I drive a 66 as a daily driver 30 miles each way to work. Reliability of
major components is very good - the support bearing in the driveshaft
will probably need replaced mainly from age deterioration. Window motors
are another weak area but not a show stopper. Later 67-70 disk brake
rotors are hard to find, and the later autotemp A/C units are hard to
repair. Best to findone with manual A/C. In general very reliable cars
if they weren't abused badly by a previous owner.
Greg Acker
66 Crown
51 Sedan
On Thursday, August 29, 2002, at 02:37 PM, KerryPinkerton wrote:
> Mechanical parts are very easy to come by locally.
> Sheetmetal, etc is harder but available via several
> vendors and Ebay. I recently had my aluminum
> torqueflite rebuilt for 300 bucks including a rebuilt
> torque converter. I did the remove and replace.
>
> Kerryp
>
> --- Eugene <comp837@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Hello list,
>>
>> I am interested in these cars and I am wondering
>> what strengths and
>> weaknesses these cars have. Also how easy are parts
>> to get for the 440 V8
>> and the Torqueflite transmission and driveline parts
>> in general.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Eugene
>>
>>
>>
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