<VV> "Improved" over stock

[kaczmarek at charter.net]

Allow me a modification.

IN IT'S CURRENT STATE, It's worth nothing to me. 

You'd have to replace all the rubber in the suspension to make it really roadworthy, Engine and Trans mounts of that age are NOT to be trusted, Replace NOS U-Joints with greaseable ones,  Seperate the transaxle and replace all seals in the engine and trans, The brake hoses and lines are not to be trusted, the wheel cylinder boots are shot and the pistons likely frozen, the rubber seals in the Brake M/C are gone so replace or rebuild if the bore isn't too pitted,  

An awful lot of work to make it driveable. 

And, as those 64 owners who bought their cars new with 65 hubcaps on them know, even a car bought new at the dealership may NOT be "STOCK". 

Hank 
---- AC Woolman <ac-woolman at hotmail.com> wrote: 
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> A car like this is worth its weight in gold to someone doing a factory correct restoration.  A car that has, literally, every part that left the factory, can be studied to see exactly how it is supposed to be.  There's a 69 in a museum in Nevada that has something like 60 miles on it.  I dare say it too would puke oil on startup.  That is if it would actually start.  I don't think it's been started in 40 years.
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