[DeTomaso] Muscle Cars for sale, parts to follow! Some minor PC

P. Rimov rimov at charter.net
Tue Feb 3 22:49:13 EST 2009


Whats a "lengthened Torino fastback"?

Paul
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> All,
>
> Recently I was asked to help an old friend with failing health sell off 
> his collection of parts and cars. First to go are the cars, then the 
> parts.  We've found one 351C engine so far, but who know's what we will 
> uncover. Block is buried so deep that we couldn't get any casting numbers 
> yet....sorry!
>
> Long time member of the Fremont Drag Club, the Cougar club, Fairlane club, 
> and also an aviation flight engineer.   One of his claims to fame was 
> being part of the crew on the "other" flight that landed on water with no 
> casualties, back in 1968-9 in the SF Bay!  JAL flight...
>
> Cars for sale:
> 1969 Talladega: Built to compete with the winged warriors of Petty etc, a 
> lengthened Torino fastback model, with 428CJ automatic, Wimbledon White, 
> original paint, no rust, but some dings and doinks. Unrestored car in very 
> good condition, but keep in mind that all his cars were driven.  Nothing 
> going directly to the museum...unless you like a good amount of patina. 
> Interior in very clean condition.   Currently has 428CJ with 406 heads and 
> tripower on it.  Original #'s matching engine/heads/intake/air 
> cleaner/smog are included, in the garage along side it on a stand.  time 
> slips from Fremont strip show this was a 12 second car!!!  Still has the 
> factory oil cooler and P/S cooler on it as well! Runs but has an exhaust 
> leak in the headers.  Hood is black, and looks to have been touched up at 
> some point. There are some spare parts that it looks like he was 
> collecting to perhaps make the car better in terms of aluminum trim parts.
>
> 1969 428 Cougar Eliminator: 428CJ ram-air automatic, Wimbledon white, 
> black interior.  Also original paint car with no rust.  All hard to find 
> parts are there except for a dash trim part which is reproduced.   Not a 
> numbers matching motor, but it is a 428 CJ/PI from the old CA Highway 
> Patrol inventory!  Apparently when the CHP was cleaning out their 
> inventory of old PI motors, this guy was there buying....so the engine is 
> period correct, but we've not confirmed the date codes yet. Ram-air parts 
> are there, smog parts, all the stuff that normally get's tossed!   Worst 
> thing about car was that someone put a vinyl top on it years ago. Good 
> thing is that it was done over very good paint, and there is NO rust at 
> all, just some small holes that were drilled, not punched, that will need 
> to be attended to. Top is off of the car and glue remains, so pictures 
> will show what appears to be dirt or rust, but it is adhesive.  We didn't 
> have any adhesive remover....but will next trip when we want to get better 
> pictures.
>
> Both of these cars have been driven regularly over time.  I have seen them 
> at Knott's Berry Farm shows, and plenty of local shows around San Jose. 
> You will also find pictures of these cars running out at Baylands raceway 
> in the old magazines....he was just that sort of a guy!!!
>
> 1962 Comet Special station wagon: Original owners!  Was a 6cyl, is now a 
> warmed up 302.  I first saw this car up in Tahoe at a Cougar car show when 
> we were camping in a campgrounds near the lake....up comes rumbling this 
> little white wagon with red/white interior.... I think that's how I got 
> started on my station wagon thing...if you know me and the wagon 
> thing.....    Original paint on this car too!
>
> He also has an 86 SVO Mustang (needs a clutch), Shelby Charger, 87ish 
> Turbo T-bird, and an XR4Ti with a moonroof.  All of these things were 
> turbo motivated.  I guess after he sold his 427 tunnel ported 63 Galaxie 
> convert, and the 69 Boss 429, and the other Talladega, that these 4 
> bangers were easier to make go faster!!!!  This guy loved his monster 
> motors and cars!
>
> Last but not least, he has a BD-5 airplane kit that is partially assembled 
> settin' in the garage as well.  These are the "James Bond" little kit 
> planes, normally powered, not jet as in the movie.  I believe this to be a 
> "long wing" version as the wings were about as tall as I am.  There may be 
> more than one kit, as claimed by the owner, but we could only see one 
> being assembled, and one spare canopy still in paper. Once we get car 
> parts moved, we will be able to understand more about airplane parts.....
>
> The first three cars above are stored in doors and are out of the weather. 
> The others are outdoors.  They are dusty and need to be cleaned up a tad 
> before we can take mo' better pictures.  We intend to move them around and 
> determine more info, and find out how good they run etc as well, but are 
> basically being sold as is.  They are located outside of Sacramento about 
> a half hour or so.
>
> We know that they were driven to this location from his prior home here in 
> Fremont area, and anticipate no big surprises.  It should be understood 
> that they would best be transported by suitable trailer or hauler and not 
> expected to be driven away at this time. We can't guarantee that....
>
> Then there are parts and more parts....but there are so many that we 
> didn't even bother with trying to start writing.  We did see a 427 Tunnel 
> Port dual quad/dual plane intake, still in the DST box that it shipped 
> from Detroit in.  Carbs carbs and carbs, 429 blocks, 428 PI stuff, heads, 
> exhaust manifolds, Shelby parts, Nascar 429 Boss stuff, wheels, rims, C6 
> trannies, some toploader stuff, a 10HP industrial steam cleaner, Honda 70 
> trail bike from WAY back, Johnson outboard motor 70HP I think... a boat of 
> some sort.....smallish no fins...40 hp Johnson I think.
>
> Anyway if you are interested in buying a muscle car that is largely 
> unmolested here is your chance. Original paint cars don't happen along 
> that often. Yes, there are some dings, but nothing is hiding under that 
> paint, unless it happened at the assembly plant!
>
> Email me for pictures and more info.  Will provide it if I can.
> Steve
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