Original Miles?
Team Owner
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From: Sitting in his Nowhere land Hanover Pa
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There will always be skeptics no matter what. My 66 has 26k original miles and that is 100% without a doubt a fact. I bought it off the original owner and he was a mpg nut! He kept track of mileage every time he filled up from day 1.
I’m not a current member of NCRS but was asked to bring the car to a meet. I still had skeptics even though I have the logs and the original owner was with me that day. Not until some guy climbed under the dash and inspected the firewall insulation was I believed. He said at around 80k miles or something like that the insulation would start to deteriorate or something fluke that. He came out from under the dash and said, “that mileage is accurate.”
I’m not a current member of NCRS but was asked to bring the car to a meet. I still had skeptics even though I have the logs and the original owner was with me that day. Not until some guy climbed under the dash and inspected the firewall insulation was I believed. He said at around 80k miles or something like that the insulation would start to deteriorate or something fluke that. He came out from under the dash and said, “that mileage is accurate.”
as much as I promote NCRS and its members that is just
age and criters will play into effect before miles. so you tell me if you drove the car 80k in three years in the 60's it would fall apart and not after 60 years and 80k miles
Le Mans Master
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From: WV
I guess it depends on the environment it was kept in. By luck mine spent its life in a garage with big windows so the humidity was not a factor, and thankfully neither were rodents.
Team Owner
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From: Sitting in his Nowhere land Hanover Pa
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two of my dads 67's and one 65 had less then 70k miles and all three needed that insulation replaced due to age while the other 67 has well over 100k miles and that insulation is perfect.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Mar 2008
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From: Palm City Florida
My 65 came to me about 26 years ago and the odometer said 69K and change. I assumed it to be 169,000. When I had the cluster restored, the odometer was not working. The restorer asked me where I wanted it set? I told him to set it to zero. If I ever sell it, I'll explain.
Le Mans Master
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From: Richardson Texas
I'll just add that any 50-60 year old car showing 10,000 miles or 25,000 miles could be actual. Remember, the odometer is only five digits in length. So, that 10,000 mile car could be 110,000 or 210,000 or 310,000...who knows. Plus, as we all are aware, these speedos broke all the time and some weren't repaired for months, years or ever. Besides, even if you could prove/document a 55 -65 year old car had low miles, it's still gonna need a ton of work i.e. seals, gaskets, fluids, tires, etc.
These are old cars and IMHO, mileage means nothing. Condition and documentation of equipment is where the value is.
These are old cars and IMHO, mileage means nothing. Condition and documentation of equipment is where the value is.
