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Sure hope they find the car in tact and the thieves are found and dealt with.

I agree, not a body style you see often but I think he's over estimating what it will eventually bring.

Thanks for posting the pictures. Looks like some amazing progress has been made.

Welcome. Post some pictures of your project. We love pictures around here.

Sure seems like a lot of car for the money. Definitely something you don't see every day.

That sure is a lot of detail about just about every aspect of the cars. Great find. Thanks for sharing.

I like it. Brings back memories when I owned a 1975 Sport Coupe. Was a great driving car.

Improper parking brake operation, or not securing the parking brake, not having the vehicle in gear when parked or no chock blocks being used. Another 100 percent preventable incident.

I have always liked the Chevy Rally wheel because, to me, it is one of the best looking factory wheels produced during that time. Not that they belong on absolutely everything but I can see why so many people put them on just about anything that rolls. I would stay with the Rally wheels but maybe do a thin white wall this time around. Not that the redlines don't look good, the thin whites would just be more correct, if you care about such things.

I know prewar cars tend to be a tight fit in the driver's seat. I'm not a very big guy and it is a tight fit in the driver's compartment of my Pierce. Driving it for more than an hour means I need to get out and stretch and walk around a little so I can get the kinks out.

Amazing that you got to see and ride in the very same car decades later. Maybe you could even end up as the caretaker some time down the road?

Are talking about this? That is a 10,000 point icon.

I have always liked the styling of these TFs. Too bad the vast majority of them you'll spend as much time under the hood as you will driving them.

Seems like an honest representation of a very seldom seen car. I hope an AMC fan gets it and gives it the love it deserves.

Very nice and rare Cougar. One of the only regrets I have is passing on purchasing a '70 Torino fastback with the Cobra Jet engine and shaker hood. This was in 1989 or so. A coworker at the time was selling it and he was the original owner. It was green with white vinyl front bench and an automatic. I didn't have the space and I didn't particularly like Fords but it sure would have been a nice car to flip being as he was going to sell it to me for around $2,500.

When it comes to finding competent people to do work on 70 year old parts, sometimes you have to do some traveling or ship the part. The water pump for my Rickenbacker went across the country twice before I found someone willing to tackle the job. Even very well known water pump outfits didn't want to touch it. With all of the shipping time and sitting at shops that ultimately tuned down the job, it took two years before it was done.

Disappointing to hear that another long running prewar event has ended. If they do fold it into another event, maybe they can keep the prewar stuff a little segregated so you don't have to wander through aisles of commercial swap meet spaces to find some rusty gold.

Sounded like it cranked slower than the 390 Galaxies my Dad owned back in the 90's, but it is a very nicely preserved car.

Great body style, would look amazing all redone and it wouldn't be your way overdone tri-five.

12V electrical and modern alternator. But it sure looks like a lot of car for the money.

Wow, that is a real shame that the frame is damaged beyond repair. Nice looking car.

You will have to trace the line back to the tank and see if an inline filter was added anywhere to know for sure, but it doesn't sound like you have one.

I doubt the new owner is as scott free as some are saying. The EPA is always looking for ways to punish people and they go out of their way to do so. And, may I ask what the point was of your retort?

Sounds like you do have two fuel pumps. Some antique car owners run an electric pump just to prime the carb if the car has been sitting for awhile. Once the fuel bowl is primed they shut off the electric pump and run off the mechanical pump. My Pierce Arrow is setup that way.

Doesn't mean that hydrocarbons haven't already leeched into the soil. If that was in Calif there is no way the EPA would just let this one go.