[Yorkie]

Its a garage queen because it truly has to be one of the most finicky difficult awkward cars I have ever owned. I get to drive it in between repairs. But when I do drive it the smile never leaves my face. I took my wife on its maiden voyage from Long Beach to Santa Barbara to show it to the original owner and it was pure bliss. He was really pleased to see how it looked but strangely declined my offer to drive it.

I was quite young and penniless when I bought it and because it took so long to restore it (we had three kids moved twice and I did a masters degree all while I was fixing it) I cut some corners here and there and now I'm paying the price. Talk about do it right and you only have to do it once.

I tried to use all the original components but some of that stuff is simply crap. The calipers were wooden so I replaced them will Wilwoods and green pads and now she stops. I hate adjusting the points so I went to a pertronix system. LA traffic can be slow so I replaced the two blade fan with a multi-blade fan and now she is cool in traffic.

But she does turn heads and that 3.8 six truly has some poke. Cruise at 70 then stab the throttle and the hood raises up and she hauls ass. I just wish she would start on demand or cease leaving pools of liquid on the floor.