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Doc has good points here are a few more. When a car sits, or even rarely
driven, the first things to go are the gas, trans if automatic and brakes. The
gas, you have all types of shit 'designer blends' in US so what you burn in AL,
is not what is in pumps in St. Louis as not same in Phoenix, or LA or Houston.
Here we have 'oxygenated' crapgas and it wrecks havoc with gas gauges giving
false readings, especially with later model aMC & Jeeps that were not
intended to have gas tank full of bubbly. But have seen gas go bad as in little
as 6 months and have written about ti extensively. So better than average you
will have to yank tank, clean, blow out lines, replace any gas hoses, usually
fuel pump and carb to boot...the carb and fuel pump especially vunerable to
sitting gas and gets gums up. Car may start and run, but that sediment is still
there, sort of like sitting on couch after triple cheesburger, you can walk to
take a dump, but lots of sediment left behind, no pun intended and hope none of
ya'll have ate breakfast yet. Ewww.....the brakes, nuff said, same deal, and if
disc, the calipers, proportioning valve, and rear cylinders turn to mush. And
usually master cylinder, and booster develops pinhole leaks, just like fuel
pump, in diaphram. And if AT, the bands, especially on the 904/998 series, fall
apart. Can't tell you how many cars I have bought sitting up that first thing to
go is the 3rd/drive/reverse band in the 904/998 trans. It could be noticed
immediately, or usually after a few weeks of simple driving as it distrigrates
then starts slipping, or hesitation after stopping.
PS here are some online price guides off my site
and the 2nd one lists this:
Granted, the price will be determined between buyer and seller, and of
course, many other factors, but since the fellow has sentimental value in
vehicle, might be hard to pry off him at any price!
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