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I got it with no engine, no trans & no seats. Under the tops & the under car/frame dont look too bad
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My buddy picked it up & dropped it off at my job where I will be doing most of the work on it.

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I got a lot of cleaning to do

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My babies lol

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I wish I had somewhere to take it off the frame because i would. Everything under the bottom looks pretty good so its cool. The main reason I wish I could have taken the body off the frame is so i could have put a couple coats of this Chassis Saver (pretty much the same as POR-15)on every part of the frame. I cant do that so I'm going to clean & coat what I can.

I started getting all the old oil & grease off the frame & brushed some chassis saver on the spots where it was nice & clean

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More cleaning & painting

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Its not turning out how I wanted it to but oh well... atleast it will not be all rusty

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Hey, Your Very Lucky!!!! Thats a GREAT find especially under a C-note...
Take your time and do it right, One to drive while YOU fix up the other.
The G-Machines are a great ride and you could stuff allmost any GM V8/ tranny in them & GO. I had a 83 T-top Cutlass Calis back in 1989 and had ALOT of FUN in it.I miss it sometimes, I was the second owner of mine. The tranny went out in it & I had a buddy rebuild it 3times, he couldn't get it right. I finally traded it in on a NEW 1990 5.0 Lx stick w/ sunroof.
Sure the 5.0 was quicker, but the Calis w/ the T-tops were the BEST...
I put a set of 15x8 Hurst/Olds rims ( redstripe) on it and those made the car look BAD-ss...Good luck with your pair of T-top Cutlass(es)....Fred~

 

That is AWSOME! It is looking a million times better than when you began. What engine do you plan to put in it?

 

I was spoiled by my t-top so thats all I was searching for on craigslist but all I could find was hardtops. I never thought I would find another good t-top good body cheap to put all my stuff in but my buddy came through for me. Do you have any old pics of t-top you had? Thanks for checking this thread Fred!

 

Thanks! I'm not trying to build a show car or a race car. I just want something that looks nice with a little get up & go when i want it to. I think the blacked out frame is going to look real clean when I pop tho hood. I hate looking at the rust color & oil/dirt buildup thats under the one I'm driving now so thats what made me want to do it like this. This stuff is scratch & chip resistant so if it start to get dusty or dirty under the hood i can power wash it & not have to worry about it flaking off. As far as the engine, I'm going to put the engine & trans out of my other cutlass in there. It's a chevy 355/TH350. I kinda want to put an olds engine back in there but my money is funny right now so I'm going to go with what I got plus the one I'm fixing up has chevy mounts welded on.

 

Still getting it together

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Not bad! Worth 60 bucks I'd say.

 

Still painting part of the the frame & some other parts. I cant really get to the bottom so I'm going to wait until I rebuild the suspension to get all around/under the a arms & the bottom part of the frame.

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Painted part of the core support & one of the fender wells. I don't know how good this stuff will stick to the plastic but I'm thinking it will hold up ok. I have to move the wires on the drivers side to paint that one then fix the hole in the heater box

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Got more of the core support done
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Some other pics of the body
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Awe
some for $60!!

 

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I'm about to repair the hole in my heater box using fiberglass
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I put tape over the hole from the outside
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Inside shot of the hole. I took some sandpaper & scuffed it up real good in the inside of the box to give the fiberglass something to bite into.
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I brushed resin on the inside of the box & started laying the fiberglass
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After about 3 layers of fiberglass I let it sit for about 20 minutes to cure then pulled the tape off. it looks a little rough.
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Here I put a little body filler on & sanded it smooth
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Brushed the paint on and.....
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Heater box lid & screen

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I forgot what year the cherokee was I got this off of but I hope its the right one. If not I'm going to make it work so i can eliminate that old rag joint

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I painted the wiper motor & more of the core support



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Under hood wiring to the lights was all messed up on the new cutlass & the fusible links were missing on the wires to the starter so I'm taking all the wiring from under the hood of the old one & using it. I already had the wiper motor out so it was very easy to get to.

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This is a nice upgrade for your car. I think the only mod is that you might have to grind a small slot in the upper pinch bolt. Also, you might have to heat it up some for it to slide together. Thanks for posting all of the pics.

 

I hope this is the one that bolts right on with no mods. More pics to come

 

I'm getting it together

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Pulled the motor/trans out, chopped the t-top section off the other car up & stripped it for everything I could use then junked it. About to freshen the motor up a little bit & add a few things
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cleaned & painted the fans

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I painted a the pulleys & timing chain cover
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Cleaned up the engine & painted it

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I got the manifolds off & added headers. New heads, intake, distributor coming soon






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After I dropped the engine in it was time for the exhaust. I'm B.O.B. & cant buy everything brand new so when I seen this on CL for a couple dollars I had to go ****** it up. It came off a 2+2 he was tearing apart so i knew it would fit my cutlass

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Motor in... now ready for the exhaust.

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Here is my cross member before I hacked it up LOL. This one will only be temporary. i did this so i can get the exhaust on & the car moved. I'll be getting a new one soon.



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Here is my cross member after the hack job LOL.




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Had to cut the exhaust so it could go over the rear end
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