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And here I was gonna say that price is a bit much for “lawn art”. 😁

In my opinion it is worth $3000-$4000 depending on what other surprises there are. I like this style of Valiants and its cousin the Lancer but thus one is a four door and an automatic both of which are negatives for me on this car. A two door with a225 and a manual on the other hand…

It’s not the idea of pink that bothers me now or much then. Just the grief anticipated if I post it.

I had a 327 in a 61 Ambassador. Great reliable engine. Good power for it’s size. Pretty car but too rich for me.

I agree with John. The more I looked at it the worse it got.

When I was young we had a name for that and similar colors like it. Sadly decorum and Peter will preclude me saying exactly what it was.

It is pretty but do I see a couple of colors in picture number four? Front clip lighter. Unless it’s just the Sun shine.

Lucky man

120 small monthly payments.

I had forgotten all about these. Now I have to forget them again.

My Father only thought of a car as basic transportation. I don’t think he ever owned many cars before he married my Mother in 1943 having only mentioned a Model T when he was a teenager. My parents bought at a Post Office auction a Model AA Ford postal truck(I posted about in the Parents car thread a while ago). He bid on two of them and then got both. A big rush occurred to sell one to pay for the other. After that he owned Plymouths and a couple of Dodges. Only one Chevy, a 62 or 63 two door sedan that in a short time he learned to hate. He got rid of it in less than a year. He would only have a six cylinder with a three speed manual except for his last car a 63 Dodge Dart which had an automatic. He couldn’t find a car he would buy at the time with a manual. He was a mailman in a fairly ritzy area of our town and when those folks wanted to get rid of a car he often knew about it before they put it up for sale. And they would often give him a good price on a really good used car. That said his automotive policy was to drive it till it died and get another one. He added fluids when they needed them but that was the extent of his maintenance plan. My folks almost never went more than 20 miles from home mostly my Dad to work and home with a trip to Wisconsin for beer once every two weeks or so as it was cheaper there. He killed every car he ever had usually by blowing up the engine by throwing a rod(often through the block). He even killed a slant six in a 60 Dodge. He thought I was nuts to be so car crazy as I was and although he disapproved of my having extra cars around he didn’t complain too much. My Mom might have had something to do with that. He gave me a 54 Plymouth that even he gave up on and I drove it for a year in high school till it finally died. My Dad did all his own work on cars and was pretty knowledgeable about them. He just wouldn’t spend a dime on one if a penny would get him by. So as someone else said, he couldn’t rely on his cars to start or even get him accross the street it they did start. Many cold winter mornings he would walk two miles to work, walk all day, and then walk home. So from all this he did teach my by example not to ignore maintenance and instilled a love of Chryslers at a young age. I still own two, a 1952 Plymouth and a 1980 Plymouth. Sadly my love of Chryslers ended in the early 1980’s with a K car and continues to day due to the current crop of junk sold under that name.

Wet cars shine better, especially if the paint is somewhat dull. And wetness can cover minor flaws. Of course if could be that the owner was so excited to take the pictures snd get it up for sale he couldn’t wait.

A very nice looking car. I don’t know enough to speak about authenticity but looks are impressive.

Thoughts. Other than the often said Now I’ve seen everything, no. Value? To me, $0.00

It looks like it could be a reasonably priced driver if the mechanicals are good and no rust surprises exist.

I don’t know about that as Illinois roads are not very smooth and have potholes. I would hate to be caught on a bump and be stuck on a pebble in the middle of the “car?” And then there is the old how do I get out after I fall in thing as well.

Doesn’t look like my idea of a muscle car but that said it doesn’t look bad at all. And of course it is a four door😁.

Another “after you get it now what do you do with it?”

articbuicks you are a better man than I am. We are at -7 degrees today with a -28 degree wind chill. I need to go out and clean off a bit of wind blown snow off the back walk and I am doing everything I can to stall in hopes of the temp reaching a balmy 0 degrees.

As Jack M likes to say, the memory goes second but nobody can remember what the first thing is.

I used a can of chrome paint to do the bumper over rides on my 1952 Plymouth. It’s ben on there for over ten years with no problems.

Regarding the cars you must have forgotten the 1000 year 1 billion mile warranty that automatically comes with any gifted car. Or one sold intentionally for less than market value to a “friend” or relative.

So homely it’s beautiful.

That explains how the first real car appeared miraculously out of the ether in 1996. All others were just imaginary fever dreams.

Why do I see an alternator? I was under the impression that alternators didn’t come into use till about 1961 or so. If an update I wonder what else has been changed?