...Complete car right around the frickin corner from where I work! What are the odds, I sez to myself? Never seen another around 'cept my friends'. So I call the guy (college student, no knowledge of the car other than "I bought it from my boss, and it needs a battery".)
I take the whopping 4 minute drive to check it out. Get this, it's a '73 2.0, "S" option. BN pirellis on perfect aluminum wheels, including new tire on matching spare, new brakes, PERFECT chrome bumpers and trim, yellow re-spray, front spoiler w/ brake ducts, rear "GT " type spoiler, new monza exhaust, stock FI, almost pefect interior, overall really sharp looker. Everything looks pretty much original, INCLUDING THE HORRIFIC RUST! Geez, I've only seen bodies this bad in pictures (no comments on any ex-girlfriends here people). The longs were 'long gone', so bad that the doors wouldn't open, and when you tried - very carefully - they wouldn't shut completely - there was a huge overlap on bith sides. I peeked under the rockers, and saw BIG holes, even under the sill plates
. Equally disturbing, was what used to be a proud, solid battery tray area. Lots of nice wet carpet and tweety-bird floormats in the trunk too. Ooof.
I tried turning the key, but it wouldn't turn - it was jammed or something.
I politely asked what the lowest he'd go was, and he said 2700. "So what do you think, it's a really nice little car, huh?" he says.
Hoo, it looked like a banana. What does it sound like it's worth to y'all? I would suspect it would be perfect for parts, just about everything you could unbolt and take off was clean and straight.
Ciao
Jeff