RE: IML: Do you save everything? was: car starts when it wants/ Starter?
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RE: IML: Do you save everything? was: car starts when it wants/ Starter?



From: RandalPark@xxxxxxx

The original starter on my '60 LeBaron (probably the same as your '59 unit) did fail in an unusual way back in the late 1980's. I thought that it had been acting up over the years, so the failure was not a surprise at the time. It stopped working suddenly one day, but when it did, melted metal poured out of it onto the ground under the car.

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I never did find out why the original starter failed, and in such an unusual way. I may still have it in the garage and may take a look one day.

Paul



Paul,

If you ever find out the disease that causes you to hold onto a starter that has had "melted metal poured out of it onto the ground" for twenty years, please let me know. It will let the doctors narrow down the tests for my diagnosis. Sometimes it comes in handy. My Dad bought our 'cuda new in 1970. He saved the original 15x7 steelies and dog dishes when he put Keystones, he saved the original points distributor and the carb when we replaced it. He saved the spacesaver and the old fix-a-flat can holder ( I think he threw the original fix a flat can out, damn!) The wheelwell moldings, you name it. I used to think it was a bad thing, but if you check the e-bay prices on these things they cost more than he paid for his house and he bought that after the car.

Rob




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