very fat and very dumb 40 Report post Posted July 22, 2011 Last weekend was the Mustangs NW show. I completed the convertible enough to enter it. They grouped the 69-73 fastbacks, convertibles and coupes together in a class. It's tough to compete against 69 fastbacks in a peoples choice simply becasue IMHO they are one of the nicest looking cars ever made. We took 2nd. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Powershift 19 Report post Posted July 22, 2011 VERY good looking car! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hambone 10 Report post Posted July 22, 2011 I would love to take second with a car like that! Very nice job. Where abouts in Washington are you from? I grew up in the Tri-Cities. Kennewick class of "82" 69 MACH 1 ,390,C6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
very fat and very dumb 40 Report post Posted July 22, 2011 Thanks guys. I grew up in Shoreline, Shorewood '84. I still live on the dark side, we've had 78 minutes of 80 degree weather in the last year. We've had 6-8 days of sun this summer, this is a horrible place to live. Kennewick on the other hand is probably 110 right about now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Big Secz 26 Report post Posted July 23, 2011 Congrats. Looks great! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69RavenConv 286 Report post Posted July 23, 2011 Lookin' real good VFVD. You're a humble guy and downplay your skills but you do good work. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
very fat and very dumb 40 Report post Posted July 23, 2011 Lookin' real good VFVD. You're a humble guy and downplay your skills but you do good work. Thanks Raven, I appreciate the kind words. This was my first restoation, practice for my high school Mach 1. I think this weekend I am going to play musical cars and put the convertible in a gargage space and move the Mach to the shop area. When the Mach is done I'm going to do a 1941 Slat Grill Willys that I just bought. They say there's only 200 of them left. Mine was built 12-24-1941, 2 weeks after Pearl Harbor so it's a very early war jeep. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crstang 10 Report post Posted July 23, 2011 VFVD, You should consider showing your ride in Nevada in August!! Fifties Fever in Winnemucca Aug 5-7, @ Hot August Nights in Reno Aug 9-14. Lots of nice rides, and a great time to be had as well!! Check out both web sites. You won't be dissappointed with either. Hope to see your ride at either, or both!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69gmachine 15 Report post Posted July 23, 2011 Wow, 2nd is pretty amazing, very nice job! Congrats! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69RavenConv 286 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Thanks Raven, I appreciate the kind words. This was my first restoation, practice for my high school Mach 1. I think this weekend I am going to play musical cars and put the convertible in a gargage space and move the Mach to the shop area. When the Mach is done I'm going to do a 1941 Slat Grill Willys that I just bought. They say there's only 200 of them left. Mine was built 12-24-1941, 2 weeks after Pearl Harbor so it's a very early war jeep. Sweet. The Mach I will be cool but the jeep will be a lot of fun I'm sure. I don't know if I've mentioned it here but my vert is my high school car, too. I'm in the last stages of my restoration and I was just telling the wife how I'm gonna miss having a project car. She suggested I start looking around for something else, maybe an old Harley ... Of course, it may take me another 5 years to get the paint done on the vert since I spend more time sanding off mistakes than spraying.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
very fat and very dumb 40 Report post Posted July 24, 2011 Sweet. The Mach I will be cool but the jeep will be a lot of fun I'm sure. I don't know if I've mentioned it here but my vert is my high school car, too. I'm in the last stages of my restoration and I was just telling the wife how I'm gonna miss having a project car. She suggested I start looking around for something else, maybe an old Harley ... Of course, it may take me another 5 years to get the paint done on the vert since I spend more time sanding off mistakes than spraying.... I suspect for every person that saved his high school car there are 500 who wish they did. I really haven't driven it since 1989 or so however it will start up straight away, it shouldn't but it does. My hats off to you for doing your own paint, I am a perfection freak and I know I don't have the ability to do it perfectly so I had a guy do it, $12,000 later I'm still glad I did. Did you see the post I made a couple months ago about the OCC Chopper I hauled for them? I think if you restored a Harley it would be really cool. Shoot me you email address, I have a video to send you of the chopper when I fired it up. Really cool. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69RavenConv 286 Report post Posted July 25, 2011 PM sent - I did see the OCC thread. That had to be a lot of fun. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
