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Great cars but you need to know what to look for. There are LOTS to choose from. They are very easy to work on(even if you are not sure which end is the business end of a hammer). Every issue/fix has already been worked out. Helpful people and lots of parts cars in junk-yards.
Heres my DD. I changed it to a 4 speed and lowered it a bit.