Originally Posted by jpeters
Hi, Ive had this car for 20 years, 17 in the garage sos the body is in pretty good shape. The moter was rebuilt and runs well,17 years ago. The reason it's not been driven is that the transmiison went out and probably needs some work. Any ideas on what it's worth or how difficult the transmission work is on this car?
JP
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If it was mine and I was going to keep it, I would change out the 1500 engine for a 1900 at the same time I replaced the transmission. The 1500 is so slow it will drive you to drink ( I had to sell mine to sober up
) The cyl. head is a good cheap fix for a low compression engine (with 1900 valves) and you may be able to make a swap to someone that wants to make that modification to their low compression car. Those engines were only brought to the US that one year (1968) and are kinda hard to find. Also if you make the swap don't use the 1500 carb as the fuel inlet is smaller than the 1900, of course if it has been sitting up that long now is a good time to upgrade it with a Weber 32/36.