They are beautiful vehicles
They were all built by hand. Those body panels weren't stamped out of aluminum. They were built by people with various hammers and a bag of sand underneath them.
damn near irreplaceable
Only the body. Everything else is pure GM or Chrysler - it's one or the other, I forget...
You know the "5300" as the 327 CI engine from Corvette. So, well, yeah - they're all American bits underneath it in what was known as a "hybrid" back in the day. The word 'hybrid' meant something different back then. But, yeah, it's American engine, transmission, rear end - but different braking and steering/suspension. So, those parts you'd have to buy but I'm sure equivalents are out there.
However, if you fuck that body up, it's gonna be REALLY expensive to fix.
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