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I did in fact fly out to Pittsburgh to meet Gary and see his beautful car. His workmanship is excellent and the car is very nice indeed. Unfortunately, I arrived at 6:30 AM (red-eye) to be greeted by darkness, moderate to heavy snowfall and 6 degree temps.
While the car shows great in the garage, the weather did not allow us to move the car more than off the ramps.

One reservation I have about the car is that it is a "pretty stock" 428, which was not professionally built, and while it sounds very good, I don't know if it has the wallop I am lusting for. With no opportunity to drive it, that question has gone unanswered. I will say that he represented the car very accurately and I think he is a first class guy all the way.

I have in no way eliminated his car as a candidate for my garage, but I need to do some additional homework including any DMV issues as well as estimating total delivered costs with the optional items I would need to complete the car for me. There is also the possiblility that I would have to consider putting some heavy $$ in the motor, if I didn't get the required hit in the back.