[north]

Paid too much but that car will be heading my way next week. Had a fellow member put eyes on the car last week, super sweet car. Looks and drives like it has half the miles it actually does. 100% original paint, interior, top and drivetrain.

Interestingly (I got closeups of the invoice and window sticker) the original owner (who just sold it this year to the dealer) traded a brand new 69 Karmann Ghia. When asked why he traded in a new car a month after he bought it, “have you ever driven a Karmann Ghia?”. Also interesting is he was a mechanic at the dealership he bought the car from.

27 options from the factory but not loaded in the traditional sense (no pw, locks or seat etc) and just the 2bbl 350 but a really interesting choice of options like reclining seat, Y96 ride and handling, STT, rally wheels, rally gauges, spare tire cover and hood-trunk lights.

Plan is to leave it be other than to lose the hitch and towing stuff including the cargo coils in back. AC was still blowing cold but clutch is seized, I’ll change it out so I can run it with a belt but with my collection size and short New England summers I gave up trying to keep AC working on all those barely driven cars.

Hopefully I’ll get it by the 4th as it will be well suited to “showing the colors”!