i do, i do. a whole fleet of 'um!
i think there's a sweet spot for modern injected stuff and it's like late 90's thru early/mid 2000's where the computer controls weren't that sophisticated and the scanners were and are reasonably priced you could still service them fairly easy.
or at least...
i hear ya clucking big chicken.
had an alternator decide to quit manufacturing the pixies about 100mi from base in Dr. The Mrs. corolla. while not the end of the world, what would've been a quick 20mi departure on one of my old heaps, became 2+ hrs and near $400 while i wove a rich tapestry of...
i wouldn't think it to be suspicious, seems more like a quick shoot from the hip diag and when they peeled back a few layers they discovered or thought to do the module as a CYA. especially at a busy shop: scan it, no fuel press, get a pump on the way, go to install pump and say... hold up a...
i personally wouldn't have a problem running the old pin as long as the fit up was satisfactory.
you could always try and dress down the new pin with a strip of fine paper, but that may be an exercise in futility.
ahhh... 61 fury... the kinda face only a mother could love, and only on payday.
[but with a chonk block sonic ram? well... now, that changes the calculus]
it's weird because the shifter/ball don't look OD (granted anything can change in 50 years)... i'd almost put money on it being a 3spd.
but it is indeed a 4 gear it's almost certainly a OD box.
still, a little pricey for what it is. and is that plywood on the floor? and if so what's that...
what a lame thing to say. that's a cheap entry on a solid car that would be great starter car for somebody or could be a fun street bomber for somebody that's got a gang of parts and some free time.
my dart wagon is a 4 door. is that a parts car too, dan?