Welcome to the club, Dave! I'm a relatively new member myself (I joined last June). There are a lot of guys in the club who are extremely knowlegeable and helpful. I've learned a lot here already. Sounds like you have a great car. Best wishes with your restoration. Dave '64 Belvedere 2D, HT, 318 Poly, PB Auto --- On Tue, 3/2/10, David Bailey <bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: David Bailey <bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: New guy late intro > To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 5:56 AM > > > > Hello, I’m Dave and I’ve been visiting this site for > quite some time and recently joined about a month ago. I’m > not only new to the ’62 to ’65 Mopar site but a new and > dedicated Mopar Fan since I owned my ’64 Dodge for about 5 > years now. I’m of senior age and just 7 months into > retirement and reside in Eastern PA. I don’t know what > took me so long to come to my senses, I guess what they say > is true, with age comes wisdom! > I’ve been car crazy all my life. I’m mechanically > inclined and been school trained and employed in the auto > body repair and refinishing field during and after my high > school years (a long time ago) but left the trade in favor > of improved benefits and income. > I remember during my high school days, admiring those > potent "then late model" Mopars of the 60’s of which I > could not afford to buy then. So today, my project car is a > ’64 Dodge B body two-door hardtop model 440. It has the > original 383 4 barrel and 4 on the floor w/dual exhaust and > 8 ¾” Sure-Grip. No p/s, p/b or A/C just a straight AM > radio and heater. In my mind, this is a perfect example of > one of those memorable and classic Mopar muscle cars of the > day. > It is now in my humble 25’X40’ shop under-going a > complete tear down getting ready for a full rotisserie > repair / rebuild. There is ample evidence in all the usual > areas of haphazard patchwork/repairs that must first come > out in order to be correctly repaired. But I don’t mind, I > have the time now and I’m back doing what I’ve always > loved. > For the present, my plan is to re-store it to ‘as > stock’. I’ve always appreciated originality. Although, > the further I progress with the teardown, the more difficult > it’s becoming to resist the urge to soup-it-up! (Or > hot-rod it!) So maybe if I do any hot-rodding to it, it may > well only be the reversible bolt-on type of modifications. > Thanks for having me! > Mopar questions will follow, believe me! > Dave Bailey > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/ > -- > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > ---- > Please address private mail -- mail of interest to only one > person -- directly to that person. I.e., send > parts/car transactions and negotiations as well as other > personal messages only to the intended recipient, not to the > Clubhouse public address. This practice will protect your > privacy, reduce the total volume of mail and fine tune the > content signal to Mopar topic. Thanks! > > 1962 to 1965 Mopar Clubhouse Discussion Guidelines: > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.org/mletiq.html and > http://www.1962to1965mopar.ornocar.com/general_disclaimer.html. > > > >