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So over the weekend I picked up another project, this one is going to be a bit more of a long term project, more about enjoying the build and doing what I want to it than trying to get it road worth to dive asap. I don't expect this car to be road worthy anytime soon, so I will update the project as I go along. I don't have full details on the car yet because I have yet to really dig into the vin number and get a PHS report on the car. But I will tell you what I know so far (which isn't much)
The car was previously owned by my brother's father-in-law, he has owned the car for 25+ years, it has sat in his garage for the last 20. When parked there were no mechanical issues, he parked it because this was his DD and couldn't afford to drive it anymore, so he bought a new car and this one sat. It is has the pontiac 400 with the auto trans (turbo 350?), no t-tops, but from what I am told has an upgraded rear end with either a 3.7x:1 or 4.1x:1 posi rear end, won't really know until it is ripped open, looks to be a 10 bolt, assuming its the 8.5" ring gear?
looking all over the car it looks to be pretty solid, underbody appears to only have surface rust, didn't see anything that looked too concerning, but won't know for sure until I can get it in the air and really inspect. The body also looks to be pretty solid, but there are a few spots that will for sure need patched, looks like sometime in the past body filler was used to fix a couple spots, won't know for sure until I can get paint off the car, but really I was surprised that there weren't big rust holes through the body all over the place. keeping my fingers crossed that it stays that way.
As of now the plan for the car is to get it up in the air, and start stripping it down to a shell, fixing any rust/body issues, get it painted, and start putting back together one piece at a time, upgrading and fixing along the way, I know this will be a LONG expensive project, but I think it will be a lot of fun, and it will be something I can work on with my daughter when she gets older.
Car has come with a lot of extra parts that can be sold to help fund the project, extra trim pieces, spare tail lights, etc. I can't wait to get started on this thing.
Basic Plans for the Car:
- Body fixed up, repainted
- Upgraded Suspension
- Beefed up engine
- Manual Transmission swap
- New carpet, seat covers/upholstered, fix imperfections
main goal for the car, get it looking good, doesn't need to be show quality, car will be a driver, not a show car. get it reliable, and get it to a point of being fun to drive. This won't be a race car, mostly a weekend cruiser, so things will be upgraded as needed, but not going overboard on performance stuff.
I'll get more photos, details, etc as soon as I can
side note: I am keeping the 84
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So over the weekend I picked up another project, this one is going to be a bit more of a long term project, more about enjoying the build and doing what I want to it than trying to get it road worth to dive asap. I don't expect this car to be road worthy anytime soon, so I will update the project as I go along. I don't have full details on the car yet because I have yet to really dig into the vin number and get a PHS report on the car. But I will tell you what I know so far (which isn't much)
The car was previously owned by my brother's father-in-law, he has owned the car for 25+ years, it has sat in his garage for the last 20. When parked there were no mechanical issues, he parked it because this was his DD and couldn't afford to drive it anymore, so he bought a new car and this one sat. It is has the pontiac 400 with the auto trans (turbo 350?), no t-tops, but from what I am told has an upgraded rear end with either a 3.7x:1 or 4.1x:1 posi rear end, won't really know until it is ripped open, looks to be a 10 bolt, assuming its the 8.5" ring gear?
looking all over the car it looks to be pretty solid, underbody appears to only have surface rust, didn't see anything that looked too concerning, but won't know for sure until I can get it in the air and really inspect. The body also looks to be pretty solid, but there are a few spots that will for sure need patched, looks like sometime in the past body filler was used to fix a couple spots, won't know for sure until I can get paint off the car, but really I was surprised that there weren't big rust holes through the body all over the place. keeping my fingers crossed that it stays that way.
As of now the plan for the car is to get it up in the air, and start stripping it down to a shell, fixing any rust/body issues, get it painted, and start putting back together one piece at a time, upgrading and fixing along the way, I know this will be a LONG expensive project, but I think it will be a lot of fun, and it will be something I can work on with my daughter when she gets older.
Car has come with a lot of extra parts that can be sold to help fund the project, extra trim pieces, spare tail lights, etc. I can't wait to get started on this thing.
Basic Plans for the Car:
- Body fixed up, repainted
- Upgraded Suspension
- Beefed up engine
- Manual Transmission swap
- New carpet, seat covers/upholstered, fix imperfections
main goal for the car, get it looking good, doesn't need to be show quality, car will be a driver, not a show car. get it reliable, and get it to a point of being fun to drive. This won't be a race car, mostly a weekend cruiser, so things will be upgraded as needed, but not going overboard on performance stuff.
I'll get more photos, details, etc as soon as I can
side note: I am keeping the 84
IMG_20161105_141736.jpgIMG_20161105_141749.jpgIMG_20161105_151139.jpg
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