My father kindly bought this as a yellow rusty muscle car in 1985. We had
some great times in it through high school and summers during college. It's
an original 442 with the 455 engine, 4 barrel carb. and dual exhaust. The
hood mounted tach is completely after market (and my attempt to dress up the
hood--I couldn't afford a replacement hood with the original air scoops).
The front parking lights were replaced with orange fog lamps (that do blink
as turn signals). I painted the bumpers black, which would seem like a sin,
but it's in the mode of the Ralley 350, which was a 1970 Cutlass that was
entirely yellow, including the bumpers. Although a wonderful car, it was never
quite a reliable car, and it had some fairly substantial rust. In 1996 my
father sold it after it had been sitting unused for most of four years. The
new owner has a son much like I was in 1985, and hopefully they are enjoying
it as much as we did.
