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Some points/info on the car....
- Scoggin-Dickey HO 350 crate engine with a hydraulic roller added
- TH350 - light shift-kit, small stall converter
- All new front suspension & steering (last winter) - QA1 coilovers, factory style disc brakes, quick ratio SS steering box.
- 2.5" exhaust with 50-series Flowmasters.
- MSD Ignition and distributor
- American Racing TTII's - 17x7 front and 17x9 rear...Nitto NT450's that are still like new.
- Aftermarket AC (under dash)
- Factory style non-SS dash, but added white face gauges and tach.
- Clean black interior with a fresh covered front bench and recent headliner...has a true comfort-grip steering wheel (not a repro) with SS horn cap.
- Good paint - The paint is an older job (about 10-12 years), but was laid down really well...I did have some spots touched up last year, and we used leftover paint from when it was first painted....so it's a perfect match.
- Re-pop steel cowl hood with functional flapper door.
- Good Stereo - Kenwood head unit with all of the Bluetooth and other crap, front separates in custom kick panels, rear 6x9's, 12" sub, and a couple Alpine amps....real decent system for an older car.
Overall its a solid old car...it's had some small rust spots that were fixed with metal patches, but never any major body work. It has good chrome and trim, and a quality tint job. It's very dependable...great for road trips, especially like Cruising the Coast or Powertour. Even though it's just a 3-speed, it has 3.08 gears and ~28" tires on the rear, so it cruises down the hwy. 70-75 comfortably. I've sat in traffic in 100+ degree heat with the AC on, and it never gets hot either. It also rides really well for how low it sits....overall, it's pretty well sourced-out as a good cruiser....short or long distance.
Only a couple known issues with it - It has a trans leak when it's parked for more than a couple days...and it's coming out of the front pump, so the tranny will have to come out to fix it. One of the mufflers rattles inside...apparently a loose baffle plate. I think it will need a replacement muffler to correct the issue.
Anyways....it isn't actively for sale, but I've got a cash offer on the table for $17.5K as it sits with the bad muffler and trans leak. Based off of the description, am I selling myself short at $17.5K, or should I call it good enough? Or should I just keep the damned thing and put and OD and some better gears in it, switch the wheels, and continue to drive it on occasion? (See where this is going??...If I keep it I'm going to want to spend more money on it!
)We haven't been driving it nearly as much, and I've got 3 other projects on the burner now....I could use the garage stall it's been hogging for sure. I originally purchased this thing for my wife while I continue the never ending restoration on her convertible. She liked it a lot at first, but now that we've had it a while, she's just not as interested. I still like it, but I'm more interested in my C10 and the Chevy II that I picked up recently....the money from this thing would do a lot for both of them.
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