Hello all, I am happy to report that I have in fact struck a deal to purchase the '58 Fury I spoke of in my previous post. My long search of 16 years for this exact car is finally over. I had found others in the past, but never was the timing right - i either had the means, but none were for sale, or I would find nice examples but not have the means. Let's not even talk about all the hunks of crap I looked at over the years... The Fury is in pretty nice shape - it's been in storage literally since the year I was born! The complete and original interior is nearly flawless, it has all the gold & chrome (stainless) trim, and as an added bonus, it even runs! The body is straight as an arrow, but does have some rust - but not too bad. The corners of the front fenders by headlights are gone, rocker on each side, and a few pinholes in the lower bowels of the trunk is all there is to speak of. The rest of it underneath is just a light scaling that some time spent with a wire brush and some POR-15 would take care of quite nicely. Everything is pretty oxidized and dirty though, so a few days worth of elbow grease will have to be invested. A small price to pay for my dream car! To get it on the road, I will need tires, some brake work, exhaust, and probably a good cleaning of the carb/tune-up judging by the smell of the gas in it. That's it! (of course, we're talking minimum effort to driveability here). My goals in order of priority will be: 1) get it road-worthy 2) take measures to preserve what I have, and then 3) RESTORE. I'm only after a nice, solid driver here, not a concourse de elegance car ya know.. ;-) The current owner seems like a really nice fellow also, and even ofered his continued support after I take ownership. That wil help immensely, as I had stated before, I've always been a vintage VW and BMW motorcycle freak - this here fancy water-cooled American stuff is all new to me! I don't even own any standard tools yet! Looks like in a week or so time, I will be bringing it home, so I need to start prepping my garage. I have about 1,600 sq, ft. of garage space to work with, so I should be able to make this work. The problem is that my garage is in truly pathetic condition. Roof leaks, the concrete floor is soft and totaly saturated in oils from the former chop-shop rednecks that owned the place before I did. I mean like jack-stand and garage jack wheels will *sink* into the concrete. Everything in there stays damp from the leaky roof - even gets moldy, and that's not to mention the humidity we have in the air here in "The Shoot Me State". Do not fear though, I have a plan! The past couple of days I've been dreaming up a method of closing off the beloved Fury from the garage gremlins. I'm thinking along the lines of a plastic vapor barrier, sub-flooring and some sort of vynyl covering to park it on, and a PVC- pipe structure to suport a plastic tent of sorts. Sort of a "garage whithin a garage" concept here. Inside will be a de-humidifier, and a couple fans at least. It should also provide a nice clean and heatable environment for me to work on it out there this winter. And hey, it would even make a pretty decent paint booth! "Why not just fix up the garage?" you ask.. Well... I'm sorta spending that budget on buying this car eh! ;-) Anyway, that's about all there is to say for now. I'll have to update y'all and maybe post some pictures once I have it home. Also, if anyone has any opinions and/or suggestions on my tent idea, I'd love to hear them. Brian PS - here's my "Stupid Question #1": Why do you call these cars "Forward Look" and what are the models that are considered this? Thanks! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE COLLEGE MONEY CLICK HERE to search 600,000 scholarships! http://us.click.yahoo.com/Pv4pGD/4m7CAA/ySSFAA/BBiolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: goldenfin-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ <<attachment: winmail.dat>> |
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