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Steve
Lauer
I
bought this car in January of 1999 in Yuma, AZ. It is
an original Arizona car and was totally in pieces when
I picked it up.
Most large parts were there and the numbers matched but
the young man that owned it had disassembled and thrown
away the carb, oil pan, valve covers, all the wiring and
the air conditioning system.
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But the body was unrusted and unwrecked and it came with
a 440 magnum, PS, PB, A/C, 727 auto, tinted windows, trunk
mounted luggage rack, floor mounted cassette/recorder, light
package, bumper guards, rally instrument package, 323 sure-grip,
disc brakes, six way driver 's seat and the original build
sheet. Not too bad a collection of options.
I added the hideaway headlights cause they're way too cool.
It took nearly three years to restore to near original condition.
Everything (except the rear-end) has been rebuilt, repaired,
replaced, rechromed, repainted and/or restored. The original
vinyl interior was completely replaced with new fabric material
that matched the original factory style. All the screws,
nuts and bolts were removed, polished and either clear coated
or repainted. The car was painted back to the original W3
white with basecoat/clearcoat. The original 14" wheels
and tires were replaced with Summit supplied 15" rally
rims and 235-60-15 BFG tires. I finally found a replacement
for the missing cassette/recorder in Canada just this year.
The cassette/recorder was replaced with a new Blauplunkt
AM/FM/CD player, which fit like a glove in the original
cassette housing. The car is still a work in progress but
finally I'm driving and enjoying it and my wife has finally
stopped saying "You paid how much for that!?" |
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