[Obewon]

Thanks for the encouragement, folks. I like it a lot. Have brought it along bit by bit over the past 15 years, it's now a very tight and smooth car with interior and rubber in great shape, no rust at all and a one-year-old decent but not perfect paint job, pretty low mileage.

My intent is to try to get another 20 years out of it, as I don't drive it all that much (approx. 3,000 miles per year). I think I'll need a new tranny sometime in the next year (??) and when I do I will carry out the 4.44 swap, which should give me another few years if I understand all the discussions about that swap that I have read.

What a wonderful car to drive and live with ..