When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.
Well I tried to sell my body on restored 63 verte last year and got some negative comments on the TBI I had put in it. One guy said it was a warmed over resto-mod. The TBI was indeed a tangle of wires, still a few to disconnect. I installed a fuel pump in the gas tank but that is being disconnected as well as it puts up too much pressure. I had sold my old worn out AFB carburetor but got lucky and found a rebuilt one for the same $300! Wish I had kept track better of the various carburetor fittings I'm now having to replace! Still has the 5spd, vintage air, rack and pinion and disc brakes. 5 antique cars and 3 bendpak lifts is just too many to keep all running even though I am retired. I must thin the herd. Down to 4 now(sold 2 and bought 1), Model As out the door (that 28 roadster pickup sure was cute but Model A guys sure are cheap took over a year to sell even though it was the cheapest fully restored one on the market), but 2 is the target(I must be a Ford woodie guy because I have a 36, 41, and 49 and one corvette. Going to Wavecrest next month.)
Well I tried to sell my body on restored 63 verte last year and got some negative comments on the TBI I had put in it. One guy said it was a warmed over resto-mod. The TBI was indeed a tangle of wires, still a few to disconnect. I installed a fuel pump in the gas tank but that is being disconnected as well as it puts up too much pressure. I had sold my old worn out AFB carburetor but got lucky and found a rebuilt one for the same $300! Wish I had kept track better of the various carburetor fittings I'm now having to replace! Still has the 5spd, vintage air, rack and pinion and disc brakes. 5 antique cars and 3 bendpak lifts is just too many to keep all running even though I am retired. I must thin the herd. Down to 4 now(sold 2 and bought 1), Model As out the door (that 28 roadster pickup sure was cute but Model A guys sure are cheap took over a year to sell even though it was the cheapest fully restored one on the market), but 2 is the target(I must be a Ford woodie guy because I have a 36, 41, and 49 and one corvette. Going to Wavecrest next month.)
I don't see why the guy should get cranked up about the TBI considering all the other changes that have been made to the car.
If he is looking for an original car he missed the boat on this one, if it was advertised as being original I think he was being really kind just calling it a "warmed over restomod".
I have no call what a person does to his own property but when all the "upgrades" have been done being original is pretty well gone, kind of like a virgin with 3 kids.
08-15-2017, 07:02 PM
63 minus the TBI
