Kamakiri's new groove

[Kamakiri]

Originally Posted by jbivy

Thats one good looking old girl youve picked up.

Id a steel T-bucket with a 401 nailhead in her and while she guzzled gas, she had more torque than she knew what to do with. I dont know if you plan on keeping her strictly stock or not, but several companies are reppoping the old 3 deuce intakes for the nailheads.

Even though im a young'un, I grew up in a family where we always drove classics. These girls simply have more soul in one square inch of chrome, than any of these new plastic jellybean shaped rigs on the road today.

Few things can compare to the feeling of sliding behind a big steering wheel, hearing that engine roar and taking your thousands of pounds of American steel and chrome down the road.

Keep us updated on your new toy.

I keep watching this video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=THaARXncFGM

I'm going to be 40 in October, so I'm "kinda" young.....at least young for my interests and tastes.

At the moment, the main thing is to just get it roadable. It's going to cost more than a few bucks to replace the glass and tires alone, beyond that I have no idea what's there......which is part of the surprise. I haven't seen any interior shots to know what the seats and carpets look like, although after talking to the guy in New Mexico, he said he saw no rust on the floors when he lifted the carpets up, so that's a good sign. I know that it HAS seats, but I can't tell how good or bad they are.

The story as I know it is that he purchased a couple '37 Chevys from the previous owner about 15 years ago, which were sitting in the bottom of a valley out in New Mexico. It was about then that this car was parked there on the man's property....he sold the Chevys and decided that this was going to be the car he was going to restore.

Time passed, and my old Buick remained in the bottom of the valley untouched for all that time. The old man finally passed, having never done anything with the car. His widow gave him the old Buick, and he put her up on eBay.

I have no idea what I'll find inside the car.....old paperwork and McDonalds ketchups....or nothing. I was going to look for a set of hubcaps for it, or a couple missing pieces of trim, but for all I know, they're in the trunk. I do know that the gas tank was pulled out and is in the trunk, so whatever else is in there, I'll find out in a couple weeks.

I can only imagine the car sitting at the bottom of a valley, watching countless sunsets, waiting for someone to come along and save it

in a scene much like this one.....