Retiring the "Coody" as A Daily Driver.
What do you mean more kid friendly? And why are you worrying about impending breakdowns?
This is what I mean by not kid friendly:
Loading your kid into their car seat over scorching-hot black vinyl seats with only enough room to crawl in because the suv parked next to you is 8 inches from your door.
Having an upper ball joint pop out at 65mph, looking in the rear-view and seeing your 3 year old strapped in under 14 sq ft of glass, then realizing you only have a lap belt on as your swerving toward the median.
Kid spending the entire weekend indoors watching tv while dad is in the garage under the car so he can drive her to school on Monday.
Impending Break Downs:
THIS Plymouth (Not all) was originally bought to be a driver. And by the looks of it was going to be a turn-key purchase. Since having kids I knew I couldn't spend the time I used to in the garage so was willing to pay extra for a more complete car that I could drive mostly and fix sparingly. But sadly the PO had sunk all of his time and money into the paint and interior of the car (see pic) and then advertised it as having an engine/trans rebuild with only 500 miles, rebuilt gauges, brakes, etc. etc......all of which were BS but hey the guy was nice and seemed to really be sad about giving up his "Baby". :banghead:
Basically, I got took, and that's my fault for not thoroughly going through the car and judging it based on it's appearance. It ran fine for the first week and then started overheating. Brakes went out. Suspension fell apart.......the more I fixed the more I realized how deep the rabbit hole was going to go.
So I've spent the last 3.5 years rebuilding a car with all the spare time and money I can muster. And everything is almost done but every time I say that................
Alright enough whining from me :wack:
