My dad bought a 71 stingray for a song when I was 14 and told me I had 2 years to get it running.
I wasn't allowed to work when school was in session and (I know now) dad purposely let things wear out gradually instead of fixing everything at one time. This taught me a TREMENDOUS amount of mechanics. I loved driving that car and my principal continually stopped me on the way out from school and tried to buy it from me.
I am 25 now and still have it (just barely managed to keep it in a garage through college). Now I am restoring and performance upgrading as much as possible without doing a frameoff restoration. If we still have gasoline then, my kids will drive it.
send me an email if you want to talk....
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