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Old 10-03-2018, 06:05 PM
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Originally Posted by njsteve View Post
I can give an educated opinion of the car from the photos since I own a '75 myself: https://www.yenko.net/forum/showthre...113621&page=28

Cons:
-sits too high - wrong front springs
-engine color is wrong - should be metallic dark blue
-headliner is falling away from its cardboard backing
-seatbelts are after market (should have one piece shoulder/lap belt setup) - removing factory setup may have messed up seatbelt warning lights on dash.
-missing the air cleaner intake hose and duct to the fender
-spare tire just seems to be thrown into the trunk - is it missing the tire mounting bracket welded to the floor?
-aftermarket radio which probably means they hogged out the factory hole in the vinyl portion of the dash area that the radio mounts into.
-dashpad appears to be vinyl covered - not in original molded pebble grain.

Pro:
-underside looks really nice, dry, and original
-old belts,radio other parts boxed up to go with car
-interior looks nice though seat covers could be fitted better. Reproduction door panels missing the power window circular block off appliques where cranks would be on a manual window car.
-outer sheetmetal looks straight with decent panel gaps

Yeah, this is one you definitely want looked at in person. $25K is kind of high for a 1975. If you could get the price down to under $20K it would make a nice driver.
Thanks for the input.
I had not noticed the headliner, makes me wonder why someone would go deep on the cosmetics and not do that. Springs....agreed. Intake hose and small things add up, spare tire, etc....Radio not thrilled about but has original so that is a plus. Carpet does not seem to be set as well as it should and the dash (to your point) is hokey.
Just enough to take a flier. Reinforces my thoughts on the dealers I mentioned, they go far enough to get it out the door but leave a couple of thousand dollars in small things to the new owner. Body is dry, that is the only plus and no docs on the engine build is concerning.
Thank you for your reply, the hunt continues.
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