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Actually "those" cars in my gallery are one in the same. I bought the "West Coast" car from Weld Motorsports jan. 2003. They used the car to advertise a new line of Forged Wheels back in 96. The wheels that are on the vehicle were custom made by them and are the only set like it. After they were done advertising. the new line of forged aluminum wheels they stored the car in the warehouse for 6 yrs. Vern gave them a killer deal since the car would get alot of publicity and several vendors threw in alot of goodies (Ford crate, blower, fuel injection, TCI tranny etc. etc.) During the 6 yrs it was stored it suffered some damage. The pipes were starting to rust along with all the other metal parts. Someone attempted to move the car and started it in gear, it then hit a truck parked in front of it and suffered the damage you see in the front on some of the yellow photos. They (Weld) then did a cost analysis to see if it was worth restoring and selling. They had already started to dissassemble the car (as you see in the yellow photos)(this is also how got it) They then decided it was not worth fixing and it would cost over $20k, so they sold it as-is. That was my LUCKY DAY! I live in New Mexico and saw an ad in the Kansas City thrift paper (small paper with classified ads) and immediately called Carl Robinson (big time Racer with Weld Motorsports) and he didnt know much about the car and said it had never even been driven and lost all the paperwork on it. It didnt even have a serial # on it (that he could find) I then sent him a cashiers check (that day) after receiving the yellow photos from Carl that I have in my gallery. I picked it up that weekend on a flatbed along with several boxes. I spent the rest of the year transforming it into what you see in the black photos. As you can see some of the major things I changed were the self made Rollbar and re-located the cas cap filler. I didnt like the idea of leaning over the car too fill-up and the spilling gas all over the trunk when done. I also didnt care for the grill and opted for the fans and tranny cooler instead. Thats what makes my car MY CAR, my creation. And any changes or modifications you make will make you proud of you car. What youll find here is that no matter how nice your car is, theres allways someone that blow it away (as Ive experienced here) but to me MINES THE BEST! As will be yours to you. Good luck and enjoy the build!
Gary