Please help..barn find
February 1st, 2014, 08:07 PM
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Please help..barn find
Guys I need help. First off this is my first post, and I am amazed at the knowledge here..I have. A restored 72 holiday coupe and a huge olds fan!!
while visiting family in Florida I came across what seems to be a hurst..1972 has rust in the roof near the rear windows, the added plus form me is has a sunroof...interior, wheels, Paint are ok..the kicker..doesn't have original engine..can you guys help me put a dollar amount on this..non running engine in complete, rust in the roof interior and plates are intact..seems real by the vin decoder. Any help and estimates on what is worth would be awesome. Thank you for all your help in
while visiting family in Florida I came across what seems to be a hurst..1972 has rust in the roof near the rear windows, the added plus form me is has a sunroof...interior, wheels, Paint are ok..the kicker..doesn't have original engine..can you guys help me put a dollar amount on this..non running engine in complete, rust in the roof interior and plates are intact..seems real by the vin decoder. Any help and estimates on what is worth would be awesome. Thank you for all your help in
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February 2nd, 2014, 09:08 AM
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February 3rd, 2014, 01:15 PM
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February 3rd, 2014, 01:26 PM
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February 3rd, 2014, 01:42 PM
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nope i wish...still have to knnow how bad i screwed up
the interior is near perfect....only body work and a motor...i hope it is less than 35k for that
February 3rd, 2014, 02:01 PM
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How handy are you? It needs a new roof. What's the base of the windshield look like? How's the base of the back window? The trunk lid looks rusted along the bottom edge. On the plus side the hood looks OK
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February 3rd, 2014, 02:04 PM
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we are going to find out
it needs a new roof. the trunk has one bad spot. other than that it is ok..
February 3rd, 2014, 02:14 PM
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Unfortunately, the rust under the half top is on the quarter panels. This is a very valuable car, but it will take $20K-$30K to do it right, and that assumes you are doing most of the labor. You need to find a rust free Supreme as a donor for the sheet metal. That will be ~$5K-7K for a decent shell (though you can part out what you don't use). Transferring the sunroof to the new roof panel will be a challenge. You'll need a correctly date coded block and heads. You'll want a correctly stamped carb as well. As you get into it, you'll find a lot more that needs to be replaced.
February 3rd, 2014, 02:25 PM
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Unfortunately, the rust under the half top is on the quarter panels. This is a very valuable car, but it will take $20K-$30K to do it right, and that assumes you are doing most of the labor. You need to find a rust free Supreme as a donor for the sheet metal. That will be ~$5K-7K for a decent shell (though you can part out what you don't use). Transferring the sunroof to the new roof panel will be a challenge. You'll need a correctly date coded block and heads. You'll want a correctly stamped carb as well. As you get into it, you'll find a lot more that needs to be replaced.
( just kidding)if you guys could help me with numbers on the block and intake and carb..i want to start locating
i found a 455 with G heads local he wants 1500.00 i thought that was high??
February 3rd, 2014, 05:57 PM
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A 72 had GA heads. You can find a decent core 72 motor for $300-$500. Yes $1500 is high unless it's a verifiable running rebuild.
The car looks like an 03C build date. You'll want to find parts with Julian dates before that. Blocks, heads, distributors, carbs, intakes, etc all are date coded
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February 3rd, 2014, 06:21 PM
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Get it running and drive the shyt out of it
or
spend way too much money to "restore" it down to the correct date coded diodes in the alernator.... and then sell it for less than that 'cause it's too pretty to drive.
your call
or
spend way too much money to "restore" it down to the correct date coded diodes in the alernator.... and then sell it for less than that 'cause it's too pretty to drive.
your call
I agree changing out the sunroof should be interesting, good luck with it!
February 3rd, 2014, 07:03 PM
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February 3rd, 2014, 07:20 PM
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February 3rd, 2014, 07:21 PM
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Ha! +2. Great advise. I find there's alot of people who cry when the car isn't numbers matching around here
February 3rd, 2014, 07:48 PM
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Well I think we have too. The olds community is small and our cars have to be near perfect to bring money.
I am going to get it running and then decide how to tackle the body work. It will be done one day, so I am not worried. I am happy to have it.
Anybody in GA want to help get it running, let's rock.
February 3rd, 2014, 08:04 PM
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Good point. I will eventually fix it. But get it running and making it solid is priority. Interior is clean and almost perfect if you can believe it.
February 7th, 2014, 05:33 PM
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Looks like a nice find. Seems like you are trying to put some numbers to it. Hard to do with those few pics but my guess is there is more rust to deal with? Things add up quick in a resto ask me how I know. You put a new part next to an old part and decide the old part looks shabby and needs to be replaced and so on and so on............maws take hold and the next thing you knw you are up to your *** in debt
good luck and have fun.
ask me how I know. You put a new part next to an old part and decide the old part looks shabby and needs to be replaced and so on and so on............maws take hold and the next thing you knw you are up to your *** in debt good luck and have fun.
February 7th, 2014, 05:52 PM
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February 7th, 2014, 06:34 PM
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I like it! Don't let anyone discourage you either. Did you buy it just to turn a buck or did you WANT it? If you build it it will always be YOUR car. Enjoy the build, it will probably take a while but that's a lot of the fun.
February 7th, 2014, 06:52 PM
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Its an F block, didn't F blocks come in 72's? Check to see what the VIN number on the block is, bottom of drivers side head just below the front lower head bolt I think on a small pad. Maybe its the original motor. Letter on head just above that. I like the car a good body shop should be able to change the top with no problem, unless you do the work yourself. Shouldn't be that difficult.
February 8th, 2014, 05:32 AM
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I bought it to build it, I am worried I won't be able to handle this. I have 9 cars and my family is dreading another project. I did out if up for sale bc I just don't know what to do.
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