It was in our driveway a few hours later.
$1500 - seemed fair? who knows.
I've been on here reading for hours. And Hours. Good group of people!
1975 on the title
Starts, runs, drives as is. That's a plus, right?
Needs lots of attention in nearly every aspect. Body seems pretty solid, with just a few small rust bubbles visible. I check it out pretty good for rust, and I think this will be workable. Included a new canvas top. All the glass is good. Gauges are all very clean and work. Doors are hard to open. The latches work well, but the interior handles feel sticky and take some effort.
It seems to have many of the typical issues I've been reading about (I know NOTHING about these cars... yet
)It pulls to the left while driving. Pulls while braking too. Even though it's gutless (other car is a 2013 WRX) it seems like it's running OK. It makes it up the highway hill at 65mph in 5th where my 4.0 Jeep needs 4th. So it seems to be running decent-ish. Smooth power, no hesitations or stumbles. It may be over fueling at idle. Watching the carb at idle there is a steady stream dripping onto the throttle plate - not atomized, lot's of fuel small. There is an external drip from the carb I will address before driving it anymore. Smog stuff is all coming of also.
The clutch pedal operating range is about one inch, very near the floor. The brakes are a little mushy, but stop hard.
Needs front turn signals. Wipers don't work. Heater controls don't seem to do anything. Radiator fan has not come on, but we've had really cool weather and lots of fog that seems to keep cars running cool. New tires. Some small dents and warps here and there. Electric fuel pump conversion with no oil safety switch.
So lot's of problems, but nothing I really haven't dealt with in other cars at one time or another. I'm excited. hopefully I can have it safe to drive without trouble before summer is over.
As long as the rust is not eating away from below. Sounds like you are mechanically inclined,,,,,,you will have the car driving well in no time at all.
