1988 Alabama DPS 035-25839

[svopaul]

You said it was a race car....do you know how far back that was done? A buddy of mine who is still a state trooper drove one back then(I have a picture somewhere) and when it went up for auction he said C&L Performance bought it and turned it into a race car.....it's a 1 in 33 chance(since I know of 3 others that are not it) that it was his old car.

[1988Bullitt]

Originally Posted by svopaul

You said it was a race car....do you know how far back that was done? A buddy of mine who is still a state trooper drove one back then(I have a picture somewhere) and when it went up for auction he said C&L Performance bought it and turned it into a race car.....it's a 1 in 33 chance(since I know of 3 others that are not it) that it was his old car.

C&L did not buy this car, the previous owner's name is Keith, from Hunstville/Decatur area. He bought it from the state in 1995, he was the first and only owner of this car before me. The unit number is in my sig if he can trace it.

[1988Bullitt]

More cleaning today since it was warm and sunny, still need to take the doors off but other then that she's ready to be sanded.

[svopaul]

Originally Posted by 1988Bullitt

C&L did not buy this car, the previous owner's name is Keith, from Hunstville/Decatur area. He bought it from the state in 1995, he was the first and only owner of this car before me. The unit number is in my sig if he can trace it.

OK, funny though that C&L is also in the Huntsville area as well.

[1988Bullitt]

Originally Posted by svopaul

OK, funny though that C&L is also in the Huntsville area as well.

I'll ask the guy, I know he ran his own shop before he started working at the Toyota Engine plant in Huntsville. (that's how I found out about the car, I work at the Truck plant in Princeton, IN and they supply our engines) We always swap stories when I am down there and I don't remember him ever saying he worked for C&L, and the carfax shows he was the only owner after the state, so if he did work for C&L the car was in his name not the companies. Like I said next time I talk to him I will ask.

[1988Bullitt]

Anyone have any idea what brand antenna this might be?

[svopaul]

Originally Posted by 1988Bullitt

I'll ask the guy, I know he ran his own shop before he started working at the Toyota Engine plant in Huntsville. (that's how I found out about the car, I work at the Truck plant in Princeton, IN and they supply our engines) We always swap stories when I am down there and I don't remember him ever saying he worked for C&L, and the carfax shows he was the only owner after the state, so if he did work for C&L the car was in his name not the companies. Like I said next time I talk to him I will ask.

Oh, I'm not saying any different....just a coincidence that he was located near C&L and they got a car too. Lee Bender (C&L owner) is a friend of mine...I called him for some details and he knows Keith..... Keith drove his car home from the auction while Lee at C&L's car had to be towed home...parts were missing from the car Lee bought and they paid about $1200....while Keith paid around $3500-$4000 he thinks but of course it was running/driving.

They won a world championship in 1995 with it....and it was mini tubbed for the last season they raced it because the rules allowed it....later they sold the car to Junior Ivenez who turned it into a turbo car and ran 7.80's 185mph around 2001. He got tired of people seeing the car and saying "That's C&L's old car" so it was repainted in a red/white/blue scheme.

Last heard the current owner was installing the drivetrain from Racin Jason's old white car into the old C&L car....and it was in Pennsylvania but after that the trail goes cold.

[1988Bullitt]

Engine bay primed and ready for paint

[ImEvil1]

Nice.