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Old 11-23-2019, 11:10 AM   #90
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Re: Who here is daily driving a 67/72?

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Originally Posted by toolboxchev View Post
Its been almost 14 years now. Put over 100 K on it, averaging 10 K annually. Biggest problems I have is gettin quality parts, such as alt, brake booster, starter, and such. I go through more of those things than anything else. GM probably did not manufacture most of those parts themselves. Top end of the engine was done 86 k ago due to valve seats.

Other than that, I would venture to say GM did a pretty damn fine job to make something go for 50 years! The only other thing I wished for was the previous owners taking better care of it.
My sentiment's exactly!
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