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Originally Posted by lacolocho
My dream car is a diesel '66 or '67 Mercury Comet, but I'm also considering the profit potential of converting these classics and selling them.
What do people think of doing such a swap?
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I'd say leave the classics as they are / came off the line.
The diesel conversion is going to cost a lot; diesel is more expensive in the US; and these cars are unlikely to be driven the kind of miles that would make diesel operation economical; swapping in a 6+ L diesel is hardly an economy measure ; diesel is not quite as clean as many Americans think (though it opens the biodiesel option); the older the engine that goes in, the more polluting it'll be.
Those old battleships often have plenty of space, why not add LPG to a petrol engine ?