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Old 12-13-2021, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Lee Stewart View Post
----I believe this was my problem child Z! My customer didn't do any due diligence because the car was such a rare combination and it was located in southern Califorrnia. Well, it turned out that it came from Tonawanda NY and was so rusty that it even needed a top, also hit hard in the rear quarter, and the original block was so screwed up it had to be ditched. Then my X body man screwed up the paint job and I had to take it to another shop all on my dime, of course. Came out nice eventually, but left a bad taste in both the owners mouth as well as mine!.....Bill S

----I should also mention that when it showed up at auction it was missing a bunch of NOS and just nice original parts. I don't think that was my customer, but an owner down the line.

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