Guest Metal Ghost Posted August 25, 2015 Share Posted August 25, 2015 (edited) Price lowered to $16,500 OBO Contact me at diorije@gmail.com VIN: U5DT137458 TRIM CODE = 70C RE J 21A DP1234BIt has a 272 Y-Block V8. It looks pristine underneath. Approximately 90K MilesCompression was high when I first took delivery of the car, and I've must have put less than 500-700 miles on since then. No clutch slippage either.No bondo that I'm aware of....did the magnet test when I bought the car and have been underneath myself countless times over the last 5 years. The one spot that had it was replaced with metal.I'm not aware of any issues with the car, except the clock doesn't work, the wiper motor may need to be rebuilt (which I did 5 years ago, but it's just a leather diaphragm in there and they dry out I've been told) but it still works, there's still the occasional drip of oil on my garage floor, and the odometer broke trying to flip to 90K miles (see below).Over the July 4th weekend I drove it from my house in Syracuse to where I work in Rome, NY, about a 2 hour roundtrip, with zero problems, and I'd happily make that trip today.I honestly never intended to sell this car, and what I've spent on it illustrates that all too well. I have saved receipts of over $11K spent on this car plus another $1,600 for Headers (Red's), Bilstein Shocks and Coil and Leaf springs, and dual Porter Mufflers for which I can't find the receipts, for a total of $12,798 (at least!).A quick listing of what's been done on the car includes:•New Shocks, Springs, Tie Rods, Control Arm and Suspension Bushings•Change from Exhaust Manifold with crossover to Dual Exhaust with Red's Headers with Ceramic Metallic Coating and Porter Muflers•Frame power washing and Por coating•Firestone Wide White Tires?Blasted and painted rims•Carb Rebuild•Plugs and Wires•Vacuum Advance•New Gas Tank and Line Flush•Radiator Fan Shroud•Passenger Door window rebuild (new channels, whiskers and rollers)•Drivers Side partial rebuild (new glass, rollers)•Door star assembly•Wiper Motor Rebuild (giving a little trouble now again, 4 years later, but it works) Just an FYI, but the car was delivered to me with just shy of 89,700 miles I believe, 5 or 6 years ago. Odometer broke trying to spin past 90K, but I believe that I have a copy of the last title issued given to me when I purchased the car and it should show miles when sold to me. It's obvious that the car doesn't have 190K miles. But NYS doesn't title cars this old. Again, just mentioning it.That's the larger stuff. I can e-mail an itemized listing along with the pictures at your request. Edited September 16, 2015 by Metal Ghost (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Metal Ghost Posted August 28, 2015 Share Posted August 28, 2015 Bump for the weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Metal Ghost Posted September 5, 2015 Share Posted September 5, 2015 Bump for the weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Metal Ghost Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Price just lowered to $16,500 OBO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Metal Ghost Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Bump for the weekend! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 How is this car not sold? That's a screaming bargain for a handsome, capable, apparently well-sorted '50s cruiser. Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 AND...... The ad is written in the Matt Harwood style! At first, I thought it WAS Matt's ad. Maybe Matt is a ghost writer for the Metal Ghost! This is intended as a compliment to the OP and to Matt. Anyhow, a very nice car at a good price, and a well written, fun to read ad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now