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Got the car today, no surprises which is always a good thing with sight unseen purchases. Those awful visor-vent thingies on the tops of the doors are already in the scrap metal bin! As expected, the turbo mufflers with no tailpipes are awful sounding beyond belief, resonance nightmare in the car. A call to Waldron is first order of business (luckily the factory hanger specific to the wagon is still there). No dual exhaust was available on the A body wagons (gas tank leaves no room on left side) so I'll stick to the factory style single. Car is absolutely rust free and the interior is very original down to the carpets and factory gold (not repro'd) mats. Dashpad, door panels, headliner and seat upholstery are in great original condition, but the hard plastic panels are awol or a mess (kick panels, B pillar trim and front of rear tub covering). Something about that gold color dye that rendered the plastic biodegradable. I'm going to install stock black rims with factory custom wheelcovers and 215/75-14 thin white walls (picture from another car), I like those wheelcovers, sort of a "poor man's Rally II".