"tww1491" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> "uncle_vito" wrote in message
> ...
>
> I just detailed my 64 Corvette because my insurance agent will be by next
> week to photograph it and reappraise it.
>
> Found a rat had been inside. It hung out inside, back behind the seats.
> Even chewed up one of my orange 76 balls.
>
> I had some rust pitting in spots on the exterior chrome. The pee for
> these
> rats is like concentrated sulphuric acid. Really 'eats' the chrome.
> Some
> spots on my engine air cleaner, too. Actually I bought that air cleaner
> cover 22 years ago when I first purchased the car. The car is almost 50
> years old and has been in my possession since 1991. It is like your car
> almost needs a partial restoration every 20 years or so.
>
> Put in a new battery. The one replaced was 6 years old and had been
> sitting most of the time with a Battery Tender Plus on it.
>
> Put some Water Wetter ZDDP additive in the oil and air in the tires.
> Slight
> fuel leak in the accelerator pump of the Holly. Will have to attend to
> that some day.
>
> Vito
> A memory! In 1965 I was stationed at Laredo AFB, TX, a pilot training
> base. A friend of mine -- we were both 1Lts-- bought sports cars. He
> bought a 64 Vette roadster 4spd and I bought a 64 XKE. If I had to do it
> over again, I would have bought a Vette. His car was reliable and did not
> overheat at the 3rd traffic light in the middle of Summer in Laredo. I
> would probably still have it today -- at least I would like to think so.
>
>

Tough call. I love the looks of the XKE, but like typical Jags, the
reliability was an abomination.