I spent 90 minutes last night looking at a 66 Comet two door hard top. The current owner started working on it, but decided he needed to free up garage space (he has 15 cars spread wround his property and his three garages).
The body is all in primer and is straight except for a golfball size dent by the left rear wheel arc. The interior is removed and all of the trunk lining so I have been over and under all of the sheet metal. There are some pinholes in the front floor pans, otherwise it is solid. All of the exterior trim is off of the car, but I inpsected it and it is in amazingly good condition. It has a 289 with an automatic. He scavenged the engine from a Galaxie in a junk yard.
Here is the key issue for me - I am a beginner and I have planned on buying a car that is running that I can do one thing at a time to and enjoy in between. This is a solid foundation for a project, but I have to do a very complete project just to get it on the street. What is your best advice?
I know quite a bit more about it, but I'll answer your questions as they come up rather than making this post any longer than it has to be.
Oh, he is asking $2900 and said he would take $2600. I didn't try to negotiate any further because I wasn't ready to write a check.
Thanks
The body is all in primer and is straight except for a golfball size dent by the left rear wheel arc. The interior is removed and all of the trunk lining so I have been over and under all of the sheet metal. There are some pinholes in the front floor pans, otherwise it is solid. All of the exterior trim is off of the car, but I inpsected it and it is in amazingly good condition. It has a 289 with an automatic. He scavenged the engine from a Galaxie in a junk yard.
Here is the key issue for me - I am a beginner and I have planned on buying a car that is running that I can do one thing at a time to and enjoy in between. This is a solid foundation for a project, but I have to do a very complete project just to get it on the street. What is your best advice?
I know quite a bit more about it, but I'll answer your questions as they come up rather than making this post any longer than it has to be.
Oh, he is asking $2900 and said he would take $2600. I didn't try to negotiate any further because I wasn't ready to write a check.
Thanks