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- Electrical. Anything special I should check when it comes to this? Like I said according to him all gauges don't work other than the gas gauge, the speedometer worked but was pretty bouncy.
Years ago I had a coworker that wanted to get into old cars. A number of us at the office had them and he wanted to join in the conversation. Unfortunately, he bought a 1953 Ford spur of the moment one weekend from a car lot without asking for any help. It had a beautiful dark blue paintjob - and that's where it ended. One day he comes into my office and asks if I could help him fix some wiring since the directional switch and horn weren't working. On the way out the door he asked if Ford used wood in the floor in 1953. I just grimaced and he said: "Oh, I guess not". I told him to get a shop manual and I would come over and help him out. As soon as I got on my back and got under the dash I asked if the car was in a spot he could work around for awhile since he needed to remove the battery immediately. There was so much duct tape (not electrical) I couldn't tell what was what and frayed wires everywhere. I told him to buy a wiring harness and I would help him. He punted and pawned it off on some other poor soul. His wife hadn't approved of it and it didn't have a place in the garage. He didn't know his limitations as Clint Eastwood says.
Bring a mirror on a stick and I use a phone to take photos in hard to see spots if your not a fan of laying. One of two things happened when the gauges stopped working: Either someone tried to fix and failed or left it untouched. Hope for the later look for signs of modern wires, splices etc.
Hope you get it - for the right price.
Mike
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