How old is the car?, was Sloppy Steering

[Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

My '71, when I bought it in 1999, had sat in a garage since 1979.
Twenty years without being driven.  I have yet to replace an idler arm
on it or any of the bushings, and it drives fine.

Mark M

Neversayreven@xxxxxxx wrote:

> In a message dated 5/18/2003 11:53:00 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
> dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
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>
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>> Quoting Mark McDonald <tomswift@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>>
>> > I appreciate your help, but in my opinion 73,000 miles on a 35
>> year old
>> > car is
>> > relatively low mileage.  That's less than 2100 miles a year.
>
> I just recently bought a 73 Imperial with only 8400 documented miles
> on it. The first thing I had to fix was a very bad idler arm.
>
>
> 1973 Imperial (8,400 mile survivor),1966 Imperial Crown Convertible
> (triple black),1966 Chrysler 300 (wifes car),1978 Dodge Magnum
> (360,auto,3:55 8 3/4 rear,moonroof), 1979 Dodge truck,1996 Sebring
> Convertible (purple w/black)