Sunday, January 26, 2014

As promised, here we are.

How about a little more about us...


Source: charlotte.olx.com
I'm Connor. I drive an 07 Honda Accord daily, and it's pretty gutless and gets great gas mileage. Beyond that, I have no passion invested in it, the only money I spend on it is maintenance, and there will never be any real modifications to it. It is a daily driver and that's that. Now, practically speaking it's all I need. But I've been working on my dad's 69 Camaro Z28 for a few years now. Unfortunately, a close friend of his passed of a heart attack, but that meant that his drag project was passed to my dad at almost no fee, because his friend new that a 69 Camaro was my dad's classic dream. Daytona yellow with the black stripes and black vinyl roof. His buddy had it set up to run a 150mph quarter mile, but my dad is (very very slowly) putting it back to stock. When we got it, we scared the entire neighborhood just by starting it. The dumps had a little kick. You know, the way a jet engine does. The back seat was gone and replaced by some ridiculous tubs for the slicks on the back, but with a little welding help, we got it back, and now the car is almost back to the way it was. Even has the original 3 coat lacquer-wet sand- bake process to keep it as close to correct as possible. The downside is that the original 302 and muncie 4-speed are long gone, but in their place are a 327 with Brodix heads and a 6-speed. Things could be worse I suppose. Anyway, it's the closest thing I have to a project car right now because I can't afford my own quite yet. It's a great looking car, and hopefully running soon. In the past, I've driven and worked on an 03 F150, a 98 Dodge Durango, and (again my dad's) an old red Merc 450 SL, which is far to classy for me. The Honda is the first car I've had that has made it a year without something breaking, but give it time. It's only been just over a year, and it's me behind the wheel. Something is bound to go wrong soon.
1965 Dodge Coronet 440



Now, I don't know where to start for Griffin. He's always been a bit of a collector, as has his father. He, his father, and his mother have a grand total of 9 cars and a motorcycle between them currently. Right now though I suppose Griffin's daily driver kind of switches between a Pontiac Grand Prix GTP and a Ford Expedition with some really really dark windows. It's an FBI truck. His project (soon to be daily driver, we hope) is much more interesting. A 65 Dodge Coronet. He will tell you A LOT more about it than I can, hopefully in a subsequent post later today. It's a classic red and white look that at the moment appears to be white ish and rust, but painting is just around the corner. Some of the restoration and mods will be explained when he dives into the specs and everything he wants on it, but in short, he's switch it to a four-barrel carburetor from the two-barrel one and had the motor bored .30 over. He'll correct me on all of this shortly and cuss me for botching it all, but that's fine. That's how we will always operate. His other projects are mostly shared between him and his father (well... depending on who you ask) and consist of an old Mustang, Corvette, another Coronet, a Belvedere, and his dad's Harley. His mom drives a 2000 Corvette, and they've got a 97 Dakota, and the aforementioned GTP and Expedition.

So there's just a taste of where we are coming from in terms of vehicles. Feel free to strike up an email exchange with us about anything listed.

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