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Old 07-15-2012, 08:34 PM
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Interesting link to the ad before hogweed, I had never seen that.

The heater box is cracked. I checked it. I also re-glued the wooden tabs correctly on the inside of the center dash trim as they where broken off. Fortunately, they where laying in there.

The Blower was shot when I got the car, so I replaced it with a new one. One thing I didn't like was the spacers used on the front wheels. (there should really be some spacers on the rear also to move the wheels out a tad) The current spacers are the cheap ones. You need a good set of hub centric from Eibach Federn. I had a complete set that went with the CD I trade to Hogweed for this car, so if you ask nice maybe he would sell them to you. The cheap ones are almost impossible to get completely true. I used a 4x4 and rotated them while I glued them on and got really really close. Before that, they where off so much you couldn't drive the car over 65. Yes, those things will shake the crap out of the front of the car if they are off even a little bit.

The radio is also a factory reman. says so on a sticker on the top of it. So thats good news.

All in all, it seemed like a really good car that just needed a little more tender loving than I had time or $$$ to give it. I had a blast driving it around here and the car got attention wherever it went.

I did the gorilla tape... Sorry, but it was better than sitting on the seats as they were. I was just going to get a set of sheep skins for them until I saw the price. Cost almost as much as just getting the correct material and fixing the seats.

I fixed the bumper. Also some of the dash lights and the OVP fuse. When I got it home, I had the transmission fluid changed, a full oil change etc.

The cat was not me....
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