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I never wrecked it...we rebuilt it frame off. I was no rich kid and had way too much time invested in it to behave like an idiot. Spent over three years scouring junk yards across Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska for parts. I remember beating an A-arm into shape in a barn and rewelding the giant crack in it. Laid out all the fiberglass from the windshield forward using parts from probably 30 different cars. Drove it to high school for two years with the only fiberglass on the front being the hood. I strapped on two bags of sand to simulate the weight of the missing fiberglass. No title due to it being two stolen cars literally spiced together. Ended up buying a second frame out of a junk yard just to get the vin number so I could retitle it. We got ripped off...but learned a lot.

It is a 73 roadster. Started out as a 350 with an automatic. Found an old 68 chevy pickup someone had put an LS5 into. Bought it for the engine and sold the rest and not only covered the cost of the truck but also had enough to pay for the parts to rebuild the engine. My dad tracked down an M22 (rockcrusher) that was trashed and got it for $50. Rebuilt it too.

Now I am a little richer . I paid someone else to repaint it for me in 2003 and I put in a new interior. It is a vintage seventies looking copper metallic. The old engine final gave up the ghost last year. I traded it to a guy who had a 71 Chevelle to restore for a brand new 502 crate motor. With that thing paired up with the rockcrusher, new suspension, and radiator the thing is a beast. Literally a wolf in sheep's clothing. Looks like a stock 73...but sure doesn't sound like it.

I have such good memories of doing it with my dad that my plan is now to build a car with my son starting next year. Don't have quite as much time to do the junk yard thing with him (plus I have a little more money than I did when delivering papers), so we are going to do a Factory Five type 65 coupe. I hope he holds onto it as long as I am holding on to mine: until death do we part.

...and now we are probably off topic. So to get back on topic and prevent George from locking this thread I will say that the Vette is a level 42, but the Pantera beats it since it is a level 43. I become a level 50 next year and will only become more powerful than you can possibly imagine (RIP Obi-Wan Kenobi).