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04-17-2024, 7:49am | #1 | ||||||
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1978 with 1600 miles
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Wow.
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Sad.
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Owner of those cars isn't too smart. I note the guys in the video didn't make any attempt to get it running, just cleaned it.
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That car is a piece of junk. It needs a complete restoration that would cost 10 times the value ofvthe car. Sell the interior parts and junk the rest of it.
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When I see these stories, two things to conclude:
1) Too rich, spent money on something they did not need, or use 2) Too dumb, failed to realize they could have done more with their money, letting it rot away WAS NOT a strategy |
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I disagree. I think this thing just needs fuel system and braking system work. Maybe some electrical work if the mice did some chewing. I would take this all day long over something like the mrvette car.
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Unless you can do all the work yourself, it may cost more to restore than it's worth since it's not a chrome bumper C3. |
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RONG. Clean out the fuel system, rebuild the brakes, new brake hoses, rebuild the carb, squirt some WD-40 in the cylinders and turn by hand, flush the oil system with kerosene, prime with new oil, new plugs, rotor and cap. Maybe a fuel pump. Change the diff and transmission fluid.
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BTW, my '67 Falcon has a 1978 inspection sticker on the windshield and had 55,000 miles when I got it. It had run on occasion since 1978, but had not been used as a road car since then. Yes, it needed tires, belts, shocks, the radiator rodded out, and radius arm bushings. Maybe $500? I've now put 10,000 miles on it. Car is perfectly healthy. |
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Some things shown look to have more than just 1600 miles.
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Even if the car was stored in a bubble, same would apply simply due to father time. Moral of the story: Move it or lose it. |
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Impressive detailing job and their attention to detail of the small jobs is great.
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Maybe not a rebuild, but likely new seals, which means the engine & trans may have to come out. Not a typical job for a DIYer. The pace car edition may be worth enough to get it back running, but there's nothing special about the white one to make it worth much. I will never understand why anyone would buy cars like these, drive them a few miles, and then store them uncovered and not maintained for decades. |
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Dude really picked the wrong car. There were lots of used cars the guy could have spent the same money on in 1978 and done fine. Disco C3s might have been among the worst possible cars to do this with. There are way more than enough museum quality '78 Pace cars out there.
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I bought my '61 after sitting for 25 years in an airplane hangar. It needed an engine overhaul, transmission overhaul, new brake system, new fuel system, and new cooling system. It cost me less than $5k to do all of this, doing all the work myself. If I had paid someone to do the work, it would have been $45,000 or so, at our labor rates. So not worth it, considering the purchase price of the car. |
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Looks the same as the distributor cover, air filter lid, and cruise control servo to me. Basic surface rust. I would expect oil residue to prevent surface rust, not cause it.
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