free car!

[skinnyz]

finally, good news! I work at a Ford dealership (parts dept.) A local shop had a 72 or 73 z he was working on. (he isnt sure of the year. I asked him about it today, the guy never paid his bill and he is GIVING me the car! I am going to go get it Friday. Question, it hasnt been started in a couple of years. I am going to trailer it home and try to get it started. Outside of new plugs, battery, and by-passing the fuel tank, any suggestions on anything I should do before I crank it up?? My wife said I can have the garage for one week, since I already have the carport taken for my current z Im not a mechanic by any means, so any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks a lot.

[Zhead]

Congratulations SkinnyZ. By the way you have a nice car.

Do the legal paper work first, dont'n invest nothing untill this.

You should get all the info you can there on the shop.

Watch up for dust at the spark plug holes, clean it up before changing the plugs, don't spill any dust to the cilinders.

Change the motor oil and inspect the old one, take a sample of the oil and its sediments (if there were) and ask for assesment at the shop.

Change the brake liquid and purge the lines

Do some grease gob

All of these things i'll probably do, by the way i'm not a mecanic, find one near your area cause you'll need one, and make shure is has experience on Z carbs

Good luck!!!

And if you change your mind and want to sell this babe Please let me know.

[Mr Camouflage]

Yeah you should work out who legaly owns the car before you spend any money on it.

Just because the guy never paid his bill doent mean the workshop can keep it. Surely there has to be some sort of legal ruling by a court or something.

Different circumstances but, i read a story in the paper about a guy that pinched an old kingswood (Australian holden car from the 70's) that was unlicenced and not running, from the front yard of someones house. Spent something like 6 months and $4000 fixing it up getting it running, new paint etc. He then took it to get it licenced. The inspector noticed something wasn't right and was able to track the chassis back to the original owner who had reported it stolen.

It went to court and the judge ordered the car be returned to the original owner, as is. The guy that did all the work wasn't allowed to remove anything from the car.

[skinnyz]

I did, I did. First thing, he does have the title. Its his car for sure. That would be my usual luck though, getting arrested for receiving a free car. Thanks for the compliment and the advice.