On 2 Sep 2019 at 9:42, Robert Bruninga via EV wrote: > Is there any inerest in restoring an old 1978 Seabring Vanguard City Car > (cheese wedge).? Ive had it since 1970's. Not sure what I want to do > with it.
Not from me; I've been there and did that once already. ;-) However, there seems to be a small cult following for C-cars, so it probably depends on what kind of shape it's in. C-cars are pretty easy to work on with simple hand tools. You don't even need a lift for the motor, though a floor jack helps. The mechanical parts were from trailers, golf cars, burden carriers, and even passenger cars, so you can generally find spares with some searching. Thus you can fix and restore just about anything on a C-car -- except the body. That's the big question mark. ABS doesn't handle UV very well, and despite the catalyzed acrylic enamel that was supposed to protect them, after 40 years the bodies are pretty much crumbling off of C-cars that have sat out in the sun. AFAIK, there are few or no new body parts left. I heard from one possibly unreliable source decades ago that the wooden body forms ended up rotting away in an open field on a farm somewhere here in Ohio. So if yours has been stored indoors, it might be worth restoring for someone who really likes C-cars. If it's been sitting out in the sun all these years, maybe not. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
