Wish me luck.
Wish me luck.
hoard find? 
n good luck
Luck!!!!!
I will follow your instruction and wish you good luck.
GOOD LUCK!!!
You suck!
Uh...I mean good luck.
First thing first: I didn't buy it.
I suppose it qualifies as a barn find, because the seller dragged it out of a barn (shown in the first photo) three weeks ago. It had been sitting there for 28 years. He was a Packard restorer whose lawyer/neighbor was settling an estate and came to him because he was a car guy.
It appeared to have received an amateur restoration in the 70's. The repro vinyl seat covers were in great shape, but the paint was peeling and and the engine and drums were locked up. The frame looked great and the body appeared to be solid, but I wasn't interested enough to start laying the magnet on the body panels. The windshield glass was delaminating and the wiring was awful. The tires were understandably shot. It wore Calfornia black plates dated 1963 and was last registered in 1984. The best thing that I can say is that it appeared to be complete.
He wanted $4500 for it and I had about $2500 in my pocket, but I never even made an offer. I just wasn't feeling it.
Sounds like a full restoration. Did you check the body wood for condition? Replacing that can be expensive and tricky. You used to be able to buy a car like that for around what you had in your pocket, though this was 10-15 years ago.
I wanted to check the body wood but couldn't see any of it as all the interior trim was in place. At that point, I already knew that I wasn't buying it.
mguar wrote: Oh and parts? nearly anything you need from people like Moss motors.. OK the whiny original guys complain because the replacements aren't exactly the same as the originals were but hey! they usually work!
I was thinking Miata drivetrain...
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