I went to look at this car today. I think it wouldn't take too much to get it running and back on the road, but I have too much on my plate right now, and I'd have to let it sit outside for a while before I could get to it, so I decided to pass on it so that I wouldn't ruin it. The owner allowed me to post the information. PM me if you want his contact information:
Asking price is $2,000. 1960 Lark 2-door hard top, 259 V8 with 3-speed/OD transmission. 61,000+ original miles. One family since new (more on that below). Standard steering and drum brakes all around. s/n 60V-5278, body 60V-J6 645. Sandalwood beige with maroon vinyl seats/door panels and black carpet. Split front bench with headrests and lap belts. Heater, but no radio. Windshield washer. Original owner's manual. It has a trailer hitch below the rear bumper.
Overall, the paint and interior are very good. Nice headliner and package shelf. The door panels look good and are not warped. The floors are solid and undercoated. I couldn't find any rust, and there were no blisters in any of the exterior sheetmetal. Just a little surface rust on the bottom of the drivers door and around the underside of the trunk lid lip. The interior of the trunk had no surface rust that I could see and still had the lining, original jack, tire iron, and cardboard cover over the spare. The doors have no sag.
The engine is not seized, but is currently not running. The insulation on the underside of the hood is partially pulled down/missing as if some mice had gotten into it. I didn't see any rodent damage to the wiring. The top of the grill mesh is pushed back towards the radiator, but does not have any sharp creases. The front left fender is damaged, but down low. The trim is good. The trim at the rear of the front right fender is bent outward at the end. The driver's and passenger door windows roll all the way up and down with no binding. Both rear windows only go down about a half inch before binding real hard, so I couldn't get them down. The driver's seat has some splits opening up in the vinyl, and the edges of the headrests are a little worn. The rest of the seats look great. There is some mold/mildew beginning to grow on the smooth surfaces (door panels, backs of the front seats, dash pad) from sitting closed up for so long, but it looks like it could be easily cleaned IF it doesn't go on much longer. The top of the dash pad is showing it's age from sunlight. The brake pedal goes to the floor with only the return spring providing resistance. The car still has bias ply tires, and they are mostly flat. They look like they are from the late 1960s. There is a hole in the muffler, and it looked like the exhaust pipe was misrouted on it's way up to the engine (it looked to me like it was suspended too low below the frame). Possibly some exhaust work was done on it in the past.
The car was last registered and driven in 2001. Regarding the sellers, the car was purchased new by the wife's grandfather in 1959 (confirmed by the low serial numbers). He stopped driving the car after he damaged the front fender when he was 102 years old
! He passed a few years later. In all, it stayed in his son's garage for a total of 7 years after he stopped driving it. The granddaughter and her husband purchased it at 58,000 miles to keep it in the family. He said it fired right up after sitting for 7 years. They drove it about 4 years/3,000 miles, and it's been parked in their garage for the last 16 years. Doing the math, grandfather bought the car when he was about 70, averaged 2,000 miles per year, and stopped driving the car around 1990. Granddaughter mentioned he rarely took it out on the highway.
The sellers have their house up for sale and are moving to a condo. They won't have a place to park the Lark, so they are selling it. Houses are selling briskly here, so the house probably won't take long to sell (bottom line...the Lark needs to go).
If you buy it, you will need to trailer it home.
I've attached pictures, but some are dark. It was overcast today, and the lighting in the garage wasn't very good.
PM me if you'd like the seller's contact info.
Asking price is $2,000. 1960 Lark 2-door hard top, 259 V8 with 3-speed/OD transmission. 61,000+ original miles. One family since new (more on that below). Standard steering and drum brakes all around. s/n 60V-5278, body 60V-J6 645. Sandalwood beige with maroon vinyl seats/door panels and black carpet. Split front bench with headrests and lap belts. Heater, but no radio. Windshield washer. Original owner's manual. It has a trailer hitch below the rear bumper.
Overall, the paint and interior are very good. Nice headliner and package shelf. The door panels look good and are not warped. The floors are solid and undercoated. I couldn't find any rust, and there were no blisters in any of the exterior sheetmetal. Just a little surface rust on the bottom of the drivers door and around the underside of the trunk lid lip. The interior of the trunk had no surface rust that I could see and still had the lining, original jack, tire iron, and cardboard cover over the spare. The doors have no sag.
The engine is not seized, but is currently not running. The insulation on the underside of the hood is partially pulled down/missing as if some mice had gotten into it. I didn't see any rodent damage to the wiring. The top of the grill mesh is pushed back towards the radiator, but does not have any sharp creases. The front left fender is damaged, but down low. The trim is good. The trim at the rear of the front right fender is bent outward at the end. The driver's and passenger door windows roll all the way up and down with no binding. Both rear windows only go down about a half inch before binding real hard, so I couldn't get them down. The driver's seat has some splits opening up in the vinyl, and the edges of the headrests are a little worn. The rest of the seats look great. There is some mold/mildew beginning to grow on the smooth surfaces (door panels, backs of the front seats, dash pad) from sitting closed up for so long, but it looks like it could be easily cleaned IF it doesn't go on much longer. The top of the dash pad is showing it's age from sunlight. The brake pedal goes to the floor with only the return spring providing resistance. The car still has bias ply tires, and they are mostly flat. They look like they are from the late 1960s. There is a hole in the muffler, and it looked like the exhaust pipe was misrouted on it's way up to the engine (it looked to me like it was suspended too low below the frame). Possibly some exhaust work was done on it in the past.
The car was last registered and driven in 2001. Regarding the sellers, the car was purchased new by the wife's grandfather in 1959 (confirmed by the low serial numbers). He stopped driving the car after he damaged the front fender when he was 102 years old
! He passed a few years later. In all, it stayed in his son's garage for a total of 7 years after he stopped driving it. The granddaughter and her husband purchased it at 58,000 miles to keep it in the family. He said it fired right up after sitting for 7 years. They drove it about 4 years/3,000 miles, and it's been parked in their garage for the last 16 years. Doing the math, grandfather bought the car when he was about 70, averaged 2,000 miles per year, and stopped driving the car around 1990. Granddaughter mentioned he rarely took it out on the highway.The sellers have their house up for sale and are moving to a condo. They won't have a place to park the Lark, so they are selling it. Houses are selling briskly here, so the house probably won't take long to sell (bottom line...the Lark needs to go).
If you buy it, you will need to trailer it home.
I've attached pictures, but some are dark. It was overcast today, and the lighting in the garage wasn't very good.
PM me if you'd like the seller's contact info.
Too much going on, and our roof has been leaking. We have a roofer coming in the next few weeks to fix it. He gave us an estimate, but I felt I needed to save my cash if anything unexpected is found when the shingles are removed.
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