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Darryl Gaspardone
Look at the transformation this beauty is undergoing. Darryl
from Nanaimo, British Columbia writes: "Here is what she looked like
when I got her,minus the inch of needles from one end to the other..."
"Not particularily looking for a project, while mucking
through a local junkyard a friend of mine told me to go over to the fence
and look at the neat old car in the guy's yard. Well the guy's yard happened
to be the local drive in. After finding the owner of the property and having
a look over the car I asked him how much he wanted for it (sound familiar?!).
He told me that if Iwanted it I had to take the whole thing, not just pieces
off it. Need I say more... He was using it for a dog house,there were no seats,
no floors, but the rest of it was still pretty solid, and it still had 4 original
hubcaps on it."
"I stored the old buggy away and started keeping my
eyes open for parts... Surprise, surprise -- easier said than done. The original
drive train was a seized up L head and 3 speed column, that had to go. As
luck would have it, I found a 57 plymouth that was to be scrapped and it had
a worthy drivetrain -- 318, torqueflite tranny and another frame so I didn't
have to mess around with welding motor mounts in. I'm still in need of a better
front window, better fenders and gas tank. More story to follow later..."
If you can help Darryl with parts, please contact
him here...
