I can’t give you the details on the suspension at the moment, as I am not there.  Later on I will get my ex-mechanic friend to have a look. No doubt he can tell us.

You’ll also have to answer silly questions like,”Is that a REAL car?”

Well, that is a real existential question indeed. Just what is a ‘real’ car. I bet many ‘muscle’ car owners would…[Read more]

Yes, it is too early for storage – but we are now in Portugal, and headed to Trinidad for a month of sailing (see http://lifepart2.info) before returning to Canada for winter skiing. Then we go back to the boat in the spring, and so it won’t be until the proper summer that we get back to drive Sally.

And if I seem a bit excited, that might have…[Read more]

Well, it turns out that the ad on Kijiji was some kind of scam, as the lady (?) was advertising the exact same car that is currently on sale by Prototype Research , and she has no connection with them whatsoever. Maybe she was hoping someone would just send her a deposit. I don’t know what her game plan was. And she was asking $1000 more for…[Read more]

Yes, I’ve heard those seat warmers can be quite high maintenance.

Bear in mind the price is in CAD, so that would be about USD$13900

And a factory build should be in its favor. Any comments on Prototype Research?

The seller sent me some more photos – certainly the car looks in perfect condition – everything very nice and shiny. clearly it has been kept indoors all those years.

I will grill her about the…[Read more]

Thank you guys for weighing in with your opinions. All very helpful and much appreciated.

I do realise these are old (unsafe) cars. Was just wondering if they could be made less unsafe, but I guess not.

I am still looking for one, but the real challenge is how far away they all are. Well, I am not in a hurry, so will just take my time with it…[Read more]