Evan's Automotive (www.evansauto.com) (01.614.471.7535) has a very original Espada going up for sale. I saw it Friday, 12/7/07, and it is very solid. I see it's not on his web sight yet. Thought you gear heads may want a "Heads Up". I'd love to own it but I enjoy being married! He's looking for $50,000 US. If I remember correctly it only had about 36,000 k on the odometer. The carbs have just been rebuilt but other than that It looks to be a well kept original. I understand that it was featured in a book and a copy of the book comes with the car. Call George Evans for more info than I can give here. The only other insight I can give you of this 37+ year old car is that, George tells me, the lack of valve seals allows the engine to smoke a little bit, the interior is in average to good shape for the age and there are minor cosmetic issues that will keep you busy on weekends when you're bored.

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Bought an Espada S3 , former US car. Serial number 9462.

Will try to start it real soon , must do some checks first. (maybe I have to pull the engine for rebuild, but I hope not.)

UPDATE : Arrgghhh.... must pull the engine , low compression on 3 sylinders , at least ring failure.....possibly more.

Engine runs freely though , so I am hoping for an easy rebuild. I will redo the heads anyway , as some modifications would be fine , concerning valve leak and so on... I will be back wiht more info later !

Jon