Hey,
i'm new here. I'm Steve
i picked up my blue on blue 1972 ninety-eight regency from a farmer in Iowa when i was there visiting my grand parents for about $1000. i drove it a few hundred miles to my parents place where it was stored until i got settles into where I'm stationed now, in Great Lakes, IL(i'm navy). the body has a lot of rust but i just need a trusty winter car.
the interior is still very clean for having 500,000++ miles on it.
Right now I have it at the base hobby shop. I'm changing out the distributer, wires, changing out the head gaskets cause theres an oil leak below the heads and taking the intake manifold off and polishing that up. It's pretty scarey but i'm really just trying to get a reliable beater winter car out of this and learn a thing or 2 in the process. This'll be the first carburated car i've had in a long time. almost all my mechanical experience is from my modular fuel injected 4.6
theres a few things i'm looking for info on...
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-where can i buy under hood insulator (the old one is breaking apart and dirty)
-how much do the quarter panels run on these when i find body parts?
-what after market shiney valve covers have the best fit?
-where can i buy weather stripping for the windows
as you can see there is a LOT of rust. you cant tell from the pic maybe, but there is.
so far the parts seem so much cheaper for this old motor than what i'm used to spending on my newer modular 4.6 Mustang parts (costs me less for the whole set of gaskets for the 350 than it does just for the 4.6 mustang head gaskets).
this is my other car which i want to keep off the road this winter when i drive the Oldsmobile.
