Non Mopar but one of my old cars is coming back to me after sitting for 30 years +/-.
Roughly 30 years ago I moved from small town Alberta, Canada to small city Alberta, Canada. Life decided that things were moving onward. I had two small children and a great wife.......still have them.......not so small anymore! Anyway, when it came time to move I cleaned house. I only had a small house at the time, but, I did have a garage. It was filled with stuff I did not want to or could not move with me. I gave it all away. Engines, antiques, tools etc., and a car. I gave the car to a relative, Cousin Fred. He was more than happy to take it away and I was happy he wanted to. Well, 30 years later, Fred passed away. Sadly he left many unfinished projects. My old car was one of them. So I asked the family what they were going to do with it. Well, it will be mine again.
The story of the car is I got it with a damaged lower control arm. I replaced that and got a decent running engine in it. But, I went away to work and only had water in the block........it froze! Oh well, small block Chev. No great loss. They were $50 a pop back then....still can be. Anyway, it sat in my garage until it was time to move. That is where the relationship ended.........until today. I went back to have a look. I will be retrieving it tomorrow. I am very excited. It's actually still in really good shape, for a 1973 Nova coupe. Yes it is only a 73, but it brings back memories of days gone by.........I was a die hard Nova guy back then!
Road trip!
This car sat for 30 years in this spot. Thank goodness he never let it go to somebody else.
Roughly 30 years ago I moved from small town Alberta, Canada to small city Alberta, Canada. Life decided that things were moving onward. I had two small children and a great wife.......still have them.......not so small anymore! Anyway, when it came time to move I cleaned house. I only had a small house at the time, but, I did have a garage. It was filled with stuff I did not want to or could not move with me. I gave it all away. Engines, antiques, tools etc., and a car. I gave the car to a relative, Cousin Fred. He was more than happy to take it away and I was happy he wanted to. Well, 30 years later, Fred passed away. Sadly he left many unfinished projects. My old car was one of them. So I asked the family what they were going to do with it. Well, it will be mine again.
The story of the car is I got it with a damaged lower control arm. I replaced that and got a decent running engine in it. But, I went away to work and only had water in the block........it froze! Oh well, small block Chev. No great loss. They were $50 a pop back then....still can be. Anyway, it sat in my garage until it was time to move. That is where the relationship ended.........until today. I went back to have a look. I will be retrieving it tomorrow. I am very excited. It's actually still in really good shape, for a 1973 Nova coupe. Yes it is only a 73, but it brings back memories of days gone by.........I was a die hard Nova guy back then!
Road trip!
This car sat for 30 years in this spot. Thank goodness he never let it go to somebody else.
