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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 06:27 PM
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Sooo... I'm buying another car tomorrow

Im getting a 1976 Bradley GT, these cars are amazing. Found a guy up at a bar that will sell it to me for $400 what a steal. Cant wait to pick it up and start working on it. ill post some pics for you guys tomorrow/ maybe Sunday i might be working on it all Saturday lol.

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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 06:31 PM
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nice bro

enjoy!
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 06:32 PM
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GL with the buy
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 06:39 PM
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Sweet, looking forward to the pics, is the car complete?
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 07:08 PM
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For those of you who don't know what a Bradley GT is and/or are too lazy to Google it (I'm the previous):

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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 07:41 PM
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Very nice! My dad had one in the 70s!
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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 10:49 PM
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Yikes....VW GT...enjoy...
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 06:36 AM
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Cool! And thanks for looking up the image, Aman, I'm in your latter category, know what it is but too lazy to Google a pic.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 07:30 AM
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It's not complete, it's actully in pieces. So it's going to be a fun project, it's going to need a full restore but got it for $400, so it was a great deal. All the parts alone are worth several grand.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Aman


For those of you who don't know what a Bradley GT is and/or are too lazy to Google it (I'm the previous):


This is exactly what it looks like... But mines really ruff. It comes with so many extra parts I could probably build two.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 08:45 AM
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Very nice. Should be a cool restoration job.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 12:14 PM
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Wow that thing's ugly as sin.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 12:25 PM
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Originally Posted by RaviNJCLs
Very nice. Should be a cool restoration job.
Yeah it'll be looking good once I finished.

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Wow that thing's ugly as sin.
U take it back! Lol yeah it not appealing to some but I like it.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 12:32 PM
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Ha ha sorry, just my opinion. But it's definitely different than anything I've ever seen, so I'm sure it'll be a head turner when you get it on the road.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 01:31 PM
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Cool pickup-you'll have to post progressive assembly pics.
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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 01:33 PM
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Nice! Great find!
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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 07:46 PM
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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 07:47 PM
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As you can see it needs a lot of work, but it'll be fun. O also its a 1973 not 1976, previous owner told me wrong...
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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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Nice. Looks like you are going to get your hands really dirty. Have fun. Take a lot of pics. And drink a lot of beer.
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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 08:03 PM
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Plan on the beer lol, I'll attempt to take all the pics I can do.
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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 08:06 PM
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Man thats going to be an awesome project!!!! Wish you lived closer I'd come help (for some beer and pizza of course )
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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 08:24 PM
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Originally Posted by combat mediC
Man thats going to be an awesome project!!!! Wish you lived closer I'd come help (for some beer and pizza of course )
I wish u did to lol, I'm going to need all the help I can get.
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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 11:20 PM
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Funny, I saw one out in traffic the day after your first post. Good luck with your new part time job. Should by a good learning experience.
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Old Aug 29, 2011 | 11:54 PM
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Looks good!

What shape is the fiberglass in?
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 05:27 AM
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Originally Posted by MR1
Funny, I saw one out in traffic the day after your first post. Good luck with your new part time job. Should by a good learning experience.
I have never seen one on the road around here, it's going to be a lot of custom work so I'm sure I'll learn a lot.

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Looks good!

What shape is the fiberglass in?
Fiberglass is. In good shape, I only have to repair one fender. Rest of the fiberglass work I'll be doing will be for custom reasons.
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 12:15 PM
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Reminds me of the car from Hardcastle & McCormick. Google that young buck.
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 12:18 PM
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Nice

can't wait to see the progress
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Rock2534
Reminds me of the car from Hardcastle & McCormick. Google that young buck.
I did have to googlE that and their car is sweet lol, lt does sort of look like the Bradley.

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Nice

can't wait to see the progress
It'll be a slow and painful process but it will be awesome onces I'm done.
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 02:26 PM
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Nice pu dude! You're gonna have a blast!


My uncle had one in the 70's... would take us
railroad track jumping.... amazing times.. fire would come from the exhaust... OMG
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Old Aug 30, 2011 | 03:41 PM
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Nice pu dude! You're gonna have a blast!


My uncle had one in the 70's... would take us
railroad track jumping.... amazing times.. fire would come from the exhaust... OMG
Haha that's funny, I doubt I'll be doing any of that. I'll still have a blast driving around a 1500 pound car.
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 05:51 AM
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Nice pick up.

Are you going to try and keep it original or will you make it a "modern classic"?
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Old Aug 31, 2011 | 07:44 AM
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Originally Posted by mrmako
Nice pick up.

Are you going to try and keep it original or will you make it a "modern classic"?
Modern classic, original is to boring
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