The dude in the bottom pic is Alec...he's a straight up good dude to deal with! If you come across a car listed in north Georgia and the Facebook Profile is Allison Towing,
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Mistake one already made...no Mike, not buying it. I got up this morning and drug it to the car wash. I stopped at the Autozone next door and got 2 cans of engine degreaser. I sprayed the entire car down with it, but mainly the front wheel wells, since I will be starting there. Even after running thru $7 in quarters, it still smells like that crap. Already catching hell from the wife for that smell. I figure it will go away eventually.
The car is surprisingly solid, other than the floor pans. Floor pans are less than $500 plus shipping. I was going to make SFC, but that are readily available. I may still look at making them, but may just take the easy way and buy them. They are less than $200. The battery box is pretty rotted out, but the apron behind it is perfect! The bumpers are pretty straight, but I'll probably go fiberglass and a fiberglass hood. The very front structure of the hood has some holes in it, but it could be fixed if needed.
Kinda wanted to do patina on it, but the paint was starting to come off with the car wash wand. Not going to worry about it now. Both doors seem way back and don't open right. Probably need new hinges and then align them. The doors seem pretty solid. Really need to look at the bottoms since the weatherstripping and dew wipes are shot.
One other thing is the car is very complete, save for the engine and tranny. It's original 144 and 3 on the tree. The z bar is still in the car. The engine mounts and engine mount reinforcement crossmember plus transmission crossmember all there. It looks like all of the trim save for 1 of the big trim panels that go behind the rear tire at the bottom of the quarter panel. I haven't pulled all the pieces out, but looks like almost all of the side trim is in the trunk. I think I am going to weld the holes up and ditch the trim. It's in great shape, so maybe I can sell it.
I paid my lawn guy to take some trash and the front seat to the dump. I pulled the back seat. I don't know if I'll ever put it back in, but I ripped off all the nasty upholstery and crap and tossed all that. I'm saving the frames. The back is in much worse shape that the bottom strangely enough, but I think could be fixed easy enough.
I'm going to whip up a spreadsheet and layout my expenditures and figure out how to budget how much I can spend each month.
Here it is a little cleaned up. It is so light, we could slide it on the trailer, just two of us pushing. Now it's on the dollies and almost moves itself. I'm certain currently it's less than 2000 lbs.
