Post by 92conv on Jun 29, 2010 13:51:09 GMT -5
I know it should be addition, but read ahead you'll soon understand why.... ;D
Some of you may have seen this car listed on the different "Auto trader" type sites. I've been negotiating a deal on it since the end of May, finally last week we came to an agreement, and I now own another 15th Annv "edition" TA .
The car is 90% original with only the tires, battery, and a couple hoses replaced. There is a small portion on the front of the hood that has been repainted, other than that I can't find another paint line anywhere on the car. It's a very clean, well kept, car for for 86,000 miles...not perfect, but it's dang nice considering. Besides, what fun is the hobby if there aren't a few things to bring up to snuff.
It has a couple of the more rare options...a power driver seat, the lockable rear cargo compartment, locking gas cap, and strangely one locking T-top. Not sure if this was a mistake from the factory or one was replaced somewhere along the lines.
According to the Car Fax it spent a very big portion of it's life in Vancouver, WA., until ending up in Illinois last year. It's a Van Nuys car with a build date of 03/84. Interestingly my other one has a build date of 04/84 but a lower sequence #.....my guess is it's because the two plants didn't coordinate their sequence #'s between each other, the other 15th is a Norwood built car.
Something really strange with the car is that it has some type of ventilation fan with a hose running from behind the battery area up to the carb. (you can kinda see it in the engine pic....notice the plastic tube by the alternator.) When I shut the car off it will kick in and run for awhile before shutting off itself. My guess is that this has something to do with the famous/infamous "vapor lock"......I have to do more research to determine what this is and when/who might've added it. Maybe you guys can shed some light on this (Simo
).
Anyways enough rambling, on with the pics......
Some of you may have seen this car listed on the different "Auto trader" type sites. I've been negotiating a deal on it since the end of May, finally last week we came to an agreement, and I now own another 15th Annv "edition" TA .
The car is 90% original with only the tires, battery, and a couple hoses replaced. There is a small portion on the front of the hood that has been repainted, other than that I can't find another paint line anywhere on the car. It's a very clean, well kept, car for for 86,000 miles...not perfect, but it's dang nice considering. Besides, what fun is the hobby if there aren't a few things to bring up to snuff.
It has a couple of the more rare options...a power driver seat, the lockable rear cargo compartment, locking gas cap, and strangely one locking T-top. Not sure if this was a mistake from the factory or one was replaced somewhere along the lines.
According to the Car Fax it spent a very big portion of it's life in Vancouver, WA., until ending up in Illinois last year. It's a Van Nuys car with a build date of 03/84. Interestingly my other one has a build date of 04/84 but a lower sequence #.....my guess is it's because the two plants didn't coordinate their sequence #'s between each other, the other 15th is a Norwood built car.
Something really strange with the car is that it has some type of ventilation fan with a hose running from behind the battery area up to the carb. (you can kinda see it in the engine pic....notice the plastic tube by the alternator.) When I shut the car off it will kick in and run for awhile before shutting off itself. My guess is that this has something to do with the famous/infamous "vapor lock"......I have to do more research to determine what this is and when/who might've added it. Maybe you guys can shed some light on this (Simo
).Anyways enough rambling, on with the pics......
