Vehicle Description
SALE PENDING***Marina Blue with white leather seats, a white
headliner, and black carpeting. The mileage shows 89,407, which we
believed was true when we bought it, but we now believe it is
189,407. We had our share of challenges with this car in the past,
but I wouldn't hesitate to drive it cross-country today. The
previous owner had replaced: Door, Roof rail, and Quarter window
weatherstripping Steering stabilizer bar Rear air shocks (*see note
below) Exhaust system *The level ride compressor had been converted
to an electric one placed in the trunk, and new rear air shocks
have been installed. However, we were told that the guys who
installed it didn't really understand it so it never worked
properly. So, later it was bypassed and a manual fill stem was
mounted under the rear bumper. It is still there but it is
difficult to use. Sometimes you can wiggle it the right way to get
air to go in, but it's tough. On the way home to Wisconsin the
water pump blew. We had to have it towed back our mechanic and he
did the following: Replaced water pump, thermostat, and radiator
hoses Full service oil change Performed a full inspection and gave
it a thumbs up After this, the car drove wonderfully, with no
issues. Then when bringing it home from a car show in September, I
couldn't keep it running. A local mechanic took it the next day and
here is what he replaced: Ignition coil, Points, Condenser
Replacing these items did not seem to make a difference. After a
day or 2 of playing with it, he had it running well enough to drop
it off. Seemed fine when it was sitting there idling. Then we went
to move it after he left, the same thing was happening. A local old
timer and good friend starting looking it over. After several
months of not being able to get it running right, he replaced:
Plugs Wires Distributor cap Rotor Ignition coil (again) Vacuum
advance Gas filter Timing chain Valley cover gasket Intake manifold
gasket Carburetor (purchased an original rebuilt) After all of
this, it still wasn't running right. He did a compression test on
the engine to see if the issue was deeper, and it came out great.
He also bypassed almost everything non-essential on the vacuum
system to see if that helped. It did help a little, but this
clearly wasn't the issue. Note: Although this car is almost fully
loaded, there is currently no vacuum to most of the accessories on
this car, so they are in-op (power windows, power seat, and wipers
are working fine). Someone with knowledge of these vacuum systems
will need to go back in and give this girl some attention. In his
opinion, the only thing left to do was to check and see if any of
the replaced parts were faulty. Thankfully, he started with the the
condenser. And that it. The new condenser that the first mechanic
put on must have been faulty. Then just a little tweaking to the
carburetor and she purred like a kitten! She fires up every time
after pumping it a few times, accelerates smoothly and has good
power, it steers very nicely and the front end is solid & straight,
it brakes nice without pulling or grinding (front disc brakes), and
is happy as can be at any speed. There are a lot of photos to
represent this car as accurately as possible. It was repainted,
although I don't know when. There is some cracking and a few
bubbles and small rust spots. All chrome is in very nice condition.
The vinyl top is quite nice, but you can see a few rust bubbles
under it. The seats have wear (driver's seat being the worst, with
some ripped seams). The door panels have zero cracks. The dash is
excellent and the carpet and floor mats are, too. There is
discoloring around the edges of the headliner, but there are no
tears/holes. There is no odor in the interior, and no evidence of
mice or mold. After we purchased the car, we noticed that there has
been some frame repair done. It appears to have been professionally
done and after inspection, our mechanic feels there is nothing to
be c
