71Demon340
Banned
I have my dad's 71 Demon 340 that he bought new. I have the build sheet, a QC card that I found under the carpet, and just the other day I found the original contract from the bank when he bought the car, and the payment book, $99 bucks per month. Plus I found all kinds of receipts for performance parts and stuff. One receipt was for headers dated less than two weeks after he bought the car. He had done some pretty good mods for a poor boy in that era. It had a pretty radical cam, Tarantula intake, headers, 4.56 gears, performance ignition, traction bars, snubber, electric fuel pump. I found a time slip for the Golden Triangle Dragstrip in Beaumont, TX with a best time of 13.97 which was pretty good for a street car in 1971. My dad drove the car till 1981 when he pulled the engine and never rebuilt it, hard times I guess. But he never got rid of it, even when people offered to buy it and he probably could have used the money. I took the car from him in 2005 and started working to restore it. It was still in great shape despite having been stored under a carport with a dirt floor for the past 15 years. There was no significant rust on the floor pans or anywhere that warranted replacement. Then along cam Hurricane Rita in Sept 05. She did a pretty good number on the car, but I was lucky it wasn't worse. I finally got the body/paint finished in Jan 08 and have the long block almost completed. Now its just the tedious part of reassembly. The Demon will now sport a 416 stroker with the original block and original drivetrain. Most of the interior is original, not even recovered, just new carpet and headliner. Its the factory B5 blue with black accents. My dad special ordered it with no side stripes or spoiler, which I kind of like. Hopefully the car will be on the road late this summer. Attached are some pics of when I first got the car.
