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  • #31
    I think you can put just about any tool you want in your checked luggage.

    I second the holley rebuild kit - or at least bowl gaskets a few jets and at least one 6.5 power valve.
    There's always something new to learn.

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    • #32
      Originally posted by Racingcritters View Post
      Need a trunk monkey?
      LMAO! That was great.

      Joel, don't forget to take lots of pictures on your trip!
      Tom
      Overdrive is overrated


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      • #33


        67 GTX Hemi vert numbers matching survivor.
        I'm at the airport, can't drive it home, but I got it! More later

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        • #34
          shaZAM
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          • #35
            Awesome!
            Escaped on a technicality.

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            • #36
              [QUOTE=BOOOGHAR;817495]i have people all over texas, if you need anything, lemmie know, there are 3 guys in the Austin area that troll the pages here, 1 of them has an auto repair shop with a lift and im sure would be able to help if needed.
              Yep,be glad too.

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              • #37
                Oh HELL yes! Congrats!

                Going out, wrenching on, and driving my wrecker home was the best thing I have ever done, bar none. Big time fun and a little bit of nervousness makes it a memorable deal. Hey, I deemed the wrecker un-roadworthy the second I laid eyes on it but the thing chugged home and I didn't kill a busload of nuns or anything! (mainly because the truck is too slow to catch a busload of nuns).

                Congrats!

                Brian
                That which you manifest is before you.

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                • #38
                  Just saw the pic.One of my favorite body styles.I helped a friend rescue a 67gtx out of a backyard about 20 yrs ago and have liked them ever since.

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                  • #39
                    WOW! Jeez, you're a lucky guy! Enjoy it!

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                    • #40
                      holy crap thats nice ! great score !
                      Charles W - BS Photographer at large

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                      • #41
                        Set the the lash to 0.030"

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                        • #42
                          Originally posted by antmnte View Post
                          WOW! Jeez, you're a lucky guy!
                          You aren't kidding!

                          Thanks for all the great offers to help and suggestions.

                          So here's the scoop: I bought the car, but the awesome road trip home is not to be.
                          I bought a round trip ticket to fly there early this morning, then home tonight. I needed to see the car with my own eyes before paying, and the return flight could get me home if the deal fell though.
                          I figured that if I was reasonably certain in the ability of the car to make it home with little or no problem, I would drive it home. This was the option i was really hoping for. I brought a fuel pump, some wire, tape, tools, etc in my carry-on bag.
                          But I also figured I would fly back home if I thought the car was unreliable.
                          And that is what happened, there was an occasional stumble with the car where the engine would cut out for a half second, then come right back running perfect. I think it is in the ignition primary circuit, and we worked on it for a couple hours and test drove it, but it only got more frequent with more driving.
                          Intermittent electrical glitches take patience to find, so I gave up for the time being and flew home. This is just not a car I want to drive into to a likely breakdown out of town at dark thirty, and I can only swing 2 days off work this week. I'll have to go back with my trailer later.

                          It is really a sweet car. Mostly a survivor with original interior, top, driveline, part of the paint. One of 17 Hemi GTX converts built in 67, and one of ten know to still exist. You guys know how much I love Hemis and GTX's, so this for me is the ultimate Mopar. I' m really enthused about it!





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                          • #43
                            What a beauty! The engine is amazing


                            looks like you need to crank up the torsion bars an inch or two
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                            • #44
                              Sweet car, bummer on the no road trip. But you really don'r want to have to go walking and leave that on the side of the road. Auto or 4 speed ?
                              Previously HoosierL98GTA

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                              • #45
                                if its in the Austin area, I would like to come up and photograph the car before you head home with it
                                Charles W - BS Photographer at large

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