If the current owner is reading this I apologize, but after looking at it I went away saddened at it's condition, but hopeful the current owner brings it some happiness.
I sold my '71 55 back in 2010 or maybe before, I'm sure I posted a bazillion questions on it here during the time I owned it. Bought it bone-stock in Phoenix, 2-tone blue and white, dry as a bone underneath with ZERO rust in the roof near the rear where they ALL rust out. Rockers were solid, floors and body panels were solid. Dings and dents, all adding to the character like scars and tattoos.
I swapped the column 3-sp for a 4-sp with Fairey OD (how rare are those now?), and added a winch bumper and Warn Belleview-series winch. 33 x 9.50 tires.
Since then, my oldest boy harshes me almost daily for selling it, he now has no chance to learn how to drive a manual tranny. So every now and then I look on CL, and recently I saw a Pig nearby, which was unusual in itself. It was primered all over, but the pic of the front seat gave it away as MY old 55.
I contacted the seller and went to look at it, he's asking 3 x the $$ I sold it for 10 yrs ago, but someone (not the current owner) stripped it of bits and pieces, took the winch, tried some amateur bondo in some places, and worst of all: Drove it in the Massachusetts winter. I never drove it in the rain after towing it from Phx to CT.
The rockers were rusted, as was the lower edges of the rear fenders, and the fender liners as well. The frame underneath was coated in rust, but not rusted thru. It was overall a sad deterioration of what once was a clean, dry, rust-free Pig with original (maybe it had been re-painted, but still....) 2-tone paint, now a primer grey. Better shape than lot of them, I know, but I was sad. I guess sad for even selling it in the first place. Thanks for letting me grieve out loud.
I sold my '71 55 back in 2010 or maybe before, I'm sure I posted a bazillion questions on it here during the time I owned it. Bought it bone-stock in Phoenix, 2-tone blue and white, dry as a bone underneath with ZERO rust in the roof near the rear where they ALL rust out. Rockers were solid, floors and body panels were solid. Dings and dents, all adding to the character like scars and tattoos.
I swapped the column 3-sp for a 4-sp with Fairey OD (how rare are those now?), and added a winch bumper and Warn Belleview-series winch. 33 x 9.50 tires.
Since then, my oldest boy harshes me almost daily for selling it, he now has no chance to learn how to drive a manual tranny. So every now and then I look on CL, and recently I saw a Pig nearby, which was unusual in itself. It was primered all over, but the pic of the front seat gave it away as MY old 55.
I contacted the seller and went to look at it, he's asking 3 x the $$ I sold it for 10 yrs ago, but someone (not the current owner) stripped it of bits and pieces, took the winch, tried some amateur bondo in some places, and worst of all: Drove it in the Massachusetts winter. I never drove it in the rain after towing it from Phx to CT.
The rockers were rusted, as was the lower edges of the rear fenders, and the fender liners as well. The frame underneath was coated in rust, but not rusted thru. It was overall a sad deterioration of what once was a clean, dry, rust-free Pig with original (maybe it had been re-painted, but still....) 2-tone paint, now a primer grey. Better shape than lot of them, I know, but I was sad. I guess sad for even selling it in the first place. Thanks for letting me grieve out loud.
