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  1. #1
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    I plan to build a 289 car someday. Wwould it be weird or out of place to build one with the following theme?

    Street dash
    No Roll bar
    Front and rear bumpers
    427 side exhaust
    Wire wheels
    Bill D

    Slowly accumulating parts to build a period correct 289FIA


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    Bill, I think for the most part Unique will build it any way you want with one exception being the rollbar, seems to me that that is not delete-able. Check in the members forums under "Juanone 289 build" for a car that fits some of your description.
    Rod
    Roseville, Ca.
    289 FIA #9152 "The Flintstone Cobra"

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    Thanks Rod. His car is beautiful.
    Bill D

    Slowly accumulating parts to build a period correct 289FIA


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    We will sell a kit without a roll bar but we do install the mounting hardware, someday someone will want a roll bar on the car.

    Alan

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    Thanks Alan. I also sent you a PM with another question
    Bill D

    Slowly accumulating parts to build a period correct 289FIA


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    Hey Bill,
    I've mulled over a similar idea for a future build. I'd build it with skinny thinline whitewalls mounted on 6 X15 original style knock-off wire wheels. Top, side curtains, radio and heater/defroster. Undercar dual exhaust. Kinda like these images but with whitewalls.

    -Geary
    Last edited by Aggressor; August 14th, 2009 at 10:27 PM.

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    I like the idea of a "sort of street car" type 289, too, Bill. I have a vision in mind for mine--

    Mine would have:

    hood scoop
    wire wheels
    427 style roll bar (or, preferably, a single full width roll bar--I don't care much for the forward brace in the cocpit)
    rag top
    side curtains
    front and rear "bumper bars"
    the 289 style side exhaust OR under the car exhaust (kinda like the large single pipe style of 289 side exhaust)
    street car dash

    Juan's was one incredible build, that's for sure. Then he turned around and sold it.....go figure!!!

    Dugly
    Last edited by YerDugliness; May 19th, 2009 at 08:23 AM.
    YD,E./PNB

    "Make no little plans; they have no magic to stir men's blood..." (Daniel H. Burnham)

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    Bill D:
    You can build it anyway you want - and if somebody says it's wierd, who cares? It's your car to enjoy. Now if you are worried about re-sale value, or flippant comments made by purists, then by all means, build it period correct.

    Just my $.02.
    Unique 289FIA - Chassis #9229 - Viking Blue

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    The mid 60s is why Juan sold it, hard to get that for a very nice big block car.

    Alan

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    Quote Originally Posted by weaver View Post
    We will sell a kit without a roll bar but we do install the mounting hardware, someday someone will want a roll bar on the car.

    Alan
    Could I order it w/o the holes drilled in the body but still get the roll bar? I ask because I may change at some point during the build.
    Bill D

    Slowly accumulating parts to build a period correct 289FIA


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    Quote Originally Posted by Russ Dickey View Post
    Bill D:
    You can build it anyway you want - and if somebody says it's wierd, who cares? It's your car to enjoy. Now if you are worried about re-sale value, or flippant comments made by purists, then by all means, build it period correct.

    Just my $.02.
    Agreed. Build what you want and will enjoy. You're the one who needs to love it.

    I, too, have a slightly different concept in mind for my project...

    Go with your heart!
    Paul

    289 USRRC
    1964 289 5-bolt block
    Toploader and 3.31 rear

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