Hi. (And sigh, as I've tried to post this twice and my browser is logging me out. So this time I'll keep this short.)
I looked at a 1963 New Yorker in Tulsa yesterday, one the guy has been trying to sell for some time and the price has plummeted from $2,500 to $900 and counting. Upon seeing it, I can tell why. She's rustier than he lets on in ads or conversation (most of it visible only underneath and I fear compromising the frame at the rear particularly), and while the 413 sounded like a brand new car, she was dripping a weak-chocolate-milk-tinted water underneath from a source I wouldn't be able to identify without a lift. He acted surprised at the fluid, but I have a hunch he suspects (or knows) it's a cracked block.
HOWEVER, I've read in a couple of places that a more likely cause of the leak -- and one much cheaper and easier to fix -- could be the freeze plugs. And though the pics I have (more than 60 of them at Photobucket) show lots of rust in the left side and underneath, she didn't RIDE like a car that was about to crack in half, or drop her back bumper, and he's throwing in the new floor pans he bought for the front, where right now you could pull a Fred Flintstone at a corner if you're not careful.
The most prudent course of action would be to run away. But I sort of fell in love with her online (like a mail-order Russian bride?) and am not convinced yet that it can't be had for a price that I could justify, especially if I can get it on a rack and track that leak to a more reasonable fix.
Here's a "good" picture of her:
And, looking sort of like James Cameron took this pic at the wreck of the Titanic, one glimpse of the "bad:"
And again the link to Photobucket.
Opinions from you faithful Mopar people eagerly solicited.
I looked at a 1963 New Yorker in Tulsa yesterday, one the guy has been trying to sell for some time and the price has plummeted from $2,500 to $900 and counting. Upon seeing it, I can tell why. She's rustier than he lets on in ads or conversation (most of it visible only underneath and I fear compromising the frame at the rear particularly), and while the 413 sounded like a brand new car, she was dripping a weak-chocolate-milk-tinted water underneath from a source I wouldn't be able to identify without a lift. He acted surprised at the fluid, but I have a hunch he suspects (or knows) it's a cracked block.
HOWEVER, I've read in a couple of places that a more likely cause of the leak -- and one much cheaper and easier to fix -- could be the freeze plugs. And though the pics I have (more than 60 of them at Photobucket) show lots of rust in the left side and underneath, she didn't RIDE like a car that was about to crack in half, or drop her back bumper, and he's throwing in the new floor pans he bought for the front, where right now you could pull a Fred Flintstone at a corner if you're not careful.
The most prudent course of action would be to run away. But I sort of fell in love with her online (like a mail-order Russian bride?) and am not convinced yet that it can't be had for a price that I could justify, especially if I can get it on a rack and track that leak to a more reasonable fix.
Here's a "good" picture of her:
And, looking sort of like James Cameron took this pic at the wreck of the Titanic, one glimpse of the "bad:"
And again the link to Photobucket.
Opinions from you faithful Mopar people eagerly solicited.
