Well, hopefully this isn't the equivalent of buying a boat or sending you wife out the door while saying "whatever it costs - you deserve it".
I've been spying on this board for a while now, checking out what is what while keeping my eyes open for the right car. Well, I think I found it on Thursday and I'm hoping I'm right because it's now sitting under plastic on a trailer in my driveway and the only reason I'm not out tinkering with it is that it's raining cats and dogs.
I don't think it needs much but those are the famous last words that often get us into trouble. Basically what I bought I had seen on CL. It had looked like an incredible car, a Contemporary Motors kit that had the necessary detailing I was looking for, namely high caliber performance and a quality build. The ad had stated it as having Tube Frame construction, a SVO 351 HO crate - 385/377, Super T-10, Carrera rear shocks on a Jag IRS rear. Smith gauges. The car was built by Maeco in Northridge back in 1995. Moderately low miles at 9500 +/-, though those were both street and track. The price, especially compared to some of the duds I've looked at, was insanely low so I figured even if I needed to dump some $$$ back into it I'd still be ahead.
I went out and was the first to take a look. I was impressed. Looked like it was an excellent build, sounded super, and came with all the paper work spanning it's life - I love a good paper trail. Went for a ride in the passenger seat and did some twisties and got onto the freeway where it was pushed to an easy going 95. No rattles, no pulls, no sweat. My only issue was that I'm a small guy at 5'5" and with it being a fixed seat I couldn't reach the pedals... whah!!! That's actually why it's still siting on the trailer, I'm gonna drag it back up to Maeco later in the week and have them do a top to bottom check up, replace fluids, grease bearings, and either install slide rails under the seats or reset the seats and adjust the pedals for my Frodoesqe stature.
One weird thing is that just under and in front of the doors on both side the paint / glass underneath has slight wavers to it and I'm not sure if this was an issue of body flex or heat from the pipes, anybody seen anything like that before? I can post pictures of that at a later point in time in case this is an uncommon occurrence.
Anyways, with all that now stated, glad to be in amongst you bastards, when do I learn the secret handshake?
OK, I'm now one of you (sorry to say)
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