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    • #58550
      Mark Petri
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        Gateway Classic Cars has opened up a new location within a few miles of us in South NJ – just across the river from Philly.
        They had some sort of open house / car show this morning, and I took a ride to check it out. They have a 63,000 square foot space with tons of gorgeous cars. Included today are this freshly restored early Mk 1a Tiger along with a "modded" Alpine (VW VR6-powered).

      • #66940

        I wonder what they used for a gearbox on the VW mod?

      • #66941
        Mark Petri
        Participant

          ^^^ Here are a couple of other pix. The windshield sign says "Toyota 5-speed".
          I did not care for the hood 🙁

        • #66942

          Interesting… "The original 6 cylinder engine has been removed"

          Also, last time I checked, West Deptford was still in NJ. Nobody wants to admit they’re located in NJ, including the Giants and the Jets.

        • #66943
          Mark Petri
          Participant

            Yeah, well, "caveat emptor" I guess? Plus there is the whole "Get Smart" error.

            FWIW – this location in West Deptford is about 3 miles ("as the crow flies") from the PHL airport, and about the same distance from National Park NJ -where the National Weather Service measures the official snowfall (any maybe rainfall as well?) at the "Philadelphia Airport", so it may be more Phila than some areas of Phila?? 🙄
            Plus, back in the CB Radio heydays, this side of the river was known as "the clean side" :mrgreen: … so i’d rather be over here!

            Mark

          • #66944

            http://www.gatewayclassiccars.com/denve … r-S38.html
            Here is one in their Denver showroom.

          • #66945
            Mark Petri
            Participant

              hmmm ^^^ The "resale red" is a LOT less $$ vs the NJ one that is freshly restored.

            • #66946

              An Alpine was also used in the original Get Smart series for when they wanted to have cool gadgets on the car. More space for mounting those things.

              http://www.ilovegetsmart.com/cars.html

              Mike

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