Gerahead's 71 Dart

A strange but enjoyable thing happened over the last week and a half. I was on my way home from work and 5 blocks from home on the same route that I have been taking for about 38 years .. . . .. . out from a side street comes a 69 Dart. Nice copper colored paint, skinnies and tubbed bigs, fenderwell headers, x-cap oil pan and sounding healthy as a new born! I have never seen this car before. I give him the :thumblef: as I drive by and he waved back. As I am driving away, (forehead slap here) I'm thinkin' I should have stopped to find out if he is a neighborhood guy or visitor. Doooo.
The next week I am headed home about the same time, so I thought that I would take a little side trip to see if the car can be spotted. I get about a 1/2 block in . .. . and there she is and there is someone out in the garage. U-turn, park and walk up to the garage. The owner is on his back under the core support and it was his son that I saw. Introduce myself and we chat for a little bit. Turns out he has lived there quite a while, and has had the car about 7 years. It's a 580hp, 440. Very nice car. Funny how close you can be to something and never see it. It was a good chat, I intend to stop back when I have more time to schmooze.

Project update - completed welding the seam on the driver's side quarter and ground it down, checked for light leaks, welded them up and ground some more. I have to knock down the plug welds on the trunk floor extension and wheel well and I can wrap up this side. Progress has been slow, but it is still progress. L8r