Thanks! It is a really nice car with just a few bugs (front T/S, hand brake, etc.) to fix. Rebuilt engine, rebuilt and polished ZF, etc.
3/18/14 would be about the day the PO put it up for sale. I agreed to buy it a few days later. I did some google research and found that Texas had a flood in 1997. I think that's more likely than crash damage. I have an account on Chuck Melton's site but I don't have "share" access yet so I can't view info on my car.
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