Thanks for the big warm welcome! I am still so excited today about this MC sitting in the garage! Greg (my husband) will take it for the out of state inspection on Monday then it can come off the trailer & the search for the build sheet will continue. I am so praying we find one. Greg tends to favor most every classic vehicle & antique vehicles but has most of his knowledge is in Corvettes & Pontiacs. He restored a 1972 Pontiac LeMans with the factory endura front end for his mom about 13 years ago. It did very well in the local shows. Cars are his life & his hobby (after me & our boys, of course!). He was never a MC fan but he is in love with this one. Perhaps, I am finally converting him!
Tony: Thanks for posting one of the pics for me!
Savvarock: Actually, my husband traded a vette for this MC and the guy had it for 20 years and it was shown & taken many awards before it was garaged. The guy did tell us repeatedly it was a real SS but with all the controversy over fakes -vs- real we weren't getting our hopes up. Which is how I found this site & began all my research. We love it whether it is an SS or not but it sure is appearing to be an SS. I would feel so much better if we locate a build sheet on it.
70BlackChevy: Funny, we were talking about the tires at midnight last night! He wants to do 8" wheels with white letters to "beef it up" and give it the "mean" look. I am feeling it should have the original 7" wheels and thin white wall tires.....I feel if it is so original we should keep it that way. Not sure what we will decide just yet.
Bill: Greetings neighbor! We came from Parma but are currently in Brunswick Hills. I do plan to take this out this Spring/Summer. Guess I am going to have to find out where the Chevy Shows are at, huh? Please let me know!
We were even talking late last night about taking it to Indiana for the FGMC Meet in the summer. Problem is we have a 2 yr old & a 4 yr old so we'ld have to trailer it for the 5 hour drive and then be sure we could put carseats in the back to drive it around......not sure what others with small children do - this is new terrain. Plus I don't think my 4 year old would appreciate how loud it is sitting in the backseat, ya know?
QUESTION(S):
1) We were looking at an SS on ebay that we found thru reading this forum that is REAL and the guy was talking about "hockey sticks" in his ad ----what are they & where would they be and are they suppose to be there?
2) Is the SS rear end suppose to be 10 bolt or 12 bolt? Same guy had a 10 bolt on his but I thought I read somewhere in this forum it was a 12 bolt....
3) So, tell me who is Leo that everyone gives such accalades to? Sounds like quite the MC Expert.