bige
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Post by bige on Oct 23, 2009 20:37:20 GMT -5
I bought my 62 Meteor S-33 on ebay a couple of months ago. It had been sitting for some years in Eugene Oregon and I shipped it to NJ. Shipping was almost as much as the car. It's absolutely rust free, has a MAACO style paint job but shows well enough. The original color was white but all the jams etc. are done in red so if you weren't looking for it you wouldn't know. Even though the engine was obviously rebuilt I replaced the 260 heads with 289 larger valve pieces because the press in studs kept pulling out on the originals. Lots of sludge and varnish from old gas had gummed up the combustion chambers anyway so the replacement was worthwhile. After a new fuel pump, carb cleaning, tank cleaning, new sending unit in the tank, a Pertronix in the distributor and new tires to replace the cracked and flat-spotted old ones and it runs and drives great. I just bought the pieces necessary to convert over to power steering to compliment the power brakes so I can let the wife drive once in awhile and maybe put in a little smaller steering wheel. The pictures were taken the day it came in from Washington State. It was loaded on the truck back end facing forward and I think every bug in 3300 miles was stuck to the rear. I'm looking forward to learning and contributing. Ernie
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Post by w2zero on Oct 23, 2009 21:17:04 GMT -5
just don't divulge your address or some of these guys, and gals, will come and filch those bumpers and especially that chrome strip on he trunk lid. Just joking but believe me, they are lusting after that chrome strip.
Welcome to cfm. We really do get along.........outside the political posts.
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bige
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Post by bige on Oct 23, 2009 21:46:41 GMT -5
Bumpers have some surface rust and the lip molding has a ding. Just in case anybody had any ideas ;D
Ernie
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Post by STU on Oct 24, 2009 8:41:39 GMT -5
My lip molding has ding too...Hard not to when the rig is 46yrs old.
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