The New Ride is home!!
Left Tuesday morning (5/18) to pick up the '64 Avanti I bought on eBay. Wednesday- leaving Olive Branch, Mississippi after loading-
Thursday evening, 1700 round trip miles, $353 in gas, we arrived home.
This R5527, a very late '64 R-1 with much equipment- Avanti Gray with a Claret interior (near mint), 71,000 miles, Powershift, Turner brakes, power steering, 3.54 TT, A/C, tilt, AM-FM w/ rear speaker, power windows, full tint glass, w/s washer. Even has a 6.70x15 Firestone 500 spare (may be original)-
It was pretty honestly described, but there were some additional "warts" that I have discovered- hand brake cables stuck, right exhaust manifold either cracked or blown out a gasket, heat riser stuck, patch on drivers windshield post where a spotlight had been mounted, bad valve guide seals (I hope). However, the real shocker was when I was parking the car after backing off the trailer. I noticed the oil pressure went to zero momentarily a couple times. I shut it off and checked the oil- nothing on the dipstick. I pulled the car up on ramps and drained the oil after decidiing to go ahead and change the oil and filter. Here is the total volumne of oil I drained (including draining the oil filter)- just over two quarts.
After filling with five quarts plus filling the filter before installing, everything seemed normal. The wife even drove it briefly and pronounced it nice- really liked the Turner brakes.
The previous owner did quite a lot to the car including installing a nice stereo very unobtrusively in the glove box (I had to get my son to show me how it works- too high tech for me).
Thursday evening, 1700 round trip miles, $353 in gas, we arrived home.
This R5527, a very late '64 R-1 with much equipment- Avanti Gray with a Claret interior (near mint), 71,000 miles, Powershift, Turner brakes, power steering, 3.54 TT, A/C, tilt, AM-FM w/ rear speaker, power windows, full tint glass, w/s washer. Even has a 6.70x15 Firestone 500 spare (may be original)-
It was pretty honestly described, but there were some additional "warts" that I have discovered- hand brake cables stuck, right exhaust manifold either cracked or blown out a gasket, heat riser stuck, patch on drivers windshield post where a spotlight had been mounted, bad valve guide seals (I hope). However, the real shocker was when I was parking the car after backing off the trailer. I noticed the oil pressure went to zero momentarily a couple times. I shut it off and checked the oil- nothing on the dipstick. I pulled the car up on ramps and drained the oil after decidiing to go ahead and change the oil and filter. Here is the total volumne of oil I drained (including draining the oil filter)- just over two quarts.
After filling with five quarts plus filling the filter before installing, everything seemed normal. The wife even drove it briefly and pronounced it nice- really liked the Turner brakes.
The previous owner did quite a lot to the car including installing a nice stereo very unobtrusively in the glove box (I had to get my son to show me how it works- too high tech for me).
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