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I have a 1976 sedan which I have just started working on and am pretty excited about. It is kind of neat since it makes a nice set with my 76 Fetta Gt since they are both silver. I am only the second registered owner, but the car has been sitting since 1989. It has spent its entire life in the Phoenix area, so it is incredibly rust free and straight other than a small spot in the usual place by the windshield (yeah, I know that can mean uglier things in the actual windshield channel). It still has all the original stickers under the hood, all of the emissions equipment is in place, and even the crossover tube is still there. It appears to have been repainted once, and that has faded to a flat grey.
The interior has the usual Arizona issues of a cracked dash and sun faded seats. It also has almost 20 years of filth inside, but a even a quick session with the shop vac and some 409 improved things a ton. At least the seats are not torn and the headliner is in excellent shape.
My goal for this one is to make a presentable driver with a minimum of expenditure.
The car almost didn't make it home. It had been sitting on a friend's trailer at a storage lot since last summer, and I had finally gotten the new house to the point where I could move it over. To make a long story short, about half way home all the wheel studs on one trailer wheel (it is a single axle) sheared off and the wheel flew off, the trailer fender got ripped off, and parts of the spring hanger went flying in a sea of sparks. Nothing like seeing your wheel rolling beside you and then seeing it go between the Land Rover and the trailer (at which point I am expecting it to nail the rear window). Anyway, when all was said and done, the fetta was undamaged, the Rover was undamaged, nobody got hurt, and the loose wheel didn't hit anybody or anything and ended up in a drainage ditch. AAA got the fetta home, and we are going to repair the trailer tonight and get it back to my friends storage area.
Arno Leskinen
AROC-USA National Concours Chair
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