Posted by Jesse Ybarra
on 7/24/2012, 20:46:24, in reply to "My Grandfathers FC-170"
71.223.179.143
Mark, don't give up so easy, get what you can get now and get some more of what you need later and just do it. This is one of those lifetime choices that you need to look at slipping away. Don't look at this like it is not a NASCAR cup car, look past how hard it looks after hitting a wall at 200 mph and look at it as not having to be at the next race next week as a new car. No deadline that way. Look at this as yes, you can be driving your grandfathers FC. You can always build an FC basketball backboard out of any other FC front end, but this is your Grand Fathers FC Truck, do you really want it competing for wall space with a trophy deer head bathroom towel rack.
Jesse Ybarra
--Previous Message--
: A few years ago I posted a message looking for
: information on my Grandfather`s 1961 FC-170
: which I sold in 1997 to two brothers from
: the Syracuse area. I never heard anything
: and thought the Jeep was gone forever.
: Friday my wife and I were coming home from
: the Syracuse Nationals Car Show and we were
: taking a back road when she said there was a
: Jeep in a garage we just passed. I turned
: around and there it was, My Grandfathers
: Jeep. It was 15 years since I last saw it.
: The curent owner just bought it for parts
: for his 61 FC-170 that he was working on.
: After giving him the history on my former FC
: we dicussed if I could buy what ever he did
: not need and he said yes so I plan on
: cutting the nose off (before your stone me
: to hard for this let me say the old girl has
: seen better days) and I plan on restoring
: the front end it to hang on my wall in my
: garage as a tribute to my Grandfather.
: Initally I was sad to hear he was going to
: part it out but after thinking about it I am
: glad that some major parts (engine ,
: driveline etc.) of my Grandfathers FC will
: once again power another FC and for that I
: am very happy. Thank you. Mark.
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