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Ralph Moody Talladega Update.

ONE OF ONE!

For some time now, we have been following the progress on the Moody Talladega. Like most of us, there are times of great progress and other times when little change can be seen. Ralph Moody has been taking his time to make sure the Black Talladega of his father gets the restoration it deserves. Previously, we have shared Ralph’s progress with anticipation of what the next step would bring.

Here are some links to previous updates. Click Here.

This is what Ralph had to say about this most recent and most exciting update!

” I Wanted to update you on the car’s progress.

“I am getting close; the car is back on the road, and the pictures below document the progress. I am still doing some tuning and carb adjustments. It goes back to the paint shop for wet sand/buff (previously had no front/rear glass to allow headliner install); now it’s safe not to throw compound onto the new interior 😊.    The interior is almost complete (few minor trim items yet to go on.)”

I will keep you updated and hope to have it completely finished by the end of September.

Photo #1: The interior is looking good and original. This is just a teaser.

Here is the image I keep looking at…I just love this, correct, for this car, black paint. In my opinion, the hood scoop and those beautiful wheels just set it off and give it its own distinctive and up scale look!

Richard

Some of my first and strongest memories from my childhood relate to cars. I still remember when things happened based on what car I was driving at the time. I grew up and lived in Iowa for nearly 40 years before moving to Southern California and now live in Tennessee. I was a Corvette fanatic for years but then re-discovered vintage American Muscle. My wife, Katrina, and I decided we wanted to focus on unique and rare muscle cars. After a lot of research we fell in love with the Ford Blue Oval Aero Cars. These were only built in 1969 and and aerodynamics became an important part of winning races. The only purpose of these limited production cars was to win NASCAR races using the Boss 429 and 427 power plants complimented with a special, wind cheating, aerodynamic body. The Ford Talladega and Mercury Cyclone Spoiler II are terrific and historic cars. This site is devoted to these car and their owners past and present. We provide an Online Registry for recording the long term history and ownership of every remaining Talladega, Spoiler and Spoiler II.

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