dan60231
09-11-2022, 08:01 AM
Just found the site.
About a month ago I picked up a 55 2dr post. Had it shipped from VA.
Has a 350, 700R4, 10 bolt. Really nice black paint and a great interior. The paint and interior is the only thing that was professionally and properly done. With the car came a big box of receipts and the previous owner said he did this, did that. Turns out he paid to have it done. Unfortunately every single shop he took it too screwed him with what I'd call less that substandard work and he as far as I can see he couldn't tell the how bad the work being done was. A friend of mine that saw the car calls it a "well dressed mess". The previous owner said it was a rabbit hole for him.
But I love this car. It's exactly what I wanted. The rear axle is too wide and a 2.76 and the tires rub badly. I've got a 9" going in with 3.70's. I also have a holley sniper going on it. After fixing the brakes, the steering (has a jim meyer rack and pinion) cleaning the fuel tank out and changing the carb and a set of plugs and completing the power window install I was able to drive it.
The wiring harness was replaced back in 2003 and after that everyone that worked on it scabbed on to the wiring, and did that badly, very badly. The AC install seems ok, but everything else is horrible. I'm not sure if I'm going to try and keep the harness that's in the car of just get a new AAW harness and start over. I did a AAW in my nova and it's really nice.
There is a lot of things that need to be done, but I'm pretty happy with the car.
https://thumbs4.imagebam.com/96/18/d0/MECYADE_t.jpeg (https://www.imagebam.com/view/MECYADE)
About a month ago I picked up a 55 2dr post. Had it shipped from VA.
Has a 350, 700R4, 10 bolt. Really nice black paint and a great interior. The paint and interior is the only thing that was professionally and properly done. With the car came a big box of receipts and the previous owner said he did this, did that. Turns out he paid to have it done. Unfortunately every single shop he took it too screwed him with what I'd call less that substandard work and he as far as I can see he couldn't tell the how bad the work being done was. A friend of mine that saw the car calls it a "well dressed mess". The previous owner said it was a rabbit hole for him.
But I love this car. It's exactly what I wanted. The rear axle is too wide and a 2.76 and the tires rub badly. I've got a 9" going in with 3.70's. I also have a holley sniper going on it. After fixing the brakes, the steering (has a jim meyer rack and pinion) cleaning the fuel tank out and changing the carb and a set of plugs and completing the power window install I was able to drive it.
The wiring harness was replaced back in 2003 and after that everyone that worked on it scabbed on to the wiring, and did that badly, very badly. The AC install seems ok, but everything else is horrible. I'm not sure if I'm going to try and keep the harness that's in the car of just get a new AAW harness and start over. I did a AAW in my nova and it's really nice.
There is a lot of things that need to be done, but I'm pretty happy with the car.
https://thumbs4.imagebam.com/96/18/d0/MECYADE_t.jpeg (https://www.imagebam.com/view/MECYADE)