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Old 11-28-2025, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Baron Von Zeppelin View Post
Consignment guy on BaT got in contact with me after the auction.
Wanted advice on what course to take with car to get into the 60's or 70's with it.
Told him to just let the owner worry about it , walk away.
Curious, was the consignment guy thinking that by emphasizing/de-emphasizing things in the description, the car could get to a better price? Edit: Never mind; after reading the comments on BaT, I understand better, now (my head wasn't in gear). Indeed, there's a lot wrong with this car, and that's a sad thing.

My favorite quote (of yours) in those comments:

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Somehow not surprising you don’t know the cylinder head from the exhaust manifold.
ROFL

One would think, though, that someone in the market to spend upward of $70K on a car would either already be familiar or would do his due diligence.

The real question for me is whether the car could be returned to matching the build sheet (sans the numbers matching on the engine), and what that might cost. (Not my era, so I'm not qualified to even make a WAG on that.)

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Last edited by Rachelsdad; 11-28-2025 at 04:27 PM. Reason: Withdrew initial question.