InDepthAutoDetailing Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 It was late summer of '86 when my brother came home on leave (Navy) and somehow ended up being given my '69 Chevy LWB truck. At only 15 & 16 years old I had worked and had the truck painted and rebuilt the engine. It was my pride and joy. I even washed it when it was below freezing. A month or two later my dad traded a satellite receiver (13' dish) for a '62 Ford Falcon. I'm like come on! What 16 soon to be 17 drives a Falcon? It was white with a big ugly blue stripe down the side. As you can see from the pics someone had cut out the rear teardrop fender wells and replaced them with front fender wells. It had a 302 with a C4 transmission and a 9" rear end. It would scoot. Well summer of '87 we began to strip the car. We scraped it to the metal with razor blades. It was painted Candy Apple Red with a Black Cherry stripe. It would turn some heads. My dads biggest mistake was when he took it to be appraised, he was offered a '55 T-Bird fully disassembled with a guarantee that everything was there. He turned it down. I won a couple of small car shows with it. Then when I was 19 and wanted a 4x4 I gave the car back to my parents and they bought me a 79 Chevy 4x4. Later my dad traded it for a '86 Pontiac Feiro. I know where the Falcon is. Just sitting under a tree rusting away. The man won't sell it. Said he might fix it up one day. Enough jabbering. On to the pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
694doorbird Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 If it's just sitting out there and rusting away, it will never see the open road again. What a shame:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mc2hill Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Cool car and story! Thanks for sharing Len. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Cool car and story! Thanks for sharing Len. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Luke Warmwater Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Everything has a price how bad do you want it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InDepthAutoDetailing Posted November 13, 2010 Author Share Posted November 13, 2010 Everything has a price how bad do you want it Not that bad. It's just a shame that it just sits there with no love at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Adam's Posted November 13, 2010 Share Posted November 13, 2010 Cool car... I wouldn't have noticed the rear fender mod had you not mentioned it, but it really changes the look of the car. I like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiterp199 Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 That looks awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrispy1 Posted November 14, 2010 Share Posted November 14, 2010 Great looking car.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InDepthAutoDetailing Posted November 15, 2010 Author Share Posted November 15, 2010 Thanks. That's one that I wish I'd kept. But I was 19 and the Falcon wouldn't do too well in the mud. Live & learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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