Faults:

Nothing major has had to be repaired on the car.

The seam in the drivers chair on the right side has started to come apart, but will be sewn back up.

Sometimes loses 4th and 5th gear when shifting into 5th, don't remember what was supposed to be the problem.

General Comments:

Car is quite reliable.

Not to slow, still has most of its original Horsepower.

Upgraded stereo to 540 watts.

Increased timing for more performance.

Handles quite nicely.

Little on the heavy side for a compact.

Faults:

I just bought this car. The guy told me it was in perfect condition and half way home it started smoking like cray. It's burning oil worse than any car I've ever seen. Now the guy won't return my phone calls. Despite this, I want to keep the car! It drives perfectly and purrs like a kitten. I'm wondering it it's worth it to get the motor rebuilt? Or maybe put a better engine in? If anyone can help me with any suggestions please email me at LoriLeeM2002@yahoo.ca.

General Comments:

This car purrs like a kitten.

The paint is still brand new looking.

However it burns oil so badly it blinds drivers behind me.

Faults:

The Brakes are gone, I need to use the Emergency Brake to stop it.

The car burns so much Oil there is no need to take it in for oil changes, it just burns off the old oil, and you need to add new stuff. I spend about as much on oil as I spend on Gas.

The carberator is seized, so I had to take it out and fix it.

The floor on this car is terrible. Over the car's life, a new floor has been put in twice. The doors and fenders rust bad too, but, the paint in some places (upper parts of the doors, hood, ect) has stood up incredibly well.

There is an unsolvable problem with the reverse gear, when ever the car is in reverse, especially when it is first started, it stalls or looses power, very dangerous, especially when you have a blind drive way on a busy street.

The heater-stove for the carburetor has rusted off, and a replacement part is not avaliable.

The electric heater to warm up the carburetor has failed. Fixing this problem would require a complete rebuild, so I'm just going to leave it the way it is.

General Comments:

The GS model has aluminum rims and two tone paint, and an OK Stereo. That is about all for options.

This has to be the slowest car on the road. It came new with 65hp, and, in its old age, it retains about 30-35 hp. I'm afraid to drive this car on busy streets, let alone the highway.

As a result of the carburetor heater and heat-stove not working, the car is very, very hard to start in the cold weather. Part of the Start-up checklist is "Pray to Jesus and to almighty God that the car will start."

But, I must say that, all in all, this is a reliable car. It is no fault of the car that it is in such a state of disrepair, it is the fault of the previous owner. If problems (i.e engine, heater stove, ect) were fixed back in the day, and if the car was maintained properly, it wouldn't be a half bad car to have. It is fixable, but I'm not interested in doing a major restoration which will probably cost me quadruple the car's value. So I'll drive it until it dies.

Faults:

Nothing at all.

General Comments:

This car, is truly, a small-block sleeper. I have a Chevy 350 with an automatic and I live to kill Mustangs! You think you want to laugh at me Mustang boy? Hear the rumble before you rev and possibly break your FORD!