seen 71 GT

[Aidan1976]

Gary is the man for this.

If some has the ballz to take this on ( and hopefully does), negotiating the price down is merely a formal dance. If the seller sticks close to his price and the buyer walks away because of a thousand dollars is stupid.
A thousand dollars is pocket change in what the the total restoration costs will amount to.
If you think you're going to do this on a budget and a thousand bucks makes or breaks a deal, you shouldnt even think about this car and revisit CL for a B-body.

 

[polara71]

Yeah, that car sat a long time in a damp location. I presumed any shore location would be the same but only because Jersey shore cars rot more so than inland cars, therefore I thought they all did. I have seen some Floridian cars deteriorate awfully bad

 

[detmatt]

Wow, Stan, that is indeed new to me. It can rust through some thick frame rails but leave the lower exterior body alone with its relatively thin sheet metal. I guess paint really protects well against that kind of rust, whereas bare metal takes a beating. I see also some fastener areas where the grille attaches with those U shaped brackets are pretty eaten away as well. Interesting.

It wasn't really bare metal though as these cars were dipped in primer at least halfway up to the belt line, weren't they? Stan's right, I've seen some cars with very similar rust seemingly starting in the rails.

 

[Samplingman]

Yeah, that car sat a long time in a damp location. I presumed any shore location would be the same but only because Jersey shore cars rot more so than inland cars, therefore I thought they all did. I have seen some Floridian cars deteriorate awfully bad

And my parts car from the coast of Virginia is the opposite, bad floors, but the rails are really clean.

 

[Aidan1976]

So the rear shot would end up looking like this beast...

A few thoughts here:

Both types were available in '71, but I do acknowledge that the showroom brochure No.4 wheel is what this car originally came with (I guess that is the original spare wheel sitting under the left rear). But as you said yourself, you'd have to locate those '71-only Rallye Road Wheels, which by all accounts are as rare as rocking horse shite.

Plus I already crazily went and got the 4 Chrome Styled Road Wheels that I bought from Matt widened to 8". What a pain in the arse that was.....(another story).

 

[Wollfen]

Msged....

Update on this car by the end of the week, stay tuned....

 

[Wollfen]

Ugh, delayed a week,

 

[CanCritter]

Argh
......

 

[Beep Beep Dave]

Good luck it would be nice if this one got restored. Cool car!

Dave

 

[Wollfen]

You will all be shocked when I'm done. ;)

 

[Wollfen]

Argh
......

Double Argh

 

[tallhair]

You will all be shocked when I'm done. ;)

Not shocked ... impressed