Hi,
As some of you may know i have a 71 polara wagon, 318ci, all original.
I have the car for 10 ? 15+? years now and it is time to take a decision.
The car was perfect when I got it nothing to do.
Now, after so much years outiside it starts yo become a wreck.
I did a very bad decision years ago and now time to pay the price : car was outisde under a plastic wrap so water did the job and now there are holes over the doors... this is only NOW that I made what sould have been made so much years ago... sometime my brain do not connect.
( i fabricated a cover that do not let the plastic wrap touch the body and let air pass for the car to dry.. )
Just so you know tires have not been replaced and are holding air at the right pressure...
In france you can't have papers for it without made something illegal and honestly there is now so much work to do that this eventuality slowly goes away.
The car has to pass an inspection and cant be driven now. Starts and run ok but just in the garden.
- engine bay is now all rusty ( was ok when I got it ). Last time i cheked ( oh i forgot to tell that I can only see the car like 1 day in a year.. ) a squerrel mad a nest in the admission ( cleaned ) and i placed an alternative tank to start the car.
- interior is ok, complete in front, have the modling in rear but no bench ( was a hearse).
Carpet is dead. Vinyl roof is dead.
- chrome bumpers are ok but front has a 2cm rust area. Valence is very nice. Rear is good. Like are good except right rear as a broken red glass ( my bad).
- body is still overall good for everyone lookinf for traditional parts : door perfect, fenders perfect, truck good, rear fender good, underside still ok but a lot a rust in front since there is an infiltration ( reminds me.that i forgot to put rust stop... ) but no holes for now.
2 bad areas : bottom of windshield pillar as a hole ( was the only thing when i got the car ) and holes now in the space between roof and rear doors and windows. Not large but long, you can put fingers in it. In my opinion if you repair this the body is like perfect.
Windshield is broken ( small, driveable but broken).
So now. It is time to make something.
I do not want to pit money in a car the cannot be legaly on the road. Just so you know i already replaced the brake system once ( cailpers and tubes ) and i think that after so much time it will be to de redone again, after 0 miles !
1st option : part out. I can take time on next year vacation to do it. But my biggest concern is the body that is in too much great shape to be scrapped. I can cut it properly but what for if no one wants parts...
2nd option : i can buy a roller with tilte and made this car live by it.
But it has to be a 1971, polara or monaco car because all the parts match. The best would be a roller without engine and trans and interior but in great shape, i cant do body work or can't spend money to save a 318 and a dashboard.
I saw some interresting car for sale but nothing that matches now. And this will be a least a 5000$ joke just for the ride overseas...
Best would be a wagon like it but 4 doors is cool too.
For exemple the was a 1969 polara wagon for sale with justdonated on ebay for around 1500$, if it was a 1971 it could have been a good deal ( but there was no title).
3rd option : ( just thought while writing this ). Maybe i can buy a title why plates to someone in the usa and try to go with belgium to have a title. Ok it is not right but not wrong regarding in saving a car. The only concern would be the customs i have to check that.
But that would imply a lot of work and some money to put it back on the road.
Let me know what you think.
As some of you may know i have a 71 polara wagon, 318ci, all original.
I have the car for 10 ? 15+? years now and it is time to take a decision.
The car was perfect when I got it nothing to do.
Now, after so much years outiside it starts yo become a wreck.
I did a very bad decision years ago and now time to pay the price : car was outisde under a plastic wrap so water did the job and now there are holes over the doors... this is only NOW that I made what sould have been made so much years ago... sometime my brain do not connect.
( i fabricated a cover that do not let the plastic wrap touch the body and let air pass for the car to dry.. )
Just so you know tires have not been replaced and are holding air at the right pressure...
In france you can't have papers for it without made something illegal and honestly there is now so much work to do that this eventuality slowly goes away.
The car has to pass an inspection and cant be driven now. Starts and run ok but just in the garden.
- engine bay is now all rusty ( was ok when I got it ). Last time i cheked ( oh i forgot to tell that I can only see the car like 1 day in a year.. ) a squerrel mad a nest in the admission ( cleaned ) and i placed an alternative tank to start the car.
- interior is ok, complete in front, have the modling in rear but no bench ( was a hearse).
Carpet is dead. Vinyl roof is dead.
- chrome bumpers are ok but front has a 2cm rust area. Valence is very nice. Rear is good. Like are good except right rear as a broken red glass ( my bad).
- body is still overall good for everyone lookinf for traditional parts : door perfect, fenders perfect, truck good, rear fender good, underside still ok but a lot a rust in front since there is an infiltration ( reminds me.that i forgot to put rust stop... ) but no holes for now.
2 bad areas : bottom of windshield pillar as a hole ( was the only thing when i got the car ) and holes now in the space between roof and rear doors and windows. Not large but long, you can put fingers in it. In my opinion if you repair this the body is like perfect.
Windshield is broken ( small, driveable but broken).
So now. It is time to make something.
I do not want to pit money in a car the cannot be legaly on the road. Just so you know i already replaced the brake system once ( cailpers and tubes ) and i think that after so much time it will be to de redone again, after 0 miles !
1st option : part out. I can take time on next year vacation to do it. But my biggest concern is the body that is in too much great shape to be scrapped. I can cut it properly but what for if no one wants parts...
2nd option : i can buy a roller with tilte and made this car live by it.
But it has to be a 1971, polara or monaco car because all the parts match. The best would be a roller without engine and trans and interior but in great shape, i cant do body work or can't spend money to save a 318 and a dashboard.
I saw some interresting car for sale but nothing that matches now. And this will be a least a 5000$ joke just for the ride overseas...
Best would be a wagon like it but 4 doors is cool too.
For exemple the was a 1969 polara wagon for sale with justdonated on ebay for around 1500$, if it was a 1971 it could have been a good deal ( but there was no title).
3rd option : ( just thought while writing this ). Maybe i can buy a title why plates to someone in the usa and try to go with belgium to have a title. Ok it is not right but not wrong regarding in saving a car. The only concern would be the customs i have to check that.
But that would imply a lot of work and some money to put it back on the road.
Let me know what you think.