BenH
Well-Known Member
I picked this car up last week, I’ll keep some updates in here to track and document the progress.
It is a 361 auto console shift bucket seat car that was once a rental car. Most of the old registrations in the glove box show California, and there’s very very little rust, which is a treat for a Virginian like me. Great floors, quarters, doors, etc. Nothing has ever been messed with on it, as I take it apart that is very clear. I’m not sure what the deal is with the primer on the door, maybe someone backed into it in a parking lot or something, I can’t find any heavy bondo. It will be a fun fixer, I’m going to do the work in my sad little barn and maybe if it turns out well it can help fund a new garage for me to do more cars in. The plan is to 4bbl it with some select upgrades under the hood, new exhaust, patch one small hole in the floor passenger side, do some minor body work that is needed in a couple places, paint it, clean up and replace the interior as necessary, choose some better wheels and tires, go through the brakes and maybe do a front disc Scarebird kit, probably shift kit the 727, clean out the gas tank and run new lines... the typical facelifts. I stripped the motor today, it was FILTHY. New gaskets all around to start, and probably pulling the heads for some hardened seats and a pressure test.
It is a 361 auto console shift bucket seat car that was once a rental car. Most of the old registrations in the glove box show California, and there’s very very little rust, which is a treat for a Virginian like me. Great floors, quarters, doors, etc. Nothing has ever been messed with on it, as I take it apart that is very clear. I’m not sure what the deal is with the primer on the door, maybe someone backed into it in a parking lot or something, I can’t find any heavy bondo. It will be a fun fixer, I’m going to do the work in my sad little barn and maybe if it turns out well it can help fund a new garage for me to do more cars in. The plan is to 4bbl it with some select upgrades under the hood, new exhaust, patch one small hole in the floor passenger side, do some minor body work that is needed in a couple places, paint it, clean up and replace the interior as necessary, choose some better wheels and tires, go through the brakes and maybe do a front disc Scarebird kit, probably shift kit the 727, clean out the gas tank and run new lines... the typical facelifts. I stripped the motor today, it was FILTHY. New gaskets all around to start, and probably pulling the heads for some hardened seats and a pressure test.