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I recently rescued
another car from a time capsule -- my 1979 Monte Carlo which has also been stored
underground -- in a limestone mine -- for the last 10 years. Consider the
following:
In a strange parallel
to Miss Belvedere, my rear springs completely shattered. They are now as
easy to break as a pretzel rod, but yet strangely show no signs of internal
rust-through.
Also, like Miss
Belvedere, I had a hard time getting the doors open, the hood is still stuck,
and the brand new exhaust system was as structurally sound as a potato
chip. (Odd though that a piece of unfinished, untreated sheet metal in the
trunk showed absolutely no signs of corrosion.)
The wheels are also
seized, the interior is filled with a weird, flesh-eating bacteria, and for some
reason only the front tires will hold air.
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The
weird, flesh eating bacteria sounds like a plus !
Come
on out my way and take your pick of hundreds of these cars still on the road in
daily service. Your story reminds me how much trouble people will go to in
other places to restore cars we desert folk take for granted as just being part
of the scenery. An employee of mine once drove a 79 like that with a
factory 4-speed. How many of THOSE were built ?
B.
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