1985 CHP #E408383 SMPV

[nighthawk756]

Wow....that's Delaware traffic? Are you sure you weren't really in downtown L.A.?? Haha....

Glad you made it home safely!

[28HopUp]

Between I-95, I-495 (Wilmington by-pass), and I-295 (the split to New Jersey), the entire state of Delaware has an estimated 40 miles of Interstate. By itself, I-95 runs about 24 miles through the northern county in Delaware (there are only three counties in Delaware too). At times, we pack a lot of cars onto a tiny section of road.

[John10608]

I do NOT miss those days ! That looks like the 91 or the Long beach freeway ( 710 )

I used to park on an on ramp, stand at the edge, look down at traffic, great way to find drivers with road cokes. ( open containers )
Got a stolen doing that once on the 405 freeway.
Sometimes I had a motor work with me, he'd chase em down, site em, or I'd drive along side of them and motion them to pull to the shoulder.

LOL They would always ask............ " how did you know I had that ? "

The CHP knows EVERYTHING !

lolol

[Mustang Kid]

Bill, you really need to find a parts car, maybe a 5.0 hatch. It will save you more money if it has good parts than separately buying the pieces. Can even make a little more money selling what you don't need and scrapping the body

[28HopUp]

Originally Posted by Mustang Kid

Bill, you really need to find a parts car, maybe a 5.0 hatch.

Sam, I think you must have been talking with Rich lately. He said the same thing, and has a specific black 85 GT in mind for me! Lack of funds and lack of space are the only two things holding me back...

[Mustang Kid]

Originally Posted by 28HopUp

Sam, I think you must have been talking with Rich lately. He said the same thing, and has a specific black 85 GT in mind for me! Lack of funds and lack of space are the only two things holding me back...

I actually can't remember the last time I talked to him

I guess the nice thing about living on the east coast is when you need a parts car, there are rusty donors worthy of being parted out around, instead of nice rust free cars here on the west coast lol

[28HopUp]

Still working the metal at this point. Here is a shot of the roof with the antenna hole filled and pulled. It won't need much filler. (as a reminder, the CHP moved the roof antenna to the trunklid on the SMPVs.)




As I may have said before, the passenger door is not worth saving. The lower portion is deep with filler:




Whereas the driver's door is slightly rippled but still salvageable:




The front part of the driver's side rocker still needs a gentle pull:




Finally, the new nose was placed for effect (it still needs to be stripped):




The passenger side apron needs to be tackled, but progress can still be seen.