nice craigslist find.

[635 Red Baron]

http://norfolk.craigslist.org/cto/1615181558.html

its a nice car i see it driving around all the time and ive been meaning to stop and talk to him, its too bad hes selling it.

[JRanmann]

badly needs rear brakes, by the look of the ebrake handle?

:D

[Mike323i]

Been resprayed, and I'm afraid to ask how he knows it needs an oil pump?

[alpinacsi]

badly needs rear brakes, by the look of the ebrake handle?

:D

Ebrake handle is no indicator of rear brake function. The rear brakes are operated by the calipers and pads on the rotor but the hand brake is a mechanical drum brake that is installed inside the rear rotor hat that creates a drum. Not to say that the cables for the rear hand brake does not need to be adjusted to allow the shoes to activate with a shorter pull on the handle.


Been resprayed, and I'm afraid to ask how he knows it needs an oil pump?

Not saying this is the cause but I bought one about a year ago and was told it needed an oil pump. The owner had just replaced the oil pressure sensor but still had an intermitant oil warning light. I checked and the sensor had been recently replaced but it was with a cheap repalcement that did not allow the wire boot to settle properly; I replaced it with a proper sensor and had no more problems. His shop had done the sensor replacment and advised the r/r of the oil pump.

[Mike323i]

Ah, yes, that's a plausible explanation. I was stumbling on how to know it "needs a new oil pump" other than catastrophic failure. I almost forgot people still take their old cars to mechanics (and even take their word on diagnoses)!

[Josepi]

There was a guy down around there selling a very clean autotragic w/~140k miles for 3k. Was also on CL.

If you check the richmond listings, there's a sub 1k late 70s 633? if anyone's looking for a real project car.