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MARTINSR · 02-01-2014, 02:45 AM

I wanted an SSR so bad when they came out, but never did get one. We repaired one at work a few years ago where I bought a clip from a wrecking yard up in Washington state. This wrecking yard has some deal with GM and gets their cars that were used in testing or something like that. Anyway, I was going to buy a front clip and the guy emails me a photo of one asking if I want that one. It was THIS truck! They were going to sell me the front clip off THIS truck.

But then I got another saying they changed their mind and this one wasn't for sale so they sent me another photo. This time it was a perfectly stock SSR sitting in a parking lot! We are talking ZERO damage, a perfect truck! I questioned if THIS was the front clip I would be getting and the guy said yes. I bought it, and a week later in came the delivery of a pallet with a perfect front end on it cut across the floor! Wild!

Brian

02-01-2014, 02:45 AM	#7
MARTINSR Registered User Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 6,035	Re: AD / SSR or Frankenbuild I wanted an SSR so bad when they came out, but never did get one. We repaired one at work a few years ago where I bought a clip from a wrecking yard up in Washington state. This wrecking yard has some deal with GM and gets their cars that were used in testing or something like that. Anyway, I was going to buy a front clip and the guy emails me a photo of one asking if I want that one. It was THIS truck! They were going to sell me the front clip off THIS truck. But then I got another saying they changed their mind and this one wasn't for sale so they sent me another photo. This time it was a perfectly stock SSR sitting in a parking lot! We are talking ZERO damage, a perfect truck! I questioned if THIS was the front clip I would be getting and the guy said yes. I bought it, and a week later in came the delivery of a pallet with a perfect front end on it cut across the floor! Wild! Brian __________________ 1948 Chevy pickup Chopped, Sectioned, 1953 Corvette 235 powered. Once was even 401 Buick mid engined with the carburetor right between the seats! Bought with paper route money in 1973 when I was 15. "Fan of most anything that moves human beings"