1970 catalina

My 68 LeSabre had a crossmember under the trans. Four bolts held it in place, plus I seem to recall there was a center support bearing under the driveshaft. Examine the frame on both side to see if the bolt holes are ripped out - like the crossmember got hooked on something and got torn off the vehicle. That's probably what happened if it didn't rust out and just fall off. As I recall those were pretty heavy bolts - maybe

1600 miles in 34 years? I think not. With that much rust & rot you mention the car would be spotless with only 1600 miles.

In 1970 the Odometers reset to 00000 when they hit 100,000. This car could have 101,600 or 201,600 or 301,600 miles - thus the reason only

Good Luck.

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the person selling the car is a little old lady who knows abosolutely zilch about cars. she is the second owner but says the car has been through 3 or4 different drivers(it was a company car for some kind of demonstrations) says she's not sure about the miles, and absolutely refuses to sell it for less than $250 because it has four "brand new" (but yet somewhat dryrotted) tires. she says it runs good but she has misplaced the keys, so therefore i cant hear it run. the motor looks in fairly decent shape, but then again looks can be deceiving. I somehow doubt if im gonna end up buying this thing, but if i do, it wont be for more than $75 bucks, and it will be stripped and crashed in the demo derby this fall. Thanks for the help

With a couple of pieces of wire you should be able to hotwire it... a wire from + to the coil gets you an ignition a wire from + to the starter solenoid gets you turning over.

However... do this at your own risk. ;) You're bypassing all the fuses, neutral safety switch, etc. etc... so if you run yourself over... don't call me. ;)

Although you might want to try turning it over by hand first to see if it's seized up from sitting...