Re: Rain, Rain go away...

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On September 9, 2005 Frank Swygert wrote:

> Finding a donor shouldn't be to much of a problem in the next 3-6 months. Flood damaged cars from the Gulf Coast should start to become available at a good price!
> I know that sounds terrible on the surface, but most of those vehicles will come from insurance auctions, so victims will have been paid for their losses.

Good point, something to watch out for.  I have 2 acres, and while I can't just create my own junkyard, I do have room to store a vehicle if the price is right.
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> That makes little sense! The three speeds should be nearly the same. Hmmm... one difference -- the length of the shift arms. They may be different for column and floor shift models. <snip>

I have all the original to-the-'67 linkages;  As the tranny reportedly came out of a Jav, I'd assume it was a floor shift (although I have seen column shift Javelins).  To be honest, I haven't craweled under the car to see if the linkages would work as it hasn't been a priority.  The shifter worked, and I have had other things to deal with.  I was thinking that if the linkages didn't fit, that modifying the length would solve it.

 
> How bad are the dings? I'd let one of those "paintless body repair" places try a few of the small ones. You might not care about paintless, but the dents would be out and not have filler. Of course now would be a good time to learn body work. Small dings aren't hard to fill.
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Well, some of the dings are bigger than others. I have no experiance with one of those paintless body repair types, and it may well work on a couple, but others need more as they're scraped as well.  My tailgate also has some rust problems which is common as the water would go down and settle, esp if the drain holes plugged up.  Of course, I can't find that out because right now I can't get the tailgate to open!  The inside latch that opens the gate after the window is rolled down only releases one side, and I can't pull the cover to look inside the gate until it releases and the gate can go down.  Another of the joys of owning an original, unrestored 38 yr old Rambler...

Jim Boone
Mims, FL

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