[Unique 289_FIA]

Originally posted by luke-44


Thanks, Snakeyes and Ron for the comments....gawd, I can't wait for my first drive...



Paul - here is the story...the car came into my possession through a DEA auction - I stumbled onto the auction with 3 hours left in the bidding - I was "high" bidder in the closed bid auction by $150.00, so I didn't leave much money on the table! (It was even "DEA guaranteed" to be drug free!).

The downside to this whole deal was I didn't get to enjoy the step-by-step build I had been planning on, so I can't speak for all the details such as motor innards, etc - the upside was I got it for what I think was a very good price. Upon closing the sale, I took the car straight to ERA. ERA of course knew the car - Doug and Richie checked it out, custom fitted the turkey pan and missing heat deflectors, and pronounced it A-1. Peter P's comment was all it needed was "someone to love it" - it was a bit grimy from sitting for a year, but will polish up just fine.

It is an '01 build with 2000 miles on the odometer, 428, toploader, and various nice-touch options such as leather seats, MSD, the chrome add-ons such as bumpers/overriders/rollbar, coated exhaust, car cover, etc. It also came with a killer sound system, which I will remove shortly...

So all in all, bring on the springtime!

Whoa!! I first read that to say you were high bidder at $150.00!! I was thinking, "You bastage!! " I figured it out after wondering why no one else was excited. Heh. Nice find and beautiful car!

R.