Gettin ready to go for a spin on a perfect '05 summer day
Just finished puttin on the hose dress up kit. june '08
Hotrod cruise / meet , plainfeild IN sept 6th '08
I bought the scamp in oct of '92 for a mere $125.00 it was a basket case, the owner was tired of her .He says she would'nt stop. and he was sick of trying to find the problem .So i paid him and took the side streets to get her home ...and man the guy was right. It took both feet and standing on the pedal to get it to stop so i could get safely home. I found out someone put the shoes all the way around the car on" backwards" for the mopar guys with drum brakes.... you know what i'm saying.Well i switched all the shoes around and she stopped pretty good for 9" drum brakes. So now it's time for some custom plans for the girl . the 1st thing i wanted to do was something unheard of at the time. And way different from what anyone i new was doing. So i cut the top off..i wanted a convertible . A convertible that mopar didn't make. So ah'cuttin i went i had'nt heard of sub frame connectors then so i made them out of 2" sqaure tubing. because of the unibody design. And i did'nt want it to fold up like an old lounge chair but since then have cut out and installed mopar performance subframe connectors from "mancini". Works great. Body is super stiff. took out the slant 6 and installed a 1974 hyd lifter " 340 " cam 360 mopar crate engine. she's strong and fast. The top is automatic , it started out as manual but i was able to come up with pump and cylinders. It was green and in major need of attenion i honestly did'nt think i would be at this point with the car to be thinking 16 years latter man i which i had only a few snap shots of it from before i started the scamp spent most of it's life in the garage due to building it . You all know that your always changing something or doing somthing else to 'em . i have drivin her more this yr '08 than all the other years since i've owned her. I did'nt drive her at all in '06/'07 if it was'nt the weather it was something else to keep me from being able too ie.... work, family, etc..... She only gets driven on weekends and in good weather.
1st cruise of the year april '05
Here i decided to paint the horns purple . Mopar sure knew how to put colors together.
My buddy " wild bill " standing by the drivers door at the plainfeild car meet sept 6 '08 He owns a 1966 ford fairlane GT . we meet every saturday if weather good for ice cream and car talk .
Sept 28th 2008 benefit car show @ 200 East Market St for IMPD officer jason fishburn...shot and injured in the line of duty .
Gettin ready to go to the car show downtown Sept 28th 2008 @ big b's house we both cruised to the show together. He drove his 1973 Gremlin X parked next to me in the pic above. The dude is so ate up.
My girl, parked on market street enjoying the great an sunny 70 degree sept day .
Me on my way out the door to meet up with big b to cruise to car show.
