1st 'car'...'72 D100 Adventurer, 360, cast iron 340 manifold, mild cam, 750 thermo-quad, dual exhaust.

 

[DeltaV]

 

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1970 Roadrunner 383 4bbl, auto black interior, air grabber. Paid $300 back around 1982.

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Looks like you had a bit of camera shake happening there, often caused by lumpy cams.

Was this how it looked when you bought it, or did you do a lot of work to get to this point?

 

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Couldn't help but notice that the modern cross walks use so much more paint then 1969

 

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Back in the late 70's I went up and picked up a new Dodge Conversion van there as I worked for a lease company and I was pretty much the all purpose gofer boy! Anyhow this lady leased this van and so we bought it from Grand Spaulding Dodge. I think they were really into conversion vans at that point.

 

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Looks like you had a bit of camera shake happening there, often caused by lumpy cams.
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Was this how it looked when you bought it, or did you do a lot of work to get to this point?

It had steel wheels with enormous snow tires on the rear. The left rear quarter was caved in from someone backing into it. There was a tank in the truck and a copper line that ran up to a manual valve in the floor in front of the driver's seat so you could switch from the factory tank to the auxiliary tank and keep going. It looked dead with 4 flat tires and full of garbage. I went through the engine (tune up, all new rubber lines, coolant and oil change), gave it a good cleaning and polishing (the underside was covered with dried mud like it was making long treks off road and since this was south Texas, no telling what it was used for!), popped the quarter panel out, found some wheels in a scrap yard then added some street tires and got the Air Grabber working again so I could enjoy it!

 

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