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Sept, 9th 2018
So, I've been eyeing this car for 13 years and talked to the owner a couple times about selling it over that time but always thought he'd want too much for it. Well in June I saw him at a car show and he told me he'd sell it to me for $1500.00. I told him I wanted it but a few weeks went by. In the meantime I found it might be worth around $4K...
He called me and told me someone else was interested and said they were thinking like $3500 for it but he told them he gave me first pick and had to call me first. I asked him if the $1500 was still good and he told me it was. I told him I'd take it but asked if I could give him $500 payments over a month which he said was no problem. When I went to give him the first payment he told me he had a new deal for me and that he had gotten some good deals in his life and wanted to pass one on to me. He told me the new price was $750.00... I had to ask him several times if he was serious which he was. I was very grateful and happy with the deal.
The car is a 1968 Dodge Polara with a 383 Big block 2 barrel V8. It was non-opped in 2002 but he started it up and ran it a couple times a year. It was his dad's car before he passed away. The A/C even worked until a year ago. He also had the original manual and paperwork with it!
It needs a few things but today it started right up, and idled and ran great! Needless to say I'm stoked to save this 50 year old car and put it back on the street!
And yes, I do have plans for disc brakes, slightly raking the rear, bigger tires, and a build of about 600HP for the 383 when cash allows...
