Arkansas '59er

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oldwood
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Arkansas '59er

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I was shopping for a '59 Dodge and found one in TN. While I was loading it I remembered I had spoke with a man 2 months prior, outside of Nashville who had 4 cars(2 cars and 2 trucks) and I called to find out if he still had them. He answered the phone and told me to come see him and he assured me I was going to buy all 4 of his vehicles. So back on the road with a '59 Dodge in tow for a 2hr additional drive. I pulled up to find a '60 Savoy and a '59 Belvedere stored inside a shed. The 2 trucks were parked outside. So the game began and a hour later I had bought all 4 vehicles. I paid half down and headed back to Arkansas. Long story short I went back a week later and picked up the '59 Belve. That whole week I was worried that I might get ripped off. It was originally from CA and I believe it had 3 previous owners. It is a CA Black Plate car and I have those plates that were issued in 1963. It has its original Window Sticker and has no trunk or floor pan rust. The man I bought it from drove from TN to CA in 1990 with his wife and drove it back and parked it sometime in 1990 till I bought it. The motor is locked up from moisture that occurred over 25 yrs of sitting. I'm hoping to drive it to the FL show in 2015 in Carlisle.
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Wow! What a great barn-fresh find! It would be fantastic if you bring it to Carlisle...

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Welcome-What a great find. Hope to see you at Carlisle.
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Carlisle is my plan and reservations have been made. The motor really got hammered by condensation. Here are some pics of the engine when I removed the intake. My heart sank looking at this mess after lubing the Cyl's for 2 weeks. I'm going to tweak it with a better cam and upgrade to the Factory 4bbl that I pulled off of a '60 Dodge.
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Welcome Oldwood; That is A very good find and A very very coooool car!!!! I love it. Mark M
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You finally made it here :mrgreen:

See you in Carlisle and you should bring the belvy!!!
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I had forgot about this site. I'm trying to get a few things tied up before i start the engine build. Here are a couple of pics that I took while in TN picking up this car and a couple of the floor pan.
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Now that your playing with them high class Dodge's you don't need that lowlife Plymouth ...... i have an extra parking space up north just waiting for it .... Both of my 60 Plymouth's are missing there older sister .

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