…I think we all know the answer to that!
I stumbled across this 1971 2800CS just about thirty-five minutes North of me. A doc bought it new in 1971 and drove it for years before giving it to his daughter to drive to college. Then it was parked in 1987 and it “ran great when parked”
. Still has the 1986 TX tags on it! Untouched, all original, including the original “ran great” motor which somehow doesn’t run now.
This is the 6th to the last 2800CSA delivered to the US which is neat in it’s own way. It’s Baikal Blue, tan leather interior, and factory options are PS, PB, AC, PW, Rear Defroster. Nothing cut up, all numbers are there, factory markings still all over too! These things were built with rust-out as a standard feature. While Mopars rusted coming down the line, these were designed with rust already on the blue prints.
Designer: “Aufmerksamkeit, Klaus! Vat do you vant by ze viper motor?”
Engineer: “Ja, rust hole, and make it schmall vitch vill make ze hole in der fler, Danke.”
Designer: “Zer Gut. Danke mein Herr.”
But amazingly with this thing being parked inside for all but ten years, the common areas that rust out on these things is rock solid. Glass, stainless, rockers, strut towers, etc, are all in great shape. So what’s one do when one finds this? Simple. Buy it since another project is sorely warranted and there’s simply too much wasted time in the day not to have another car to work on and thread to start. Am I right? I’m right, right?
I knew yous guys would see it my way!
Much like the 507, this has Charley written all over it!!!!
Prost,
Dave