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Old Jan 20, 2012 | 11:33 AM
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"Might As Well"

more progress body is ready to come off to reveal the extent of frame repair or replace? Oh Well might as well find another one.
Old Jan 20, 2012 | 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by J/O
more progress body is ready to come off to reveal the extent of frame repair or replace? Oh Well might as well find another one.
What? The MAW before you even roll the chassis out? Whooooa there big fella!!! Roll the chassis out first and go over it really carefully. You could have a perfectly good one that just needs clean up.

I know you're in ONT and the car probably saw a lot of sand, salt and crud but you never know if its bad till you look close. FWIW my car came from Golden Mile Chev/Olds in London. The frame is perfectly good on it and it went through winter driving all the way up to 1986.

On the other hand if you find the frame is toast? There are lots of them out there. You can use the frame from a Chevelle, Lemans, GTO, Skylark (same frame from 68-72 I believe).

How bout some pics?? thx, eh?
Old Jan 20, 2012 | 01:00 PM
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Ive posted a few from when i first new i had to own her and some from when i first got her painted and on the road.
Old Jan 20, 2012 | 01:29 PM
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Ive posted a few from when i first new i had to own her and some from when i first got her painted and on the road.
Just went to your page and looked through your album. Nice color change. Was the original was code 14 B (lower pewter, upper black vinyl)? That's basically the same car as mine. Looks like you went with darker pewter look. I think the original pewter had a tinge of green in it; that why I went with bright corvette silver.
Old Jan 22, 2012 | 02:09 AM
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Yes mine looked to be mostly a green shade. When i bought the car it had 29500 miles iit now has 44000 now, this car had been on the road plated 1989 and was just parked in the garage. The dealership is still in sarnia.
Old Jan 22, 2012 | 02:13 AM
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Update ive got a two piece car frames on the floor, good news the frames not so bad after all, now its off to the blast shop, Ive got a few more pics to come soon.
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