From: "Nate" <vwnate1@yahoo.com>
To: "diesel mercedes" <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 3:03:14 PM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re:LBC's ~ DELETE NOW !
Those Austin Princess Saloons can be easily turned into serious money makers , just clean it up and paint white , rent out with driver in tux (you) for weddings.....
I've not seen one in a junkyard for about three decades , it too was 100 % complete but had holes rusted everywhere .
All those Hillmans & etc. sold here in fairly large numbers from the mid 1950's through the mid 1960's , were serious fuel sippers , that's why they didn't need to stop well and were out of breath by 50 MPH ~ those few that weren't ruined by running on America's 55 + MPH highways , rusted out in short order . those few remaining , can easily be made into good daily drivers that return at least 35 MPG's.....
Some can be coaxed to run reliably @ 65 ~ 75 MPH with some tinkering and upgrades , my old Austin Metropolitan Nash FHC is a good example ~ it runs all day long at speed but , tends to not like high speed corning very much .
A Citroen Mechanic friend of mine has been trying to make me save a Sunbeam Station Wagon , it's a desert car and so is rust free , cheap too but I'm getting to beat up to keep rebuilding old vehicles , sad to say .
I bet he'd sell it to you for less than scrap value...
-Nate
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