I can't thank enough those that responded to my query on what to do with a 69E I found in CA while out on business. The car is a 99K mile 1969 E coupe, no rust whatsoever underneath, silver body is in great shape with never an accident and only one respray, interior should be rehabed to make a beautiful car. When testing/considering, I thought the motor was down on power, but the rest of the car being what it was, thought $6400 was a very fair price.
Now, how to get it home to Boston. My 84 was shipped cross country and I'll never do that again, so I guess that means I am driving home.
I brought the car to Gavin Autowerks in Oakland (great guy!!) to have the original alternator replaced as a precaution and have motor and trans oil changed. Gavin gave it a clean bill of health and off I went leaving at 2 PM Thursday.
1000 miles into the trip, some car god flipped a switch and the motor felt like it was putting out 30 more HP. Clearly this car had not been driven and was used to CA low octane gas. Sunoco 94 makes this car scream now and has better top gear acceleration than my 84. But what made this a special trip was that 90 mph was the standard across most states (no tickets) and the car just kept going and I pretty much ran it straight through in 54 hours total time. Never even a hiccup. It could have been a Honda S2000. It even burned less than 3 quarts the entire way.
I will definitely make this trip again!
As promised, attached are a few pics. Only the sky was particularly interesting. Took about a 100 or so, these are probably the best.
