In the begining
Bought the car for $1100 with two bad ball joints and bald tires. The work started 2 months later when dad decided to power shift the weak 525 and bent the shift forks. OUCH! stuck in 3rd gear

Car was then swapped to bigger brakes, better suspension, rear disks, wheels were polished a cable shifted A523 was put in, came out of a turbo Minivan. It went decently for a few more months.
This is what it looked like the first time we rolled it out of the garage after the FIRST set of mods
WHOA! Brings back many many memories, car had an MSD coil, accel plug wires, K&N drop in, a boost bleed at 12psi and the cable shifted 523. Enough to roast most 5.0L's
Onto the next part of the story