Originally posted by antmnte
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Thanks for all the great offers to help and suggestions.
So here's the scoop: I bought the car, but the awesome road trip home is not to be.
I bought a round trip ticket to fly there early this morning, then home tonight. I needed to see the car with my own eyes before paying, and the return flight could get me home if the deal fell though.
I figured that if I was reasonably certain in the ability of the car to make it home with little or no problem, I would drive it home. This was the option i was really hoping for. I brought a fuel pump, some wire, tape, tools, etc in my carry-on bag.
But I also figured I would fly back home if I thought the car was unreliable.
And that is what happened, there was an occasional stumble with the car where the engine would cut out for a half second, then come right back running perfect. I think it is in the ignition primary circuit, and we worked on it for a couple hours and test drove it, but it only got more frequent with more driving.
Intermittent electrical glitches take patience to find, so I gave up for the time being and flew home. This is just not a car I want to drive into to a likely breakdown out of town at dark thirty, and I can only swing 2 days off work this week. I'll have to go back with my trailer later.
It is really a sweet car. Mostly a survivor with original interior, top, driveline, part of the paint. One of 17 Hemi GTX converts built in 67, and one of ten know to still exist. You guys know how much I love Hemis and GTX's, so this for me is the ultimate Mopar. I' m really enthused about it!
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