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davewalker »
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Mon Dec 31, 2007 6:56 pm
Yes...THIS IS THE CAR!!!! Except I have a faded red one that is unrestoredand needs a lot of work. The car is a 1958 that was on the first boatload to the U.S. It was titled as a 1959 L-211 instead of 1958 as they were called 1959 models even though they were manufactured in Japan in 1958.The car is 99.9% complete but in unrestored condition. The body is nearly perfect. This will be a project that is probably beyond my abilities and budget to restore original so I would be looking for considerable help or possibly somebody who would love the car enough to buy it from me to restore the vehicle to original condition. I pretty much promised the prior owner that I would not make a "hot rod" or "funny car" out of it but restore it to original condition, however I have considered putting the body on the chassis with an updated engine, etc. or find something the body would fit on. Would it fit on a mini cooper chassis and motor or something similar to bring it up to date engine, chassis and suspension wise?? If I was to do something like this I would want to leave the body as original as possible but put it in a driveable condition that would be more dependableand use the car as a daily driver. I am in the middle of restoring a 1960 24 foot Airstream travel trailer now so I have enough of a project going at present.