let me start off by saying that i just got home, and i left last night at like 11:30 p.m, so bear with me.
i bought car from fellow member, and he told me that the car had rust issues. and i looked at all the pics he sent me, so at 7 pm last night i sent him payment, and decided to get the car today.
600 miles each way, plus about 200 miles of sight seeing.lol
so after getting there, i looked the car over, and realized two things..................
1) the car is not as bad as i feared.
2) the car is much worse than i hoped.
but i know i cannot buy a turn key duster that is restored for less than about 15,000 give or take and for it to even be a original 340 and four speed together.lol
the car was listed for 5,000 but just by going by pics, i bought it for 4,700 sight un-seen
this is no way anyones fault but my own....................
becides a few rust issues, the things that the pics that i got from him did not show was a car that is full of nothing but gallons of bondo...............
the fenders have about a half of gallon in each, the doors have at least twice that amount, and the quarters; lets not even go there. i would say that whoever redid the body on this, used about 4 gallons of filler.lol no joke
the car runs perfect except for a few little kinks, and the trans shifts great but also has a problem with the pedal. it grabs great and does not slip, but is seems so WEAK. no effort is needed at all to push it to the floor
i am happy with the sale. do not get me wrong. i have a /6 3 speed duster that i was searching for everything to convert it to 340, 4-speed, 8 3/4, rallye dash, air cleaner for dual hood scoops, rims,posi, go wing......... you all get the idea.
all of that alone on a cheap day would run me about 4,000, and the engine, trans still may need a freshen up
and also, everyone that has these parts for sale wants gobs of money.
so i have decided to just drive and enjoy the car this summer, and tear it down for a full resto this winter by yours truly. i will be using the /6 car for the doors and fenders, cause they are super straight, and have minimum rust issues. i'll put the money out for full quarters, and do them the right way, but that i will have to learn as i go.lol
frame is awesomely solid, as is the trunk and under the hood. roof is nice, but where roof goes into the cowl has cracks there, so i will have to address that.
hey, what do you expect for 4,700.00???????????????a totally restored real 340 4 speed with all the goodies??????????????lol good night everyone. i will probably sleep for like the next 2 days
fyi, it had the right 70 stripe on it, but i peeled it all off on my way home at each gas station, so i can put the 71 stripe
i bought car from fellow member, and he told me that the car had rust issues. and i looked at all the pics he sent me, so at 7 pm last night i sent him payment, and decided to get the car today.
600 miles each way, plus about 200 miles of sight seeing.lol
so after getting there, i looked the car over, and realized two things..................
1) the car is not as bad as i feared.
2) the car is much worse than i hoped.
but i know i cannot buy a turn key duster that is restored for less than about 15,000 give or take and for it to even be a original 340 and four speed together.lol
the car was listed for 5,000 but just by going by pics, i bought it for 4,700 sight un-seen
this is no way anyones fault but my own....................
becides a few rust issues, the things that the pics that i got from him did not show was a car that is full of nothing but gallons of bondo...............
the fenders have about a half of gallon in each, the doors have at least twice that amount, and the quarters; lets not even go there. i would say that whoever redid the body on this, used about 4 gallons of filler.lol no joke
the car runs perfect except for a few little kinks, and the trans shifts great but also has a problem with the pedal. it grabs great and does not slip, but is seems so WEAK. no effort is needed at all to push it to the floor
i am happy with the sale. do not get me wrong. i have a /6 3 speed duster that i was searching for everything to convert it to 340, 4-speed, 8 3/4, rallye dash, air cleaner for dual hood scoops, rims,posi, go wing......... you all get the idea.
all of that alone on a cheap day would run me about 4,000, and the engine, trans still may need a freshen up
and also, everyone that has these parts for sale wants gobs of money.
so i have decided to just drive and enjoy the car this summer, and tear it down for a full resto this winter by yours truly. i will be using the /6 car for the doors and fenders, cause they are super straight, and have minimum rust issues. i'll put the money out for full quarters, and do them the right way, but that i will have to learn as i go.lol
frame is awesomely solid, as is the trunk and under the hood. roof is nice, but where roof goes into the cowl has cracks there, so i will have to address that.
hey, what do you expect for 4,700.00???????????????a totally restored real 340 4 speed with all the goodies??????????????lol good night everyone. i will probably sleep for like the next 2 days
fyi, it had the right 70 stripe on it, but i peeled it all off on my way home at each gas station, so i can put the 71 stripe
