south missouri car nut

hi ya'll i stumbled across this site and figured i would stop in.. i am a retired mechanic been around cars all of my life. i ran a garage and auto salvage in south missouri for 29 years.. thru that time i have saved about 200 old cars (about a dozen old wagons) ...now i just sell vintage parts and go to car shows and swap meets. i have just strarted another project, a 64 olds f85 wagon, this is for my daughter so i will be taking my time.. maybe if some of ya'll are close to the missouri-arkansas border we can get to know each other.. or if smeone needs parts for pre 70 cars i may have some.

 

Welcome Whiskey runner. Nice to see you on this site too. Hope the weather breaks so you can start on that Olds and get to the rest of that 66 Malibu Wagon rear window trim you and I have been talking about. Look forward to hearing from you again.

 

hi.. funny you should mention that.. i was just heading out with the tool to try to get the rest of the trim off.. will probably email ya later... R.C.

 

Welcome aboard whiskey runner!

 

whiskey runner. While you are out there runnin around south Mizzusuri run on down here to NW Florida with a few samples in your spare gas tank. We can sit around and tell car stories and lie about life in general.

 

hi tireman... from slidell huh?... been through that area alot when i worked the oilfields



ha ha ha cat.. those days are far behind me..... i do still have the old ford but i removed the 150gal. tank out from under it... but if you come up here to the ozarks i am sure we could find some old time refreshments.. sounds like you have a nice car stable

 

We used to love Roaring River St Park, Table Rock, and everyplace else up that way. A coworker had 40 acres off WW on W where we also stayed a lot. Had a lot of good times boating in Party Cove.

 

Hi Whiskey Runner to SWF.

 

to let ya'll know me better i guess i should show ya'll my last wagon i was building..a really long roof.. but sold it when it became a good roller.. didnt really have the cash to finish the interior and paint.. but look thru the album and you can see i dont just do resto's back to factory spec's..

link.. http://s202.photobucket.com/user/rcplumley/library/46 caddy hearse project

it is kinnda jumbled up but you can get the basic idea

 

Welcome whiskey runner!

 

Welcome aboard from KC!

 

nice ford jr.. love the clean look of it that scoop looks like the one that was on a 69 torino gt i had once

 

Welcome to the forum Whiskey Runner! Sounds like you'll fit in perfect here with all us wagon nuts.

 

Thanks! You're right - the scoop is off of a Torino GT. So are you still working on the Hearse? I checked out your pics - very cool!

 

..i thought that scoop looked familiar.. but hard to say though because i havent had that 69gt torino since 1974 when i got out of the air force..... no i dont have the hearse anymore.. once i had the car almost ready to drive a guy made me a offer i could not refuse.. i think it is in Finland now if i heard right.. but thats ok i dont have a lack of projects in the shop for sure.. some say that i have a disease called project-overwelmnation.. ha ha ha ha