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Old 07-06-2020, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Musclerodz View Post
Do not buy a project that needs work. They are cool as hell, but they are a nightmare mechanically. Especially a convertible. Make sure everything electrical works. I bet you can ask anyone who has worked on one will tell you the same thing.
OH. MY. GOD.

Spent a solid two weeks going through every limit switch and motor on a convertible car just to get it to work properly......and then found more relays hidden in the kick panel. YaY

Wipers run off the power steering pump.

Door locks are vacuum. Can't buy gaskets for the switches.

The early steering boxes are model specific and mounted in rubber (!?) I had to get two from Red Head to come up with a good one.

I could go on and on but I sure felt cool driving it.
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