Thanks for all the encouragement and congratulations. I'm really nervous and excited about the car. I've never bought a car sight unseen before, well the Black Car was somewhat sight unseen, but of course that was a little different with NJSteve and all. This car was on eBay and I posted a request in the Lobby here asking if anyone in the Portland area could inspect it for me. Within 15 minutes I had a PM from a very generous member.
The car came from an estate and the seller is a high end antique dealer in Portland. This car was owned by the son of a family he did he lot of business with. The son had died 15 years ago and the family had parked the car in a climate controlled garage and left it there for 15 years with 53K miles. Ultimately the antiques dealer ended up with it in February of this year. He had a mechanic go through it. Complete brake job, flush and fill all fluids, boil gas tank, replace fuel lines and sending unit, rebuild carb, tune up, et cetera. He also had the car detailed inside and out.
Well, my volunteer PY inspector went and looked the car over and drove it. He reported back that the paint and interior were great, but that the clutch was horrible, the brake light was on, and the car seemed to run rough. I decided to pass. Pretty quickly I started getting non-buyers remorse. After two days I was convinced that I had made a mistake. I called the seller and before I could even start talking about a purchase he thanks me for having had someone come and look at the car and identify the clutch and brake light issue. He had immediately sent the car back to the mechanic and gotten both items fixed.
I talked to the mechanic the next morning and he said that he had found a broken spring in the pressure plate and ended up installing a new clutch, pressure plate and throw out bearing. The brake light issue was the proportioning valve. Once again my volunteer PY inspector agreed to go and drive the car. This time his report was much improved, with him reporting that all problems were fixed and that car ran and drove very well. The only negative item was that the tires seemed flat spotted. The deal was struck with the seller and the title arrived yesterday. I'm not sure exactly when the car will get here, but I can't wait to see it in person and get started...
I have already gotten a quote on repop Polysteel Goodyears and will order them as soon as I get confirmation from Smallhurst the tire dealer. The driver door keeper which holds it open is broke and will require attention, and the mechanic did not replace the shocks and that will need done. I would like to get the shocks ordered so I can replace them while the car is on the lift with the wheels off for replacement.
Does anyone have a good recommendation for a WS6 car?
Here's the original ebay ad for the Gold Car. Happy Fathers Day guys and thanks again for the all the kind comments.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pontiac-Tran...US_Cars_Trucks