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Old May 13, 2009 | 04:30 PM
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my car site

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Old May 13, 2009 | 05:42 PM
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Welcome to Classic Oldsmobile. What are the plans for your Omega?
Old May 13, 2009 | 08:16 PM
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what are my plans for the 73 omega

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Welcome to Classic Oldsmobile. What are the plans for your Omega?
well im going to fix it up and cherry it out im droping a 350 in it im also thinking of going with the magnaflow exhaust kit it seem to be a great system i've allways made my own but i'll try theres, on the paint im going with a show room black i love the hi gloss black, inside the car i think i'll go with black and white checker i'm going to try to keep it as close to original as i can but i live in the country so black carpet for me lol but it'll be a compleat resto job every thing will have new paint the frame will be re coated mounts redone bumpers re cromed one great thing is tho its not to much for me as in money wise lol im a painter so i'll be painting it my self i like it better that way, anyway im kinda anle about my paint lol i also do body work too but i an pleasd the omgea dosent realy have any rust on i check the car out online and it was in callie for along time its only been here in iowa about 10 years so that tells me alot about it but i'll keep ya'll updated on it as i go

but i still have yet to find a front bumper thats proving veary hard dose any one know any other cross overs i know pontiac ventura is one a buick is another how about a nova will that bumper fit on it????
Old May 14, 2009 | 04:40 AM
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...i an pleasd the omgea dosent realy have any rust on i check the car out...
Please check again, those pictures show some serious rust on the rear wheel lips, all the way through. Unless the car in your photobucket site isn't the one you are talking about. You may need to re-evaluate the body work required before paint. Good luck in your project though.
Old May 14, 2009 | 05:58 AM
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not much rust

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Please check again, those pictures show some serious rust on the rear wheel lips, all the way through. Unless the car in your photobucket site isn't the one you are talking about. You may need to re-evaluate the body work required before paint. Good luck in your project though.
o i dident say there wasent going to be body work but the rust you see there is all surface rust no prob there eazy fix the wheel lips are the only spot there that bad but i'll cut those out and put in new but i have along way befor paint and alot of work like i said i'll pull evey thing apart and redo it
Old May 14, 2009 | 06:06 AM
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welcome to classic olds! good luck with the project
Old May 14, 2009 | 06:45 PM
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o my

lol so i went to strip the old paint off the fenders o my lol i found out why theres no rust lol about 1/4 inch thick bondo on them it must have been in wreck that they dident clame because it said nothing about it i worked all day pounding out the fenders kinda wounder what i'll find next well atlest i get to use my dent tools now lol fun fun
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