UmmYeahOk
Jedi Warrior
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Well, its got 4 wheels and an engine, so its kinda a car.
We got there early, and the guy said that he was going to roll it out onto the driveway, and we could pick it up if hes not there. My cousin, whos truck and trailer we were using, was all like, free car, hes not home, and we're allowed to just pick it up while hes not there? ...riiiight.
We decided to get a bite to eat before heading on over there so it was only a few minutes till the generous man arrived home. This engine is a pre KC 5000, which I believe means that the crank is smaller than my old one, havent looked at it yet. But if it is, at least everything else bolts up. Again, havent torn apart the engine yet, it does turn over, but theres no telling if theres any damage or not.
I joked with the guy about how he "claimed" it was a "rolling chassis" as this car technically was not rollable without help. Each tire was on roller carts, but there was no way we could get that on the trailer. We had to drive over to a home depot and buy a "come-along" to help pull it up.
Chassis came with mkI rear end, drive shaft, engine w/carbs, front valence, two nice bumper guards (one actually has a dent but still better than mine) Two wire wheels, two steel wheels, 2 Sears tires, 1 Phillips 66 tire, and one unknown. I did not know these companies made their own tires... ...and Im still not too sure that they can be considered "tires"
What stinks is the body that was in his garage. It looked to be in good shape. Story was that it had gotten in a rear end collision in 68 somewhere up north and had been sitting in a junk yard ever since. But I swear that car looks to be in excellent shape (minus the absense of fenders). The guy showed me the battery box as proof of how good shape it was. I am a little confused on the story as I am assuming this was its chassis, but if so, it couldnt have been a MKII as in the picture, plus how could it have been wrecked in 68, unless it was just recently purchased as a 69 model?
Anyway the guy mentioned that it had a MK1 hood (against the wall) and I was all like, "No way!!!" I told him about my Mk1 that came with a MKII hood that I had been trying to find someone to trade with or buy. And that I had just picked up a hood from Denver which wasnt in that good of a shape, it was over $400 after shipping. We could have so traded!!! (and yes, I had put up an ad, thats how I found the one in Denver, someone emailed me from my ad about it)
He had another GT6, a MK1, in pretty good condition. The story on this one was that it was imported from GERMANY by a "tennesse country star" but it had never been registered.
I took a lot of reference photos since I never saw a COMPLETE GT6 up close before, but heres just a "handful" since I know you guys love pictures. It had very low numbers, KC 1878, the engine KC 1939
...TO BE CONTINUED...
We got there early, and the guy said that he was going to roll it out onto the driveway, and we could pick it up if hes not there. My cousin, whos truck and trailer we were using, was all like, free car, hes not home, and we're allowed to just pick it up while hes not there? ...riiiight.
We decided to get a bite to eat before heading on over there so it was only a few minutes till the generous man arrived home. This engine is a pre KC 5000, which I believe means that the crank is smaller than my old one, havent looked at it yet. But if it is, at least everything else bolts up. Again, havent torn apart the engine yet, it does turn over, but theres no telling if theres any damage or not.
I joked with the guy about how he "claimed" it was a "rolling chassis" as this car technically was not rollable without help. Each tire was on roller carts, but there was no way we could get that on the trailer. We had to drive over to a home depot and buy a "come-along" to help pull it up.
Chassis came with mkI rear end, drive shaft, engine w/carbs, front valence, two nice bumper guards (one actually has a dent but still better than mine) Two wire wheels, two steel wheels, 2 Sears tires, 1 Phillips 66 tire, and one unknown. I did not know these companies made their own tires... ...and Im still not too sure that they can be considered "tires"
What stinks is the body that was in his garage. It looked to be in good shape. Story was that it had gotten in a rear end collision in 68 somewhere up north and had been sitting in a junk yard ever since. But I swear that car looks to be in excellent shape (minus the absense of fenders). The guy showed me the battery box as proof of how good shape it was. I am a little confused on the story as I am assuming this was its chassis, but if so, it couldnt have been a MKII as in the picture, plus how could it have been wrecked in 68, unless it was just recently purchased as a 69 model?
Anyway the guy mentioned that it had a MK1 hood (against the wall) and I was all like, "No way!!!" I told him about my Mk1 that came with a MKII hood that I had been trying to find someone to trade with or buy. And that I had just picked up a hood from Denver which wasnt in that good of a shape, it was over $400 after shipping. We could have so traded!!! (and yes, I had put up an ad, thats how I found the one in Denver, someone emailed me from my ad about it)
He had another GT6, a MK1, in pretty good condition. The story on this one was that it was imported from GERMANY by a "tennesse country star" but it had never been registered.
I took a lot of reference photos since I never saw a COMPLETE GT6 up close before, but heres just a "handful" since I know you guys love pictures. It had very low numbers, KC 1878, the engine KC 1939
...TO BE CONTINUED...