[Greg Reid]

Well, at that price the debate is moot....because it's probably going to stay just like it is. I can imagine it getting passed around, disassembled at some point and left to finish rotting.

[dataway]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

Well, at that price the debate is moot....because it's probably going to stay just like it is. I can imagine it getting passed around, disassembled at some point and left to finish rotting.

The more I look at it the more it grows on me. Strange that the dash pad is perfect and looks original. Wire mesh is still on the cowl ducts, rear bumper straight, valance not all bashed to sh*t. Back seat looks great, front bumper looks like it fits well, hood doesn't have the usual hinge bend. Practically no rust in engine compartment, tail light lenses intact. Radio opening hasn't been all hacked up. And it runs.

Looks kind of like someone found a barn car, didn't touch it except for messing with the engine. Strange collection of good stuff and bad stuff. Doesn't look like it's been in any major collision. Would be interesting to know the story behind it.

[Greg Reid]

Originally Posted by dataway

The more I look at it the more it grows on me. Strange that the dash pad is perfect and looks original. Wire mesh is still on the cowl ducts, rear bumper straight, valance not all bashed to sh*t. Back seat looks great, front bumper looks like it fits well, hood doesn't have the usual hinge bend. Practically no rust in engine compartment, tail light lenses intact. Radio opening hasn't been all hacked up. And it runs.

Looks kind of like someone found a barn car, didn't touch it except for messing with the engine. Strange collection of good stuff and bad stuff. Doesn't look like it's been in any major collision. Would be interesting to know the story behind it.

That's exactly what draws me to it...at least as a curiosity. It looks almost as if you could swap out a lot of the sheetmetal and actually have a $16K car pretty much. Would love to see under the carpet and pics of it on a lift. Even the steering wheel looks 90% intact. Those wheels hardly ever survive that well.

[Fullsize455]

Originally Posted by Greg Reid

That's exactly what draws me to it...at least as a curiosity. It looks almost as if you could swap out a lot of the sheetmetal and actually have a $16K car pretty much. Would love to see under the carpet and pics of it on a lift. Even the steering wheel looks 90% intact. Those wheels hardly ever survive that well.

Thing is, the steering wheel is still toast.. maybe you could sell it to someone who doesn't have a wheel and just wants one cheap, but between the crack at 12:00 and the heavily corroded brightwork, it still needs to be restored to be nice. You're either going to spend the money to replace it with a nicer wheel or spend even more money to have it restored, so either way it doesn't really matter because it's still not nice enough even for a driver.

Maybe I'm spoiled by clean west coast cars, but I wouldn't touch that one unless it was a small fraction of that price, and even then it'd only be to keep it as a severe beater. It's basically toast.