Well, 12 years, 1 marriage and 2 kids after the project started, the car is finally in the shop for some sheet metal work! Going in I knew it needed quarters, floors and some repairs around the windshield... after sandblasting we added a frame rail replacement (right side) outer wheel well and trunk extension (left side) as well as a small patch or two to the rear floor pans. There goes the budget
The shop has a website and blog (
http://studzcustomdesigns.com/blog/) and I also get frequent updates/photos from them via email.
The plan is to get the sheet metal done, and put into primer, then it will be returned to me while I build up the war chest for the paint job. In the meantime, there are dashes to restore, gauges to rebuild, seat to recover and on and on the list goes
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Along the way I've discovered that this is a numbers matching, original 318 4spd car with the console, rally dash, 5 speaker AM/8track with 3.55 gears. I've been in touch with the person I bought the car from (in 95) and he confirmed that he was the second owner - the first owner being his brother in law. I'm hoping to get a history of the car from them for the period prior to 95.
Thanks for looking - I'm sure I'll be asking plenty of questions as I go along
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