SGVert
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Bought this in April 2003 to use as a daily driver and car that I could “tinker” with while I had my 68 Sportsgrain Newport Convertible in for restoration.
Added dual exhaust, Edelbrock 750 carb, etc. and drove it for a few months without issue. The next year the gremlins started showing up.
1) Original A/C compressor locked up and broke the belt, had to be towed to repair shop
2) Was driving it up to show in Belvidere, got to the toll booth on I-90 by Elgin and the car died in the booth. Could not restart, had to get pushed to side of road and towed to repair shop.
Turned out to be an alternator.
3) Had no dash lights, tore speedometer panel out, had to install additional ground wires to make them work. (No tow required )
4) The next spring drove to a park to go running. Upon returning to car, no crank/start, had to get towed home. Could not identify problem and after leaving it sit for a few months, I sold it to @furious70 so he could do as he wished with the car. He can chime in here with the rest of its history.
It did have a really low mile 440 (amount 50,000 miles) that ran great when you could get it started. It also had started to rust badly in the front fenders and rear quarters. I paid $2100 for the car, put well over $2500 into in a year and a half in parts, repairs and tows. Sold it for $500... not my best investment. My wife was very happy to see it go
To finish out it’s documentation, I’m attaching the original window sticker (some areas not readable) and a build sheet I found.
Enjoy!
Added dual exhaust, Edelbrock 750 carb, etc. and drove it for a few months without issue. The next year the gremlins started showing up.
1) Original A/C compressor locked up and broke the belt, had to be towed to repair shop
2) Was driving it up to show in Belvidere, got to the toll booth on I-90 by Elgin and the car died in the booth. Could not restart, had to get pushed to side of road and towed to repair shop.
Turned out to be an alternator.
3) Had no dash lights, tore speedometer panel out, had to install additional ground wires to make them work. (No tow required )
4) The next spring drove to a park to go running. Upon returning to car, no crank/start, had to get towed home. Could not identify problem and after leaving it sit for a few months, I sold it to @furious70 so he could do as he wished with the car. He can chime in here with the rest of its history.
It did have a really low mile 440 (amount 50,000 miles) that ran great when you could get it started. It also had started to rust badly in the front fenders and rear quarters. I paid $2100 for the car, put well over $2500 into in a year and a half in parts, repairs and tows. Sold it for $500... not my best investment. My wife was very happy to see it go
To finish out it’s documentation, I’m attaching the original window sticker (some areas not readable) and a build sheet I found.
Enjoy!
