Just a tired 71 D100 saved from going to a junkyard somewhere. It was sitting on top
of a mountain here in Western NC. Missing the coil and wires....sitting on 3 flat tires.
Spent a few hours replacing missing parts and got it to fire on 5 year old gas. Ran like hell only to
discover whoever stole the coil knocked the distributor out by 90 degrees. Ran much better considering
we timed it by ear. Rather than using my trusty AAA Plus card and having it flatbedded home we said
"What the hell, lets see how far it makes it". We had a 40 mile drive through some twisty mountain roads
and had a 3500 foot gap to cross ( and stop coming down). Low and behold the old girl made it just fine. :)
Pissed off a colony of mice big time and part of the exhaust let loose. Bumped the timing twice to get it over
the toughest mountain but its home. After I washed off the 5 years of mold and grunge it looks a lil better
and the wife even said "Its not too bad". Plans are to merely spiff it up a lil bit ( cheaply) use it to haul gravel etc
and be the only Sweptline running around town. I used to drive an old 50's Vintage Power Wagon on my 1st job when i was 14
and a mid 60's vintage one on my second job. I know this thing is nothing special but I like it and am already on to another....
but more on it when its in my driveway :) Im waiting for the title on this one and the next one has title issues also.
I enjoy this site and look forward to picking some brains on questions that Im sure are gonna come up.
Notice you have the rare curved mirror arms. Hang onto those! Hard to tell from the pics but the body looks pretty solid. It does look like a D200. What's under the hood?
