ohh yeah goin today to trade my browning A-12 for a 79 LE beat black! the guy found it in a barn of a house that he was buyin said it was in their since 87.. cant wait to see whats up! he said he got it running but the starter was draggin and then burnt out..

so hopefully ill be posting pix tomorrow hope it all goes well the pix I got were blury and thought I seen some oxidation tht I hope will come out! was thinkin of swappin in my s4 13bt so could be a project!!!

 

"...he said he got it running but the starter was draggin and then burnt out.."

I don't like the sound of that...especially from a car that has been sitting that long. Its a bit of a process to get a rotary up and running again after it has been sitting. Usually pull the plugs and get a little oil/ atf (pick your poison) in there as well as down the carb. Get it turning nicely by hand feeling for resistence and listening for good compression chuffs. From your post it sounds like the new home owner just put some jumpers on it and gave it a go. Hopefully it is just the starter and not the starter reacting to a seizing motor. Good luck with it. Anxious to see pics as well.

 

to be on the safe side yeah, mine sat for 15 years in the original owners garage.... got it home, poured some oil down the carb and turned the key. lol but then again im a rebel

 

Its hard to resist the urge to bounce the key...cause you just wanna see...to be honest on more than one occasion i've done it as well...lol

 

I think we're all guilty of just jumping in an turning the key on at least one project lol.

Good luck with the LE, be sure to post pics of it!

 

damn, now I'm going to be checking back on this thread hourly at work until I see pics.

 

well mine had 140K on the odometer and the original engine and its running strong. "thankfully" it worked for me but i dont recommend it

 

Cool barn find post some pics when you get it, hope it goes well

 

yeah my 3rd sa sat for 22 years and so first thing I did was filled the block with hydrollic oil! and a dab of laquer thinner b4 I drainned it but it only had about 9k on the engine! got it tuning freely and it runs like new..oh and yeah pretty sure TN is rebel country but lets not do tht..... and went to look at the car tht what he said was a pretty strait body.. was not at all strait! very rough car! best thing was interior so didnt jump on tht one.. sry guys.. the plan was to swap in my fc sub frame and t2 motor and tranny but it rly wasnt worth it.. which bums me out!! but if someone needs a limited parts car and live near nesbit MS I still have his number still! he said he'd take $350 but I rly dont need tht much of a project right now and I hate body filler!

 

now its back to the vert!! but it needs it! looking for some M-1 aftermarket front fenders.. would love some good used ones!?

 

didn't take a couple of pictures??