Thanks everyone for all the tips in the past but nothing has worked.
It's been at the shop for something like 4 months now and he's tested
everything he knows at least twice now but no luck. I'll start from the
top: This car still has the EFI and has 75,000 miles. After I bought it
it ran for 10 days and then when I went to start it suddenly it ran very
rough, smoked lots, and smelled bad. If I let up on the gas it died and
wouldn't start again until later. Had to be towed in. This shop
specializes in fuel injection and computers. He's been at it for 30
years but only seen one other like this. Car came with extra EFI parts
which he's switched all around but still won't run right. What it looks
like is that I have an expensive lawn ornament except that it's still at
the shop and I'm paying insurance on it. Since we're out of ideas and it
is unrepairable I'm wondering how much this might cost me to have it
converted. I'm no mechanic. What all parts do I have to round up and how
do you get at least the speedometer to work afterwards on this basket
case? I can't just dump or part out such a nice and rare car but I'm in
a real quandary here as to what my next move should be. It's in pretty
nice shape otherwise except the headliner and dented fender which I
thought I'd be working on by now but the losses are mounting. Any
advise, anyone? Thanks, -Steve
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