1961 lancer: st. louis---> cincinnati
hi all-
i have been looking for a lancer for awhile and finally bagged a pretty good one i think. haven't had a project car really, only a '74 dart swinger many years ago that i didn't give enough love to. maybe i'm trying to make amends now...either way, i have some work ahead of me, just not an overwhelming amount, which is probably best for my mechanical skills.
anyway, i would come here looking for one for sale and since this site seems like the best place to study up and share a bit, here we go.....
believe it or not (and i believe it now after seeing it) this car has 6K original miles on it. as the story goes, it was owned by a retired guy who bought it in '61 in st. louis. he drove it to the grocery and other short trips for 13 years, then passed away. it went into storage until around 2009 and was sold to the guy i bought it from who isn't a "mopar guy" but found a gem. that's the story anyway....but when it arrived last week, included was a binder that had the original bill of sale, grocery market flyers (presumably put under the wipers or whatever and were just left in the car) and a dodge coupon booklet! this car is still under warranty :-D . there are hood and trunk issues, but other than that everything is here (except the whitewalls, which i guess were stolen at some point), and it runs pretty well. wish i could say i got an awesome deal, but it was under $4k, which seems reasonable- you can tell me otherwise and i won't take it personally.
anyway, looking forward to getting schooled by everybody here....
hi all-
i have been looking for a lancer for awhile and finally bagged a pretty good one i think. haven't had a project car really, only a '74 dart swinger many years ago that i didn't give enough love to. maybe i'm trying to make amends now...either way, i have some work ahead of me, just not an overwhelming amount, which is probably best for my mechanical skills.
anyway, i would come here looking for one for sale and since this site seems like the best place to study up and share a bit, here we go.....
believe it or not (and i believe it now after seeing it) this car has 6K original miles on it. as the story goes, it was owned by a retired guy who bought it in '61 in st. louis. he drove it to the grocery and other short trips for 13 years, then passed away. it went into storage until around 2009 and was sold to the guy i bought it from who isn't a "mopar guy" but found a gem. that's the story anyway....but when it arrived last week, included was a binder that had the original bill of sale, grocery market flyers (presumably put under the wipers or whatever and were just left in the car) and a dodge coupon booklet! this car is still under warranty :-D . there are hood and trunk issues, but other than that everything is here (except the whitewalls, which i guess were stolen at some point), and it runs pretty well. wish i could say i got an awesome deal, but it was under $4k, which seems reasonable- you can tell me otherwise and i won't take it personally.
anyway, looking forward to getting schooled by everybody here....
