Holy moly, spent the last two days (at work) drooling through this thread starting with page 1! You guys forced me to create a username after years of lurking without a login, so guess ill post mine up. I've given this sedan some love and I think it falls under the same category..
Old coworker had 98 3/4/5 he purchased in 2006 from Florida, drove it for 12k miles then let it sit in the sun until he finally let go of it 9 months ago. Picked It up with 72k on the odo and now I have about 83k and slowly replacing wear items.. It runs great! Long term plan is to replace the body rubber and have the Alpine re-sprayed since the clear coat cooked in the California sun for 3/4 of a decade. Dove grey is in good shape thanks to the tint. It was a sad site watching it decay for years and his Rose bushes started growing into the car, rats, etc.. Got a great deal but anyways ill start with the pictures from the day I picked it up. Sorry for the schitty phone pics.
What it looked like at PO's house.. Not even covered!
I pulled up to his house with a 5 gal jerry can of 91 and proceeded to drain the tank. I also made sure it had oil and replaced the battery. I manually rotated the crank, pulled the #18 fuse and cranked it to prime the oil pump. put the fuse back in and with fresh gas, it started right up.
There was a bit of a rodent/snail issue. Luckily, nothing was chewed up but the fire blanket.
Had to do some rose pruning just to get to the fuel door!
Finally got the car on a flatbed and back to my garage. Gave it a good wash/pest control. Needed tires right off the bat so I picked up some RE760's (RE01's we're not in stock at the moment I needed them). Been driving great ever since. Replaced the basics; fuel filter, changed the oil a few times, reconditioned the seats with Leatherique, plugs, basic maintenance, etc. but the paint never fully recovered from the years outside..
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