wrote:
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>Well, Steve, I hear ya re the rust issue. I disagree with the age issue.
>
>We could ad nauseum the issue, but I believe that a near 40-yr old ride
>will have more deterioration issues than a newer vehicle. Age is still
>age, and age deteriorates.
Yes, but for the most part what deteroriates on a 40-year-old vehicle
is rubber and plastic, not metal.
The nice thing about the '72 is that there isn't a lot of rubber and plastic
on it.
Buying an old '72, you will almost certainly need to replace every rubber
seal on the thing, from the window seals and door gaskets on down to the
engine mounts. You may have to replace a lot of plastic junk in the
interior as well. But once you've done that, there isn't a lot else to go
wrong.
--scott
(STILL finding weird rubber failures on his '74...)
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"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."