Your P.O. is to be commended for the fair warning. After I bought my '66 1600 I
didn't name her "Loosey" just because she is red - her front end driveability
was all over the place during turns and bounces. The P.O. said he had all new
shocks installed and I thought that was a good thing. Until later when I looked
underneath and found no rubber bushings on the mounts, and the nuts were loose.
With all that free play the shocks were useless. Also mentioned were the new
tires. But the lug nuts were loose. Then there's the freshly rebuilt engine,
with a crack in the block that was bondo'ed over and painted... etc.
It may be that the P.O. was snookered by a shady mechanic. When someone says "it
has this new stuff installed" check it out yourself before taking their word for
it that it's better than the old stuff it replaced! (Lucky I caught the problems
in time, so I'm just grinning about it.)
Oh, if you stare at Victor enough you can see the halo over his head!
Fred
BADROC
'66 "Loosey"
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> Subject: PO story
> Author: Roman Rist <ristguitars@yahoo.com>
> Date: 6/7/2000 1:04 PM
>
> Hi List,
>
> Victor laury and I have been working on my 70 1600. (he is an angel, a
> big kooky one, but an angel nonetheless)
> anyway we adjusted the clutch and bled the brakes and proceeded to
> grease the front end.
>
> The Po said the car needed shocks. As I was underneath the front end
> to my amusement I noticed the shocks were dangling only held by their
> top bolts! The whole front was riding on coil springs only! the shocks
> are shot anyway but what a po repair.
>
> I thought this might amuse one and all and am curious if anyone can
> top that po story,
>
> Roman Rist
> Shockless in LA
>
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