Aspen500
Well-Known Member
I've known about this site for some time and decided finally to join.
The condensed version for now is, my car is a 1979 Aspen Sunrise that I bought back in 1987. It was a S6/4-speed originally. In '89 I put in a 440/727/8.75" on an extremely tight budget. Fast forward to 1996 and coming home from the Car Craft Summer Cruise in Minneapolis drive fried in the trans. Drove the final 20 miles home in 2nd gear. One thing led to another (bought a house, etc) and the car sat in the garage until 2002. Started out to do the trans and a few other minor things. Ended up with the car stripped to a bare shell and starting from scratch. Literally every single part was rebuilt, overhauled, replaced or otherwise made like new (better than new in most cases). yes, it snowballed and I went way overboard and it took until 2012 to get it "done" but I now have the car I always wanted. It's got a 500" stroker BB, 727, 8.75" 3.23 Sure-Grip. Not meaning to brag but, aside from machine work on the block and heads and rechroming the bumpers, the entire thing was done single handed by myself from bodywork, paint, mechanical, etc. I did have help hanging the doors by another f-body owner that drove all the way up from Milwaukee, in a snow storm to help with the million pound doors. One of the good guys!
As I said, this is the condensed version. the whole story would bore you and take hours to type, lol.
A couple pics for to give an idea of what it looks like.
Hope to be on here from time to time and get to know other members eventually.
The condensed version for now is, my car is a 1979 Aspen Sunrise that I bought back in 1987. It was a S6/4-speed originally. In '89 I put in a 440/727/8.75" on an extremely tight budget. Fast forward to 1996 and coming home from the Car Craft Summer Cruise in Minneapolis drive fried in the trans. Drove the final 20 miles home in 2nd gear. One thing led to another (bought a house, etc) and the car sat in the garage until 2002. Started out to do the trans and a few other minor things. Ended up with the car stripped to a bare shell and starting from scratch. Literally every single part was rebuilt, overhauled, replaced or otherwise made like new (better than new in most cases). yes, it snowballed and I went way overboard and it took until 2012 to get it "done" but I now have the car I always wanted. It's got a 500" stroker BB, 727, 8.75" 3.23 Sure-Grip. Not meaning to brag but, aside from machine work on the block and heads and rechroming the bumpers, the entire thing was done single handed by myself from bodywork, paint, mechanical, etc. I did have help hanging the doors by another f-body owner that drove all the way up from Milwaukee, in a snow storm to help with the million pound doors. One of the good guys!
As I said, this is the condensed version. the whole story would bore you and take hours to type, lol.
A couple pics for to give an idea of what it looks like.
Hope to be on here from time to time and get to know other members eventually.
