Re: [FWDLK] the ones that got away

[Jim Pennington <pennington@xxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Ron.  I still have some of the letters you wrote requesting parts (pre-email!) and even a photo or two of the '58 when you first bought it.  I feel like a proud Poppa sometimes when I see some parts that were pulled from an old rust bucket I saved from the crusher adorning a beautiful showcar.  I've noticed a bunch of familiar names on this site that I've done a little parts business with over the years and it always makes me happy to see that the Forwardlook love affair continues. BTW, '58 Plymouth coupes and convertibles were hard to find back then; now they're almost impossible to run across.

 

Here's something that makes me feel even older....My oldest son will be moving to Blacksburg to attend Virgina Tech next month....

 

Jim Pennington 

-----Original Message-----
From: Forward Look Mopar Discussion List [mailto:L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Ron Waters
Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 12:16 AM
To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] the ones that got away

Just want to say that a broke 20-year-old college kid from Blacksburg, VA, was instrumental in helping me find many of the parts that I needed for my 58 Belvedere when I first got it in 1988. Thanks Jim !

 

Ron

----- Original Message -----

From: Jim Pennington

To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Sent: Thursday, July 19, 2007 10:44 PM

Subject: [FWDLK] the ones that got away

Back in '87 I bought a '58 Plymouth Belvedere 2-dr hardtop, a '58 Plymouth Belvedere convertible, and a '57 Plymouth Belvedere 2dr hardtop from a junkyard that had about 1000 cars ranging from 1939 to 1962.  These were all pretty rough cars that ended up being parts cars because I kinda had "tunnel vision" for the '58's back then.  What did I pass on in that wrecking yard that ended up being crushed?  (Among MANY others) A very solid 1960 Plymouth Sport Fury convertible with a cross-ram set up, a restorable 383 4-bbl 1960 Chrysler 2dr hardtop with a factory floor shift three speed,  and a '58 Dodge Sierra Wagon with a 2X4 big block engine.  I could've had all these cars for $100 each, but I was 20 years old and a broke college kid then.  It makes my stomach churn to think about it know.

 

Jim Pennington

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