In the Beginning.....
Taking delivery of my new toy over lunch one November day.
First, the basics. I bought the car in November of 1997. I had been hunting one for several months, and a friend swore that he knew a guy that had one for sale. Just for kicks, I went to see it, and when the top went up and down under it's own power, I just had to have it. Now that the glaze over my eyes has started to clear, I'm finding myself with more of a project than I had anticipated. Nothing that hasn't been done before, but lots of things that haven't been done by me!
She left the factory with:
She was delivered to me with:
Thrashed convertible top
Rotted rear seat
Remnants of carpet ($1.77 in change, one bag of leaves)
Butchered dash with Radio Shack cassette player installed
Rust behind the rear wheels and a little in the
floor 
Three different sizes of wheels
On the positive side:
No rust in the inner body panels
Bodywork that was done used factory replacement parts
All trim was intact
All glass but the windshield was intact
Console was good (contained several pens and 1 unused condom)
Engine was a steel-crank '72 340 that had been rebuilt with few miles
Not bad for an old beater!
Last updated 01-09-00