Joined: Wed Dec 21 2005, 07:34AM
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As some of you might know, I follow the 4-speed C's. I've had one since around '91, and I've kept my eyes peeled ever since to see how many others are out there. I've never seen so many on Ebay at one time.
Joined: Wed Dec 21 2005, 07:34AM
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I'd take the 300L, I think. It looks very complete. Pretty cars like the blue and the 66 have never really been my style, and the other 65 is a worse project than mine.
$5000 for that L would leave $5000 left to get it up and running real well, just polish/clean the rest up, and drive the heck out of it.
Joined: Sat Aug 19 2006, 05:03PM
Location: Ontario, Canada
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I didn't look at the Fury auctions but I was checking out pics of the 300L a couple nights ago. I think that 300L will need a lot of work (and money) to get it back into shape.
Judging from the pictures, it was stored somewhere damp for a long time. Look at all the surface rust on the underside, even on the oil filter! Look at how the headliner has rotted and fallen down, and how much surface rust there is inside the car, on the window surround trim and even on the steering column.
As a diehard slab side guy, it has to be the 300L, but I agree with Mike, she is a tired car. A lot of work would be required to even make it a driver.
Joined: Tue Oct 11 2005, 01:33AM
Location: Calgary, Alberta
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The 300L strikes by fancy, but the rust and trashed interior make it an expensive restoration. The seller says the car has been in air-conditioned storage since 1973, hard to believe. To me, it looks like other cars I've seen that were flooded with salt water, maybe a Katrina or Sandy survivor.
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moparmnk wrote ...
Ask yourself, Do I want to work on something? or drive something? yea the L is different, but blue and rosey are ready to ride now.
I really hear you on that, as I would love my 65 to be drivable and it is so far away from that. But I also know I'd give that L a lot of allowances for its condition, as I'd accept that it was a POS and I'd just be tickled that it was still alive.
The incorrect things on the blue Fury (the doorpanels, tailpipe locations, non-original color) and the unfinished stuff (most of the trim, radio, dahspad, cowl cover, etc) would bother me more than driving a ratty car. And it needs a headliner same as the L.
The rosy Fury's rusty wheels, engine bay, tired paint, bad weatherstripping and boogered driver doorpanel would bug me a lot. I'd end up doing a lot of weekend work to that one and in the end it would still need a paintjob to be really nice. And that car just looks like the kind that would crumb out old seat foam constantly, and I hate that. I can handle it on torn seats, but hate it if the seat looks good.
It's a moot point now, as I'm out of time, money and space, but if this were 10 years ago that L would've been exactly the car I would've jumped on. A few weekends of cleaning/scrubbing would do wonders, and after a few months of freshening the mechanicals you'd be driving and you'd know what was there. I kinda think the worst thing about it is the headliner and the bumpers, as there's no cheap/simple way to fix them. Yeah, $300 would take care of the headliner, but new bumpers on that car would look kinda foolish, and the current ones are so terrible.