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I know its been garage kept, but still thirty years is hard on an engine and transmission that is seeing only minimal use. Saw an old 79 sell two years ago that looked in perfect condition and only had 27,000 miles on it. Guy that bought it was dissappointed in its performance and found that the compression was only about 80 psi in all eight cylinders. Turned out they where heavily pitted and scarred from the owner making extremely short trips and rust building up while it sat for weeks between start ups. Immediately after rebuilding the engine the transmission started leaking from every pore-all the seals where dried up and dry rotted. The body and wiring was good though.