RSie said

I saw you were in VA, so I looked on craigslist in that area. There were a few nice A-bodies on there, but were automatic cars. If you need to have a stick, that will limit what's available to you quite a bit. You can convert them over but it involves cutting up the floor and welding in a shifter hump.. not sure if you wanted to go that far.
If I was closer to that car I'd be having a hard time not getting the wife mad at me by not going deeper in debt, lol.
Before you go look at it, see if you can find a shop around there to do an inspection on it.. I think they usually charge $50-$100. Check out the frame rails and torsion cross member carefully for rust.. hate to see you get something and realize after that you have to do major surgery on it. The tops of the frame rails where the upper control arms mount (behind the shock) is a common place for rot.

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