That is in GREAT SHAPE Saul! Congrats. I have to work today, but I'll try to update the page with those pictures when I get the chance. JC On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 9:45 AM, Saul Marsh <saulmarsh72@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > We're better now...just too tired on Friday night. I took my son on a few > errands yesterday and he loves it. Wants to go everywhere in the truck. He > even said maybe it can be his first car (10 years from now). Given how long > I hold onto cars, that's very feasible (on my end at least :) ) > > I haven't been using the radio so far. It's a long reach from the driver's > seat to the radio, so I can see why some car radios advertise having a > remote control. There is some sort of subwooferish thing attached behind > the driver's seat and the sound is good. > > My hail damaged hyundai is now parked outside, and the '76 Sprint gets the > garage treatment now. Doors are massive and might be easy to bang up. The > driver's side window doesn't roll down. That was the biggest design flaw of > this generation of elky...cumbersome doors and windows. > Gonna try to insert some photos here: > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Mary McCarthy <printces@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > *To:* elky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Sent:* Sat, May 28, 2011 11:54:16 AM > *Subject:* [elky] Re: 76 GMC Sprint > > Yeah, I noticed that radio pod right away. Slick. The whole car looks > great. > > there are bumps in the road of all marriages - you're trying to meld two > personalities into one. Just let it go and don't simmer on it. You both > had a stressful day. > > I've thrown a couple bi-centennial things into Sprints box. I have a flag, > a license plate, things like that. someday.. Oh, and a couple cool road > maps. (didja know I 84 was once known as I 80 north? ) > > Car looks great, I hope you both have many happy miles and many happy > family days at car events in it. We just call sprint "Sprint". But the > license plate in my head is LRAMINO to reflect that huge front end with the > push bars. > > Mary > > > > This is the Sprint I bought today. It looks as nice in person as the > pictures suggest :) > > http://kansascity.craigslist.org/ctd/2388156023.html > > Interior is nice too. Re-covered cloth bench seat, no cracks in dash or > windshield, and the air conditioning blows cold. Car spent most of its life > in Arizona and I couldn't find any rust on it. Just drove it from > Independence, Missouri to Wichita (about 200 miles) and ran great, although > I notice it does tend to vibrate and rattle a bit like my old Nova used to. > > > Wife and son seemed to like the car, but that hasn't gone well so far. > Wife got frustrated trying to follow me home and we ended up bickering over > the phone the whole time. Won't go into that much more other than to say > that's why I'm writing from work at 2 a.m. Trying to cool down before I > finally go back home. I really was hoping this car would be something for > the family, and they do like the car; just too much complaining about how > late it was by the time we finally got back. > > If I had been smart, I would have waited until tomorrow (well today now) > and tried to drive my old '73 Sprint to Independence. The place I bought > this '76 from is a classic car showroom that has a body shop and junkyard > nearby, and maybe I could have traded in my old one as well as handle all > transport myself. Not sure my old Sprint would have made the trip, though. > I will need to find another way to get rid of it locally. I don't want to > hold onto it long. I wonder if it would sell immediately if I put a $500 > price on the window. It does run, and has a 350, but looks terrible and has > choke and exhaust problems that could be mistaken for engine problems by > some. > > I've had my old '73 Sprint "Clustertruck" for six years now, and was > beginning to enjoy learning a little about car repair on a car that didn't > have much value to it. I wish I could still do that, but I also want my > six-year-old boy to actually be able to ride in it, and honestly he'd > probably be 18 before I felt like it was safe for anything other than a work > truck. Now I have a fairly pristine '76 that I don't want to cut up or dig > into too much. And I plan on fully insuring it. > > Might try to find a name for my new 1976 truck, but 1973 "Clustertruck" is > the only car I've owned (out of 8 now) that I ever bothered to give a name. > Maybe I could come up with something having to do with the bicentennial, and > buying it in a town called Independence, which happens to be Harry Truman's > hometown. > > Will be a little while before I get to do much with it. I leave for > vacation the day after Memorial Day. Hope we're getting along better by > then. > > Not expecting anyone to be up at the moment, but it does help to write and > I think I own a nice El Camino now! > > > >