well, i did not start this thread last week when i got the car cause as soon as i got back, i learned of some finaicial problems heading my way this week. it is not done, but i feel i can overcome it, so, here goes!!!!!!
background story.
for the last two months, i have seen a duster on craigslist in roanoke va, with a title of " fm3 340 auto 70 duster"
i thought it must be a scam, at only 2k. well, i tried to caontact the guy for more than a month, to no avail.
just last week, i just happen to see someone posted it on here for sale and i jumped on the p.m, to see if i could really get a real fm3 duster, and that is a true 340 car to boot!.
so, he pm'ed me back,a nd gave me a number to call him at. i called and we set up a day to go look at it, keep in mind, i was thinking it still may be a scam.
so i get there,a nd there is no sign of the guy. wait for over an hour, and nothing. i called him from a pay phone like 4 times, still nothing. at this point, it is almost 10 pm with my wife and two kids creaming at me for taking them on these car chases, as my wife calls them.lol
anyway, i finally get a hold of him, and he was just running late.
he opens up the garage, i look around the front glass(now removed), and see the pink, and walk to fender tag, and it says fm3. so at this point, i do not want to burst out of my poker face, and i politley tell him i want the car. but after talking for like an hour, i see that it is hard for him to let go, as he must have some attachment to it in some way, and i understood that. so, he asked for one night to be sure he wanted to sell it. and i was cool with that, even though deep down in my heart, i was dreading that decision. I WANTED TO HAND HIM A DEPOSIT AND GET A RECIEPT ASAP!
but i was polite about it, and we talked on about all kinds of mopar crap.
i did not sleep that night, too full of excitement of thinking how would i go about rediong this car, and on the other hand, how mad i would be if he decided not to sell!
i waited all day for the call, but did not get it till later in the day. he sounded like he had an answer, but not something i wanted to hear.
" joe, come get it, it is yours". i was estatic to say the least.
he tols me the story how he bought it off a guy taking it to the junk yard, but as soon as he showed interest into it, the junk man slammed him with a big price tag. at this point, it did have the origional engine in the trunk.
i do knot know the exact part, but something like, from where he bought it, to it arriving at his house, the junk man had sold the engine out of the trunk to a guy named possum, in clifton forge va.
maybe ill find the guy, but oh well, if i do not.
MY PLANS
if i could of gotten the origiinal engine with it, i would like to have done a total resto, with all new, or reproduced parts.
but with out it being # correct, it now leaves me some room to personlize it. i am now going to go with the 71 340 look, with the s.t grille, stripe.
i am thinking of putting a decent running 318 or 360.
even though it is a real 340 car, i think it will hold it own value with any small block under the hood
here is some pics of it comming home
background story.
for the last two months, i have seen a duster on craigslist in roanoke va, with a title of " fm3 340 auto 70 duster"
i thought it must be a scam, at only 2k. well, i tried to caontact the guy for more than a month, to no avail.
just last week, i just happen to see someone posted it on here for sale and i jumped on the p.m, to see if i could really get a real fm3 duster, and that is a true 340 car to boot!.
so, he pm'ed me back,a nd gave me a number to call him at. i called and we set up a day to go look at it, keep in mind, i was thinking it still may be a scam.
so i get there,a nd there is no sign of the guy. wait for over an hour, and nothing. i called him from a pay phone like 4 times, still nothing. at this point, it is almost 10 pm with my wife and two kids creaming at me for taking them on these car chases, as my wife calls them.lol
anyway, i finally get a hold of him, and he was just running late.
he opens up the garage, i look around the front glass(now removed), and see the pink, and walk to fender tag, and it says fm3. so at this point, i do not want to burst out of my poker face, and i politley tell him i want the car. but after talking for like an hour, i see that it is hard for him to let go, as he must have some attachment to it in some way, and i understood that. so, he asked for one night to be sure he wanted to sell it. and i was cool with that, even though deep down in my heart, i was dreading that decision. I WANTED TO HAND HIM A DEPOSIT AND GET A RECIEPT ASAP!
but i was polite about it, and we talked on about all kinds of mopar crap.
i did not sleep that night, too full of excitement of thinking how would i go about rediong this car, and on the other hand, how mad i would be if he decided not to sell!
i waited all day for the call, but did not get it till later in the day. he sounded like he had an answer, but not something i wanted to hear.
" joe, come get it, it is yours". i was estatic to say the least.
he tols me the story how he bought it off a guy taking it to the junk yard, but as soon as he showed interest into it, the junk man slammed him with a big price tag. at this point, it did have the origional engine in the trunk.
i do knot know the exact part, but something like, from where he bought it, to it arriving at his house, the junk man had sold the engine out of the trunk to a guy named possum, in clifton forge va.
maybe ill find the guy, but oh well, if i do not.
MY PLANS
if i could of gotten the origiinal engine with it, i would like to have done a total resto, with all new, or reproduced parts.
but with out it being # correct, it now leaves me some room to personlize it. i am now going to go with the 71 340 look, with the s.t grille, stripe.
i am thinking of putting a decent running 318 or 360.
even though it is a real 340 car, i think it will hold it own value with any small block under the hood
here is some pics of it comming home
