This one had a 318 automatic and was one of my most reliable cars. I gave it to my stepson for graduation. All my Harley riding buds liked the paint scheeme I put on it. Had 76 Mercedes wirespoke caps on it. It once had baby moons on chrome reverse rims. Last I knew,,,,it got impounded and was in Denver's impound lot. In 1985 I took a vacation trip to California in this car. We went up I-5 and came back down the coast on the "Coastal Highway". Drove across east just above the Mexican border (highway 8 I believe) and back north to Denver by way of I-25. Even took it down the 'Strip' in Las Vegas and around the fountain at Circus Circus and Ceasar's Palace. Man, did we ever get the 'looks' in this car. I remember having to change a fuel pump in a K-Mart parking lot in Hollywood. Strange characters out there at that time anyway. Just about stepped on a scorpion going thru Arizona. It was like one of those "National Lampoon/Chevy Chase style" vacations (if you know what I mean)? Wished I still had this one today.
My Volare was all silver paint originally with a maroon vynle top. The top was pretty ragged when I bought the car and someone had big spots of grey primer around the bottom of the car. I don't know why though, there was no bodywork done on it, just sanded and primed. I had a new black vynle top put on and all the other black paint you see, I did myself with spray paint. It didn't look bad at night or in the rain, but you could tell I used spray paint in the sunshine. The interior was maroon also. I also put a set of air shocks on it.
