Thursday, October 9, 2014

Notes from the original owner

  • Was Barry's classmate in grade 5!
  • He first saw the car driving around downtown Toronto (circa mid-1970)
  • Noticed the same car advertised in the newspaper the following day
  • Purchased the car the next day (Coventry Motors?), used his BWM 1800 as a trade in
  • Car was the dealer demo and had 11,000 miles on it
  • Owned the car 11 years, occasional use only, dry storage in the winter
  • Purchased a service manual and did all the servicing himself
  • Spent several weeks converting the car from positive to negative ground (after connecting the battery the wrong way and burning out the wiring system)
  • The car had one small accident - a lady clipped the driver side door in Paris, Ontario
  • Traded the car in on a Volvo in the early 80's


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