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I'll bet it's sold. These are great cars and the last of their kind. To find one in that shape, I'd pay it if I had the space and was looking even casually. Think about it... it's modern enough to cruise effortlessly and reliably anywhere and you can't buy a car like this today. A new car for this money would be a tiny POS and this car is practically still new. Put them side by side and it's a no-brainer.

Actually, it may be possible that the car only has 50k instead of 150k; the car looks nice enough for that to be a possibility. Tough to say without up-close inspection but if seller doesn't know for sure, it may simply be that they assume it's 150k because the car is so old; I've seen this before.

If it had black top and interior I would have jumped on it and asked for forgiveness later...

What did it go for?

Can you give some idea of range of years?

Wow! One really couldn't ask for a nicer unrestored car of this age. Fair price for this car and I think it will sell without too much trouble.

Where can the pliers be found? I've never seen them. I've always gotten these skinny ones off by using other tools which were intended for other things.

Want this listed last year for around $10k?

Someone went crazy with the light blue paint

Yes

I believe that could actually be 31k and not 131k

Well, the condenser did indeed fail. This seemed like a perfect time to install Pertronix, which I was going to do anyway. The instant failure of the condenser is no less worrisome than the instant failure of a Pertronix module. I've put them in all my old Buicks and I've loved them. After I installed the Pertronix module, the car fired right up and after choking on all of the excess fuel from trying to start it last week, it smoothed out nicely. The car now runs even better and smoother than before! I took it for a short errand and it drove like a dream.

Not bad for the buyer

That's one thing I hadn't replaced yet, and based on my initial findings in a short time it's suspect. When I did tune up it looked pretty new as did points so I left them

Two steps forward, 1 step back A relative wanted to come over and borrow the lift for a quick fix, so I backed the convertible out. It started fine and ran well. Then I parked it and as I was about to shut it off, it instantly shut itself off. It died instantly, as if it ceased to get spark and as far bas I can tell it's squirting fuel. The ignition wire to the cap seemed loose, so I thought for sure that was it, but upon securing it better it still wouldn't start. Pretty much all of the consumable ignition parts are new. I'll have to now find time to dig into this further, but time is scarce! I'm thinking it's the spark pump...

Yep, the "rebuilt" engine only had less than 500 miles on it.

Sale pending

I think someone got a great car for a great price

Recored years ago and powder coated and been in dry storage. Shipping no problem. Selling for less than it would cost you to recore yours. $600 plus shipping.

Where?

I don't like bright yellow, but this is a very nice color.

I think the center of the front bumper was pulled up somehow giving it that appearance

Really nice looking, and I bet it's really fun to drive. I like the colors, too. Good luck!

Well, I finally got around to replacing the water pump. While I was at it I replaced the balancer, because I'd thought it had spun since the timing was so far off and yet the car seemed to run better than I'd expect if it was true. After doing that I confirmed that the distributor had been installed incorrectly and was clocked wrong, so I fixed that. The photo shows me pointing where the #1 cylinder fires on the distributor vs. where the rotor was at TDC. In addition, the carburetor I'd installed started performing progressively worse quickly, and actually ran worse once I fixed the timing. I reinstalled the original carburetor as-is for now, and it runs much better, and no more noisy water pump! Plus, the heater hose outlet on the old pump was completely crusted shut inside, and now I have heat in the car, which I did not before (not that I need that right now). I also procured and installed the correct air cleaner support bracket which was missing, and it definitely helped the air cleaner fit better against the hood intakes with the added support. While I had stuff apart I was able to do a little more cleaning up. I was also able to confirm that the engine is original to the car after cleaning some gunk off the front of the engine and having better access to the number stamped in it. It's still just a driver-class engine compartment but at least it looks respectably cared-for now.

Okay?