Yea, and I never heard the fans come on but it may have not warmed up enough
while I was there.
It does run and stop, and he exercised the car regularly but it has now been
sitting for a few months so it took us a few minutes, and a phone call to
Rich, to get it started.
It's not so much a garage queen since it has about 50k miles on it, but it
has been garage kept. I am assuming the dash fading and cracking are from
the previous owner using it as a daily driver before the current owner. The
previous owner bought it new.
I have no idea why it has a flat hood. Nothing on the car indicates it
having been in an accident. Like Rich told me on the phone, I can't catch a
break with these flat hoods. If I get this one, it will be my third car
that has the wrong hood.
Greg
-----Original Message-----
From: thebrave65 [mailto:ssawyer37@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 10:32 AM
To: DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [DMCForum] Re: new find...
Hi Greg. From the photos, it looks like a decent car. It has the
original blue fan fail module and it looks like it has a rear main
seal leak with all of the oil coating the oil pan.
Without looking at it or any of the fluids, electricals, etc. (and
assuming it runs and stops), I might guess a $14,000 car.
A garage queen is good but I wonder why the dash is faded.
Do you know why it has the flat hood? Was it in a collision?
Johnny
5518 - with hood grooves
> Hey all,
>
> I have uploaded a few pictures to the photo section into folder "new
find".
> This is a car I looked at today and am considering buying so I would
like
> everyone's opinion on what you think it is worth. Right now the
owner is
> asking way more than it is worth.
>
> It is an '81, gray, five speed with a flat bonnet and in the low
5000 VIN
> range. It has around 50k miles. The stainless is near perfect,
with only
> two very small dings. He put new tires, brakes, front wheel
bearings, and
> struts on the car recently. It sits inside all the time, which is
why the
> car looks so dusty. Like I mentioned, the stainless is near perfect
and the
> pictures do not do it justice.
>
> The binnacle is cracked, the dash faded, and the seats have some
cracking.
> The front fascia is just barely showing signs of warping. I do have a
> theory on why the fascia warps, other than high beams or the sun.
Anyway,
> overall the car looks very nice and if you didn't look at the
odometer then
> you would never know it had that many miles on it.
>
> So, what does everyone think?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Greg
>
> PS - As a bonus, he also had a Volvo that had the same engine. I
uploaded
> two pictures of that car as well, for those interested. What I
didn't get a
> picture of was the gear shift for the manual transmission that has a
switch
> on it for overdrive.
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