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Have you done a deep clean on the fuel system? From tank to injectors. Sounds like old gas may be causing issues. Even if you have fresh gas, it may be dissolving varnish and other crap in the tank that will keep fouling injectors, plugs and fuel filters way longer than you'd think. There's an active Reatta forum a little farther down. Lot of knowledge there. https://forums.aaca.org/forum/11-buick-reatta/

Spend a couple hundred having it professionally detailed including freshening up the faded load floor carpet. Is it worth asking money? If a western Pennsylvania car isn't rusty, possibly. But as with all AMC, it has to find the right buyer. According to Standard Catalog 1946-75, looks like most of AMC's 1974 wagon trade was in the Hornet line with 67709 made. Only 9709 1974 Matador wagons were built and over 2/3 were V8 powered, but no breakout on 304/360/401. 7070 Ambassador wagons went out the door. So these are kinda rare beasts. But y'all must remember I'm a wagon nerd!🤗🤓

Jim, did you or another K-F club member get it? Or maybe y'all have a prospective new member with a rather cool car in the wings.

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Maybe a tad overpriced for a bottom-line four-door sedan but I like this big Osemobeel! 😎 Put a proper width set of wide whites on and it's 1959 all over again. Would like to know what that switch below the aftermarket gauge trio is. It looks like the light switch on my 135 Ferguson tractor!

Was Ford using those things that early?

Here's a WAG. But seems like there'd be one with red tint too if they were nautical. Which side of the road were the French driving on when these were produced? Gorgeous pieces BTW.

Listed as 1967. Makes sense as most full-size Chevrolets were on 14" wheels thruout the 60s, and if another Division had a 15" cap that could be easily adapted for the limited Chevrolet 15" market, why not? Change the plastic center piece and wa-la! https://www.ebay.com/itm/204710220929?chn=ps&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-117182-37290-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=204710220929&targetid=1645685075248&device=m&mktype=pla&googleloc=1027096&poi=&campaignid=20398193995&mkgroupid=150311025254&rlsatarget=pla-1645685075248&abcId=9317236&merchantid=6296724&gad_source=1

I do too. For the money, I hope it hasn't fallen into the hands of a flipper or, worse, an individual who has fantasies of a street rod with modern underpinnings.

This 67 Buick is down in the "not mine- for sale" forum. Those 69 big Chevy caps sure look like the same cap with a different center plastic. Not that the General would ever go raiding another Division's parts bin...🤗

Mmph. Triple black. That's acres and acres of Burick to polish😬!

Wow. Still has the Ford factory carpet floormats. If you were in the market for a big 70s DeSade, it probably wouldn't be a big deal to color match that paint on the scratch and header panel. Shift indicator is likely a minor issue, either a spring or a wire. Big disadvantage is that at 4500 lb curb weight even the standard 2-barrel 460 would be a thirsty beast. Though to its credit it appears pretty much unmolested underhood.

Coolest wagon ever!🤙👍

I always thought 65 Fairlane styling would have translated better to a larger car, and I'm not so sure it wasn't based on styling exercises for the full-size Ford. The "bold" head and tail lights always reminded me of a teenager in a growth spurt whose hands and feet were out of proportion to the rest of the body. I remember my Uncle Gene saying he was glad he went ahead and bought his 1964 Fairlane wagon instead of waiting till the 65s came out. A buddy had a 500 2d sedan for a daily driver about 25 years ago. White, red interior, 289 and Cruise-O-Matic. Decent enough car that met its end at the hands of a drunk driver who rear-ended it while it was legally parked in front of his house (his Oldsmobiles had the garage).

I'd like to watch it work. Don't ask me why...

Don't know anything on the Newport system but on a Delco wiper motor that signals either a bad ground or something internal on the motor. Usually park circuit. I'd call Newport and see what they say.

👍 on all these vehicles! On that red and white 1955 Crown Vic- wasn't there some discussion about that side trim on the Forums a few years back?

The 90s thought they invented speed metal. Uh-huh.

Hard for me to fathom that Eric Burdon will be 83 years old next month.🤯 That overfed long haired sleeping gnome is still cranking out music. Did a creditable job with "Tobacco Road" too. Probably the closest thing to John D Loudermilk's original. Animals: John D:

Chryslers at Carlisle was at one time the biggest marque show they had and one of the biggest Mopar shows in the US. The Carlisle All-GM is pitiful by comparison. Go with him, Kerry. You'll have a great time.

Moonshiner Tickle hosted one at his Tickles' Table restaurant last Saturday, and plans to host them 2nd Saturday afternoons thru October. I was pleasantly surprised at the cars and people that showed up because I've gotten a bit jaded to a lot of the cars and especially owners who haunt cruise nights in this area. When you've seen the same old stuck-in-the-80s cars and their owners who peaked in high school for 30+ years, you'll sometimes wonder if it's worth the effort to visit a cruise night. I was especially pleased to see the number of younger people (under 40!😄) who brought out completed cars and works in progress. Two boys I mentored 20 years ago brought 70s Chevy trucks and dragged me over to show me what they were working on.

A lot of us have no idea how to drive a T!😄 We can only hope sitting in the T might have sparked some interest in old cars for the kid. Two of my friends are there. Their report this morning was Carlisle was in full swing. To point they're already trying to figure how to get one of them's stuff in the truck for the trip home. Last time I went with them a couple years ago, this guy looked at his hoard and at the truck and said "I had no idea I bought so much". I miss it, but I can't walk it anymore and I'm too cheap to rent a scooter. I think that's up to $95 a day which is out and out robbery IMO.

This Studebaker's advantage is it has top-notch club support and is simple to work on. Elegantly styled car too. Normally I don't like those big 50s overrider bumper and grille guards but it works on the front of this Studebaker. DK how I'd like one on the back. Probably a little overpriced for a non-running car, and even though I think the bulletnose sedans look better than the coupes, four doors will make it a hard sell at $3000. I kinda like that Carolina Bungalow it's parked in front of too. 😎

I like it, especially that grille. Enough in common with its Ford brethren that parts shouldn't be an issue, and enough Mercury distinctiveness that you won't see another at a show or cruise night. Now imagine Ford had combined the Canadian Meteor's high-styled rear end with the American Mercury's grille.