Dalton Reid
New Member
Hey everyone,
My wife and I just picked up this old girl. Long story somewhat short, my first girlfriend bought and 'restored' this car with her dad back in 2009-2010. First memory I have of this car was when she pulled up to my house and slashed a radiator hose on a rock....so date number 1 was me fixing her car. I used this as a daily driver for a year or two when I was still with her, then I moved, she moved and we went our separate ways.
Ten years later my wife and I went back to my hometown for a visit....and I saw it again sitting at the local shop. Another year later we visited again, it was back in her family's driveway....sitting....slowly deteriorating. It hasn't been driven more than maybe 5 miles per year for the past decade. A few messages later and a long as day of towing and she's at her new home.
Took her for a drive yesterday, got it cleaned up, wife in the passenger seat and just enjoyed it. It needs a lot of work at this point. We are going to let her be a weekend cruiser every chance we can to keep things lubricated, and just restore things as we can. First, tires and an actual alignment, oil change, and then go from there.
But....the bones are good.
My wife and I just picked up this old girl. Long story somewhat short, my first girlfriend bought and 'restored' this car with her dad back in 2009-2010. First memory I have of this car was when she pulled up to my house and slashed a radiator hose on a rock....so date number 1 was me fixing her car. I used this as a daily driver for a year or two when I was still with her, then I moved, she moved and we went our separate ways.
Ten years later my wife and I went back to my hometown for a visit....and I saw it again sitting at the local shop. Another year later we visited again, it was back in her family's driveway....sitting....slowly deteriorating. It hasn't been driven more than maybe 5 miles per year for the past decade. A few messages later and a long as day of towing and she's at her new home.
Took her for a drive yesterday, got it cleaned up, wife in the passenger seat and just enjoyed it. It needs a lot of work at this point. We are going to let her be a weekend cruiser every chance we can to keep things lubricated, and just restore things as we can. First, tires and an actual alignment, oil change, and then go from there.
But....the bones are good.
Last edited:
from 
