Hey all, I don't have pics of my car with me right now, and I'll follow up shortly with those this afternoon/evening, but here's my story so far:
This will be my first restoration project, although my father in law has a long history of restoring vehicles, both on his own and full body off restorations by others. I will see this through to its conclusion, and I want to be as original as possible, without being stupid about it.
I purchased a 1970 2800CSA last october from a seller in NY, however the car spent most of its life up to that point in NC. Someone loved that car and took great care of it, but over the last few years you can tell it was sold from one person who was neglecting it to another for too little each time, until I got it for $2500. It's a very solid example with intact rockers, fuel tank and almost all of the body. The only area of middling concern for me is the front right shock tower, where there is some rust through. The only other area of rust is from the spare tire well, and I'm not too concerned about that one. How it made it this far in its life with that little rust I'll never know.
Interior is in great shape, no leather rips or fading, the dash is perfect except for the wood by the doors, and the wood on the steering wheel is cracked in several places. It's got a perfect headliner, and its seat-belts are all intact. The radio doesn't work, but I haven't yet gone through all the electricals as I've been focusing on other mechanical issues first. The driver side auto window is missing some parts, but that's not exactly high on my priority list.
I've verified all of this with a trusted mechanic who works on newer german and british cars of all ages, so I feel comfortable with the car I have. He replaced the head gasket on it as it was pretty obvious that it was going. I should also note that he offered me $7500 and a great bodied Jag (that didn't rum) for it after looking it over for 45 minutes.
That said, I have a few mechanical problems that I'd like a little help with:
I seem to have a problem with mysteriously disappearing brake fluid. It's never appeared on my garage floor, so I have no idea where it's going. Does anyone have any thoughts?
I can't seem to get the idle speed down at all. I've tried fiddling with the mixture to no avail. Should I send them somewhere for a clean and a rebuild, or could it be something else? If they should go in does anyone have any recommendations?
The car has sadly spent most of the summer in the transmission shop as getting parts for it has been a major pain in the butt. Does any one know where any parts can be had for the transmission on my model?
Also I'd be happy to get any advice out there from more experienced E9ers. Thanks again,
Pat
This will be my first restoration project, although my father in law has a long history of restoring vehicles, both on his own and full body off restorations by others. I will see this through to its conclusion, and I want to be as original as possible, without being stupid about it.
I purchased a 1970 2800CSA last october from a seller in NY, however the car spent most of its life up to that point in NC. Someone loved that car and took great care of it, but over the last few years you can tell it was sold from one person who was neglecting it to another for too little each time, until I got it for $2500. It's a very solid example with intact rockers, fuel tank and almost all of the body. The only area of middling concern for me is the front right shock tower, where there is some rust through. The only other area of rust is from the spare tire well, and I'm not too concerned about that one. How it made it this far in its life with that little rust I'll never know.
Interior is in great shape, no leather rips or fading, the dash is perfect except for the wood by the doors, and the wood on the steering wheel is cracked in several places. It's got a perfect headliner, and its seat-belts are all intact. The radio doesn't work, but I haven't yet gone through all the electricals as I've been focusing on other mechanical issues first. The driver side auto window is missing some parts, but that's not exactly high on my priority list.
I've verified all of this with a trusted mechanic who works on newer german and british cars of all ages, so I feel comfortable with the car I have. He replaced the head gasket on it as it was pretty obvious that it was going. I should also note that he offered me $7500 and a great bodied Jag (that didn't rum) for it after looking it over for 45 minutes.
That said, I have a few mechanical problems that I'd like a little help with:
I seem to have a problem with mysteriously disappearing brake fluid. It's never appeared on my garage floor, so I have no idea where it's going. Does anyone have any thoughts?
I can't seem to get the idle speed down at all. I've tried fiddling with the mixture to no avail. Should I send them somewhere for a clean and a rebuild, or could it be something else? If they should go in does anyone have any recommendations?
The car has sadly spent most of the summer in the transmission shop as getting parts for it has been a major pain in the butt. Does any one know where any parts can be had for the transmission on my model?
Also I'd be happy to get any advice out there from more experienced E9ers. Thanks again,
Pat
