That's a great story, and a neat find. And I share your passion. When I found my car, it was like finding a soul mate. Love at first sight, and I made a deal for it immediately. I have the identical car, except mine is three-on-the-tree. Same year, same color, same trim level. And I have a radio. I got mine 45 miles north of home, and i'm only the 4th owner. If you toss out the 2nd owner who only had it 18 months, I'm the third owner in 53 years. And I will continue to be that owner till I'm pushing up daisies. It's a local car, living in the same 5-mile radius until I took it an additional half hour away. Mine is a stone-cold survivor, being all complete and original to the showroom floor except for the radio (said 2nd owner was a dipshit who cut out the tabs for a DIN radio), and the addition of a manual choke with cable, which doesn't hurt my feelings a bit. A few photos of the soul-sister to your most excellent ride. Oh, and I have the parts car for anything I might need, same year, same model, same color, same trim except an auto instead of a stick. A few photos of the gal...
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The parts car. Hit hard in the ***, but everything forward of the back window is good.
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