oops, yep your right... i do have it set up right now though because it ticks over and sounds sweet... (as sweet as a car can sound with gas thats a year old)

Is this the sedan that was mentioned for sale in Deauville, Quebec? By the way very nice score! How much does 225CAD = in USD?

SLAM1024 is in Lethbridge, Alberta Canada (close to Montana, USA).

I always figure the Canada dollar at about $.75 USD though of course it varies over time ... 225 CAD is 167 USD today per Universal Currency Converter

SLAM -- looks like you got a fair deal. Though they are hard to find, when it needs paint and doesn't run correctly, a 1200 isn't worth a large amount. Yours looks like it has definite potential.

yeah thanks dd

It is actually roadworthy as we speak.

I spent a few hours stripping it totally out, then I replaced the Dizzy cap and rotor arm, got it firing in the right order and that was the engine done.

The only other problem that I came across was the front seatbelts. They were pretty much wasted and then I finished them off by trying to remove them from the car doing so they exploded on me and the coils popped out.

I got new seat belts for $50 CAD out of a Mazda pick up and installed them, needed for me to drill some extra holes for the bolts but its all good now.

the only thing left to do in the very near future is to fill in the "go faster air holes" that I have in the drivers floor pan where it meets the sill.

Then I can get busy on my truck

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Yeah? How much lost coinage did you find?

heh... none!

I found at least 100 used scratch cards, socks, a whole bunch of oily spare parts...
layer after layer of household carpet

Turns out that the hole in the floor obviously let the water in so the carpet rotted. Instead of taking the rug out and fixing the hole they put another carpet down, and it rotted so the put down another and another... there were about 5 layers!

heh, wow some people!

I love finding wacky old owner stuff in cars...
pens, money, tools, spare bits...
Someone found the newspaper from the day the car was bought in there car. The old dude who owned it before them put it under the spare wheel so that it wouldn't scratch the paint...
"Oh look at that... I hope that vietnam war ends soon..."

heh i agree, i found alot of random stuff when i got my car, half of someones kitchen, cups, knifes, forks etc and a pile of penthouses with white stains on them lmao

when i got my ute, i cleaned it then my mate came round and we did it again and found i think it 4 doolars something in change ,chicks fone numbers,screws, clips and #### and probly the remains of the front window that the dickhead didnt clean out. couldnt half tell that he didnt replace it very qucik coz the door trims and floor were all wet shame coz the interior is heaps good appart from the fact it had been wet.