Hoarding, and so it begins...

[Jub]

Hi everyone,

So i love my 71 250, but recent mechanical issues have given me an excuse to buy a parts car (72 250). The problem is, I think I have fallen in love with this beauty.

The car runs perfect, the body has minimal rust (barn kept, literally found in a farm in the middle of nowhere; Delaware). A column shifter, air conditioning, power windows/locks, weber converted..be still my beating heart!

I keep eye balling the cherry picker, but I can't quite bring myself around to gut it. Is this how it begins. Damn, why does she have to be so gorgeous.

Jub

[POS]

Imteresting dilemma. You could repair the 'parts car' to a good standard, pick the best of the two, sell the other as a runner. Then go find another parts car that is more of a POS. Might make a few bucks to further fund the good car.

[ScooterABC]

Originally Posted by Jub

...(I bought) a parts car (72 250). The car runs perfect, the body has minimal rust (barn kept, literally found in a farm in the middle of nowhere; Delaware). A column shifter, air conditioning, power windows/locks, weber converted..

Uh, it sounds like you didn't buy a parts car. But if you got it for a "parts car" price then celebrate!

[gear-head]

Originally Posted by Jub

Hi everyone,

....I keep eye balling the cherry picker, but I can't quite bring myself around to gut it. Is this how it begins. Damn, why does she have to be so gorgeous.

Jub

Yes, Jub. Indeed this is how it begins, Jub. This is how it always begins!

[PARSHOOT1]

More pics of the '72 so we can urge you on to keeping it............

[Jub]

Update: fixed brake line leak (hard line), using a cool trick known as compression fitting- worked like a charm. What sucks is (and what I have read), is that brake fluid is highly corrosive. So the leak was on a line right above the resonator (that other muffler looking thingy deeper under the car), and burned a hole in resonator. Not sure how brake fluid is corrosive, when lines are made of metal?

Anyway, I remember seeing a 250 with its muffler hanging out in a junk yard in MD a few months back. Went there, still there and pulled it. Should have payed closer attention to the engine bay...turns out it was a w115, and muffler is a single pipe and w114's are double. Out of curiosity I went to muffler shop...500 for custom (pass).

Also, replaced every fuse and sanded down contact points... still no electric window power. I think next I will pull out volt meter and start digging. Jim Freeh says firewall behind Pass side (saw them), gonna look there...if power, then maybe look to interior switches per Idles rec.

FYI: also, replaced headrests, dash cap, coils, plugs, plug wires, oil/trans/radiator fluid, swaped to euro headlights and the ever so lovely subframe/sway bar bushings and with spares I had laying around (car was resting on subframe-bushings shot). Awaiting front bilstein shocks, and euro front plate from holland and will re-time/sych carbs on day off this tuesday.

I'll post some pics soon as I get some time.

[ejboyd5]

Originally Posted by Jub

What sucks is (and what I have read), is that brake fluid is highly corrosive.

Brake fluid is not in itself corrosive to metals, contaminates entrained therein may be, but to only a limited extent. Brake fluid is extremely destructive to any paint it with which it may come in contact.

[fonzi]

I have some real parts cars up in wilmington, DE. I sold my running 1971 250 sedan to a w114 enthusiast for $750, and now have two coupes. I'm looking to sell one or both. I'm playing with the one to learn zeniths and the m130.