Found the first car I ever restored- My old 69 A12 Bee!
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This is the first Mopar I ever restored, all the way back in 1985! This is a real A12 19691/2 Six Pack Super Bee. It had a bunch of options, something not often seen in a stripped down drag car package. It was a hard top, column auto, bucket seats with fold down Buddy Seat, power steering, brakes, bumper guards, vinyl roof, fender mounted turn signals, Am-8 track, etc. I think it even had a rear defogger. Well it's been nearly 30 years since I last laid eyes on my old Super Bee. Galen had it listed as being "Totaled in Connecticut" in his data base. Today I was contacted by the (now) owner and one of his friends via Facebook and it was confirmed, it's my old car! It was in an accident but was not totaled, it is currently undergoing a ground up restoration and should turn out to be a very nice example when it's done. I have no dreams of buying it back or anything, just excited to hear it's still around
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Re: Found the first car I ever restored- My old 69 A12 Bee!
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Looks like you may of had a passion for Renaults from the one picture. I was visiting my dads used car lot that day, he took the pictures. Funny, there were a bunch of Renaults around that area back then, you'd see "Le Cars", etc. all the time. Now days you don't EVER see them, most have long been crushed by now.
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Re: Found the first car I ever restored- My old 69 A12 Bee!
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How times have changed... Ya think.... In 74 I got $700 trade in value for a new Super BEETLE with mine.....
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Re: Found the first car I ever restored- My old 69 A12 Bee!
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I added the hub caps simply because back then nobody knew that they never had them and they kept giving me grief on cruise night that they were "missing". Yes, I've changed a little since then LOL! The hood decals are backwards because they kept falling off and I put them back on wrong (this time, one of many). I assume given the background hills this was in Spokane. I see you were into the semi mullet look
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Re: Found the first car I ever restored- My old 69 A12 Bee!
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I added the hub caps simply because back then nobody knew that they never had them and they kept giving me grief on cruise night that they were "missing". Yes, I've changed a little since then LOL! The hood decals are backwards because they kept falling off and I put them back on wrong (this time, one of many). I assume given the background hills this was in Spokane. I see you were into the semi mullet look I think the photo is from Santa Rosa, California. You can see a blue and gold plate in one of the pics
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Re: Found the first car I ever restored- My old 69 A12 Bee!
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It is a suburb of Santa Rosa, city of Fulton, on Fulton RD a block or so South of the intersection of Fulton Road and Gurneville Rd, background is looking East towards Markwest Springs Road. Use to cruise up there back in the day. Lived in Vallejo
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Re: Found the first car I ever restored- My old 69 A12 Bee!
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They had a great cruise in Santa Rosa, Menicino ave between 4th Street and Gurneville Rd. yeah, we got into cruising up that way when they started filming American Graffiti. Of course when the movie came out that was the area to go to.
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Re: Found the first car I ever restored- My old 69 A12 Bee!
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They had a great cruise in Santa Rosa, Menicino ave between 4th Street and Gurneville Rd. yeah, we got into cruising up that way when they started filming American Graffiti. Of course when the movie came out that was the area to go to. I would have thought Livermore was a better cruise than Modesto
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