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It is what it is... 120-130

posted by  someone claiming to be mario_e on  Tue Jul 22 05:33 CST 2008 [RELATED]

If there were another option I would take it. I'm no glutton for punishment and realize this is going to be a LOT of work.

I'm crossing my fingers that its possible to make it road-worthy. I have a feeling it will take some re-engineering, possibly adding a cage inside to stiffen things up if the structure is too compromised.

What is crazy is this thing just passed a safety inspection in March. I don't know how that happened. This is Hawaii and although I've only been here a few weeks I can say it is the United States but it ain't completely America.
Possibly a hundred dollar handshake? It ain't safe.

Brakes are soft, front end is squirrelly and of course the Swiss cheese body. Luckily I have good doors, hood, trunk and front suspension coming. The motor is apparently sound, receipt for a rebuild about 50,000 ago so its not fresh but still seems tight. No leaks, and I'm hopeful a tune-up with the addition of my fresh carbs and electronic ignition will smooth things out. It pulls pretty good from a stop but flattens out about 4K.

At least I won't be sentimental about it. I'm thinking whatever it takes to stiffen it up and have it still look like a 122 on the outside. There are cars deserving of a loving, concourse-quality job but this ain't it.

However if anyone does hear of a good 2-DR shell near a West Coast port, please let me know. Costs about a $1000 to float one over here and it could save a lot of time.

I think this project is blog-worthy, another fortunate situation is that I can't set up the furniture shop until early September so I have all my attention during the week to devote to the car.

Aloha,

Mario E.
Kea'au, HI






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