[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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