67 Dart GT Racecar Rescue
Health issues and family demands caught up with him though, and finally the car was parked where it would sleep for 20 years, until I came along.
"You know, I came out here and looked at it after we talked," he said, "and thought about how I could fix 'er up, make her go even faster. That would be fun," he added. "But you know, I got grandkids now, and I got to thinking - if something were to go wrong and there was a crash and fire, I'm not sure I could get out of the car by myself," he explained, referencing the health issues which had intervened. "And then I knew it was time to hang it up."
And truly it's the best of both worlds, because he's still got his baby, the '67 273 car which he'd built to be the perfect cruiser.
Meanwhile the racecar is with me now, and getting ready to teach this mopar lover a few new racing tricks. We're staying in touch and I'm tapping his knowledge to get the car back where it should, but on the track, not the street.
"It's... street-legal," he explained to me, "if you stretch the concept of street-legal as far as it can possibly go."
Health issues and family demands caught up with him though, and finally the car was parked where it would sleep for 20 years, until I came along.
"You know, I came out here and looked at it after we talked," he said, "and thought about how I could fix 'er up, make her go even faster. That would be fun," he added. "But you know, I got grandkids now, and I got to thinking - if something were to go wrong and there was a crash and fire, I'm not sure I could get out of the car by myself," he explained, referencing the health issues which had intervened. "And then I knew it was time to hang it up."
And truly it's the best of both worlds, because he's still got his baby, the '67 273 car which he'd built to be the perfect cruiser.
Meanwhile the racecar is with me now, and getting ready to teach this mopar lover a few new racing tricks. We're staying in touch and I'm tapping his knowledge to get the car back where it should, but on the track, not the street.
"It's... street-legal," he explained to me, "if you stretch the concept of street-legal as far as it can possibly go."