charm
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After much soul searching, I've decided to sell my Dart. This was purchased new by my wife's grandfather and, considering its age, hasn't put very many miles on its own wheels...just ~65k. I won't bore you with any more of my in-law's history with the car...unless you ask.
First the good. The car has 65k miles on it. It's been kept in a garage for most of its life. It runs pretty well, although an afternoon giving it a good tune up would certainly have it running a lot better! Everything is stock except the radio which really isn't hooked up. Heck, I think the tire on the spare is the original rubber (which may not be a positive selling point). The brakes work, although they are drums.
Now for the negatives. It has a bit of rust. A tiny bit, but it's present. From what I've found, there are 4 spots that need patching. The rest is surface rust. I've started working on the rust in the trunk and need to take a new photo. Although the hole got bigger, it's still less than the size of a quarter, the rest of the rust came off beautifully. I may have time to go over it again and POR15 it before it sells just to make sure it's all nice a stable.
The front driver's side fender met the corner of my in-law's garage sometime in the mid-1990s while they were stationed on the East Coast. It needs to be replaced.
There are a few plastic pieces, like corner reflectors and such that need to be replaced, probably also related to my mother-in-law driving the car down that same narrow alley into that same tiny garage.
The trunk liner, carpet and headliner were damaged and are now located somewhere in a WA State landfill. They were damaged because of leaky seals including the wiper posts. I believe these failed seals are also the cause of three of the four rust spots. (The fourth was a crack in the undercoating in the passenger side rear fender well that ended up packed with dirt so water had no place to go.)
So, overall, it's clean, but it has its blemishes. My garage is just too small to deal with anything larger than MG or TR6 sized classic so, despite a family connection to the car, we all (my wife, my in-laws, and I) think that getting this to a new owner who will love it would be the best course of action. Are you that person? Please!
I'd like to see about $2500 for it, more would be perfectly acceptable! But I am flexible. I'd prefer a local sale, but, if sold to a FABO member with a history on the board, unlike me, I'd consider selling it remotely. That said, if you want to arrange shipping and fly here and give me the cash, I'll help out as much as possible. Shaking my hand to make the deal, regardless of where you live, makes all the difference.
I hope somebody would like to be the next caretaker of the car. I hope there's somebody who can give it the efforts I cannot and the efforts this family heirloom deserves.
First the good. The car has 65k miles on it. It's been kept in a garage for most of its life. It runs pretty well, although an afternoon giving it a good tune up would certainly have it running a lot better! Everything is stock except the radio which really isn't hooked up. Heck, I think the tire on the spare is the original rubber (which may not be a positive selling point). The brakes work, although they are drums.
Now for the negatives. It has a bit of rust. A tiny bit, but it's present. From what I've found, there are 4 spots that need patching. The rest is surface rust. I've started working on the rust in the trunk and need to take a new photo. Although the hole got bigger, it's still less than the size of a quarter, the rest of the rust came off beautifully. I may have time to go over it again and POR15 it before it sells just to make sure it's all nice a stable.
The front driver's side fender met the corner of my in-law's garage sometime in the mid-1990s while they were stationed on the East Coast. It needs to be replaced.
There are a few plastic pieces, like corner reflectors and such that need to be replaced, probably also related to my mother-in-law driving the car down that same narrow alley into that same tiny garage.
The trunk liner, carpet and headliner were damaged and are now located somewhere in a WA State landfill. They were damaged because of leaky seals including the wiper posts. I believe these failed seals are also the cause of three of the four rust spots. (The fourth was a crack in the undercoating in the passenger side rear fender well that ended up packed with dirt so water had no place to go.)
So, overall, it's clean, but it has its blemishes. My garage is just too small to deal with anything larger than MG or TR6 sized classic so, despite a family connection to the car, we all (my wife, my in-laws, and I) think that getting this to a new owner who will love it would be the best course of action. Are you that person? Please!
I'd like to see about $2500 for it, more would be perfectly acceptable! But I am flexible. I'd prefer a local sale, but, if sold to a FABO member with a history on the board, unlike me, I'd consider selling it remotely. That said, if you want to arrange shipping and fly here and give me the cash, I'll help out as much as possible. Shaking my hand to make the deal, regardless of where you live, makes all the difference.
I hope somebody would like to be the next caretaker of the car. I hope there's somebody who can give it the efforts I cannot and the efforts this family heirloom deserves.
