Eric@CherryOnTop
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- Jun 23, 2012
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Alright guys, this car has a cool story. It's a 1964 Plymouth Savoy that a buddy of mine owned years back. He sold it and the guy who bought it had plans to build it up, but it ended up sitting in a garage under a cover for almost 8 years. My buddy heard it was back up for sale and he bought it back.
Now it just so happens that my buddy is a professional race engine builder and a Mopar expert. This car was slated to join his fleet of drag race cars. He bought it back without an engine and built up a bored out Hemi for it running 12.5:1 compression. For the track it runs C16 fuel, but wait, this car is 100% STREET LEGAL as well. He pulls 8 degrees of timing and runs one gallon of C12 to every 3 gallons of 93 octane for street driving.
Lastly, his oldest son just turned 18 and graduated college, so last week he drives the race car home from the shop. His son goes "I can't believe you actually drove that thing home!" to which he replies "Hold out your hand. Happy birthday." as he gives his son the keys. This was apparently the plan from the get go, he just didn't tell anybody, not even his wife (who is surprisingly not too mad at him).
Anyway... I went over to the shop this week to clean the car up a little bit as a birthday / graduation gift. The paint is not original, but it is more than 30 years old. Thickness reading revealed a lot of areas of probably body work, but no biggie. I rainless washed with ONR and decontaminated with a Speedy Prep medium grade towel, then I used my Rupes 15 with Buff and Shine green pads, HD Speed at speed 5, 3 passes and one no pressure cover pass. It didn't come out perfect, but it's a race car, not a show car, and my buddy was blown away by even the slight improvement.
Here's how she sits after wash / decon:
It's a hemi! That plate has been on many a car over the years Im the MAN
The paint was in overall good shape, just minor surface scratches, but the black part of the hood showed it's age
And now a couple of afters:
After I got done we went for a ride. This thing is FAST!!! I have now decided that I need a race car in my life. Here is a link to a video of it running, it is totally mean...
https://video-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t42.1790-2/11643089_10204550917393429_912665917_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjkyOCwicmxhIjo1NTB9&rl=928&vabr=516&oh=6173bcf8a0460d0483178baebf37810c&oe=559D4F18
Now it just so happens that my buddy is a professional race engine builder and a Mopar expert. This car was slated to join his fleet of drag race cars. He bought it back without an engine and built up a bored out Hemi for it running 12.5:1 compression. For the track it runs C16 fuel, but wait, this car is 100% STREET LEGAL as well. He pulls 8 degrees of timing and runs one gallon of C12 to every 3 gallons of 93 octane for street driving.
Lastly, his oldest son just turned 18 and graduated college, so last week he drives the race car home from the shop. His son goes "I can't believe you actually drove that thing home!" to which he replies "Hold out your hand. Happy birthday." as he gives his son the keys. This was apparently the plan from the get go, he just didn't tell anybody, not even his wife (who is surprisingly not too mad at him).
Anyway... I went over to the shop this week to clean the car up a little bit as a birthday / graduation gift. The paint is not original, but it is more than 30 years old. Thickness reading revealed a lot of areas of probably body work, but no biggie. I rainless washed with ONR and decontaminated with a Speedy Prep medium grade towel, then I used my Rupes 15 with Buff and Shine green pads, HD Speed at speed 5, 3 passes and one no pressure cover pass. It didn't come out perfect, but it's a race car, not a show car, and my buddy was blown away by even the slight improvement.
Here's how she sits after wash / decon:
It's a hemi! That plate has been on many a car over the years Im the MAN
The paint was in overall good shape, just minor surface scratches, but the black part of the hood showed it's age
And now a couple of afters:
After I got done we went for a ride. This thing is FAST!!! I have now decided that I need a race car in my life. Here is a link to a video of it running, it is totally mean...
https://video-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hvideo-xfp1/v/t42.1790-2/11643089_10204550917393429_912665917_n.mp4?efg=eyJybHIiOjkyOCwicmxhIjo1NTB9&rl=928&vabr=516&oh=6173bcf8a0460d0483178baebf37810c&oe=559D4F18
icture: of said Hemi so the tag could be a fake :/
