Many of you know I used to have a -6 Roadrunner
When I got to NAS Miramar (San Diego) in spring of 70 I had bought a 63 Chev SS. Had it I guess a year, traded to a "Dad" who had bought his son a 69 383 RR and had "got into trouble." So I upped some boot and traded him. Had that car awhile, was saving up my meager Navy pay, and talked to my friend George who had this marvelous 70 440-6 RR. I was telling him I was going to go through the brakes, new tires, and new paint on the 69
"Don't spend all that, I'm getting married and selling the 70. BUY IT"
So I did
When George owned it, nearly new
So I had the car a bit, and one day, stopped in traffic in National City, CA a couple of girls in a Dat--soon ran right into the rear.
Bumper, both rear quarter panels, maybe the trunk lid. REALLY screwed it up, considering
Then, later, some guy ran into it in the barracks parking lot. No license, he had been out to sea. I did sort of collect for that----ruined the left side quarter panel
So I get out of the Navy and it looked like this in 74
I had a local body guy fix everything and painted it a dark green gold metallic. And later sold it to "some local kid."
The local kid's brother (they lived on a hill) parked his Jeepster, which slipped the brake, rolled back and TOTALED THAT SAME QUARTER PANEL
At some point my old friend from San Diego came up N here for a visit, we were going up the "Baldy Mountain Road" and I pointed up on the side of their hillish driveway, and said, "check out that Plymouth."
He says "THAT HAS A DENT in the same place as YOUR OLD CAR"
"That IS MY old car."
"THOSE DUMMIES PAINTED RIGHT OVER THAT DENT!!??" (Last time he'd seen it was limelight)
"No, I had it fixed and painted, then sold it to them, and his brother's Jeep ran into it"
So my friend had to attempt to TOTAL UP the number of replacement rear quarter panels had been on that car. Bear in mind this is maybe, 1978?? so the car is only 8 years old!!
1....Original factory quarters
2....Both replaced due to National City rear-end crash
3....Left side replaced again due to parking lot non-driver
4....One more left side due to brother's Jeep
When I got to NAS Miramar (San Diego) in spring of 70 I had bought a 63 Chev SS. Had it I guess a year, traded to a "Dad" who had bought his son a 69 383 RR and had "got into trouble." So I upped some boot and traded him. Had that car awhile, was saving up my meager Navy pay, and talked to my friend George who had this marvelous 70 440-6 RR. I was telling him I was going to go through the brakes, new tires, and new paint on the 69
"Don't spend all that, I'm getting married and selling the 70. BUY IT"
So I did
When George owned it, nearly new
So I had the car a bit, and one day, stopped in traffic in National City, CA a couple of girls in a Dat--soon ran right into the rear.
Bumper, both rear quarter panels, maybe the trunk lid. REALLY screwed it up, considering
Then, later, some guy ran into it in the barracks parking lot. No license, he had been out to sea. I did sort of collect for that----ruined the left side quarter panel
So I get out of the Navy and it looked like this in 74
I had a local body guy fix everything and painted it a dark green gold metallic. And later sold it to "some local kid."
The local kid's brother (they lived on a hill) parked his Jeepster, which slipped the brake, rolled back and TOTALED THAT SAME QUARTER PANEL
At some point my old friend from San Diego came up N here for a visit, we were going up the "Baldy Mountain Road" and I pointed up on the side of their hillish driveway, and said, "check out that Plymouth."
He says "THAT HAS A DENT in the same place as YOUR OLD CAR"
"That IS MY old car."
"THOSE DUMMIES PAINTED RIGHT OVER THAT DENT!!??" (Last time he'd seen it was limelight)
"No, I had it fixed and painted, then sold it to them, and his brother's Jeep ran into it"
So my friend had to attempt to TOTAL UP the number of replacement rear quarter panels had been on that car. Bear in mind this is maybe, 1978?? so the car is only 8 years old!!
1....Original factory quarters
2....Both replaced due to National City rear-end crash
3....Left side replaced again due to parking lot non-driver
4....One more left side due to brother's Jeep
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