Hello from a new member. I just wanted to share a few pics of the newest addition to our fleet. My girlfriend and I recently purchased this 1971 Boat Tail, from a local central Florida cruise night. From everything we have and know about the car it appears to be an original 44,000 mile survivor. Even the paint and interior are original. When I was first told the paint was original, I immediately dismissed it. After getting a good "day light" look at the car, it does have all of the correct factory overspray, flaws, and minor spider webbing. It came from an estate and has registrations and service records back to 1984. This car obviously sat in a garage most of its life. It has a few minor rust spots that need to be addressed, new weatherstrips needed, and some underhood items that have been replaced by mechanics over the years, but it is an amazingly original and solid car. The seats are near perfect as are the dash, doorpanels, headliner, etc.. It also came with the original Buick chrome rims w/caps in the trunk, but I'll keep them in storage for now. I've bought many classic cars over the years but this is the most original car I've personally owned. We'll be going to as many Florida cars shows as possible starting March 8th, at New Smyrna Beach Canal St cruise.
You Florida guys are lucky to have a haven for those low mileage original cars. Very few up here in the snow country.:beer
It's funny you say that you are from Ohio. All of our records and registrations for the car, show it was in Waterville, Ohio from 1984 until around 2005, when it ended up here in Florida. Florida is actually the worst place to buy an old car from, if it was sold here when new. Everything down here rots from the inside out.......sheetmetal, rubber, interior.....you name it. Between the humidity, frequent rains, salt air, heat, and sun damage a car doesn't stand a chance unless it is garaged. Especially, if it is anywhere near the coast. I own one original FL car, a 1971 Trans Am clone, and it had rust in every nook and cranny. It was so bad, I decided to cut it up and make it a pro street, hence my screen name.
[QUOTE Florida is actually the worst place to buy an old car from, if it was sold here when new. Everything down here rots from the inside out.......sheetmetal, rubber, interior.....you name it. Between the humidity, frequent rains, salt air, heat, and sun damage a car doesn't stand a chance unless it is garaged. Especially, if it is anywhere near the coast. QUOTE] I agree, have seen some really bad ones from down there. However, there are millions of old folks, who take great care of their cars too. So, have seen lots of nice ones from down there.
You are correct about the older folks and their car car. Most of those people have a carport or garage and don't let a speck of dust sit for more than a day on the car. The older Florida cities like Miami, Jax, Tally are loaded with classic cars. The cars that sit out in the elements down here are doomed. When I first moved here in 1990, I scoured all of the junk yards. Everything I found was useless, so I don't even bother looking anymore.
