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Old Jun 10, 2018 | 04:50 PM
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I picked up a 73 project yesterday, the original owner had started a restoration on it about 8 years ago and then had some health issues that eventually made him abandon it. He got it down to the bare frame, sandblasted and painted it and purchased a lot of new parts (brake lines, exhaust, bearings, bushings, ball joints, etc) and did a nice job of labeling all the parts he took off, (e.g. left front control arm shims) so it looks like it should go back together fairly easily. I intend to do an LS conversion on this so prepare for a couple years of questions.

Scott




The body will need a bit of work but the bird cage looks pretty good.



The frame is solid, it was sandblasted and painted.



Most of the suspension parts were also sandblasted and painted.



The car was originally yellow, at some point it got this two-tone beige gold scheme, my plan is for Monaco Orange.
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