bought my 3rd and 4th z's saturday

[mperdue]

Well if you've been tracking my recent posts you'd see that I came up on some nasty rust problems with my '73 Z I bought a few months ago from Timberwolf.

http://www.utdallas.edu/~perdue/rustpics/rust1.jpg

http://www.utdallas.edu/~perdue/rustpics/rust2.jpg

http://www.utdallas.edu/~perdue/rustpics/rust4.jpg

It was quite unexpected but I was planning to try to repair this myself - bought a MIG welder and I was about to order my floorpans. BUT I was saved at the last minute by an email from kmack. He pointed me to a rust-FREE silver '72. It's just a body, but that's all I really need. So I checked it out Saturday and sure enough, it's solid as a rock! It's got some body damage but almost no rust at all -and absolutely no through rust (I know what to look for now). I can replace the fender and door panel that have damage with the ones I have now- just needs a little work on the rear end. The best part is it was only $200 and came with a wrecked '71 parts car!! Well I don't really need the parts car but the rust free body is worth it alone - the floor pan kit would have cost $250.

So the plan is - pull my engine and everything else from the '73 and put them in storage. Do a full restoration (bare metal?) of the new '72 and nice repaint. Put everything back together with the upgrades I'd planned all along. Drive!!!!!!!

Thanks again kmack!!!

Michael

[ZmeFly]

now did you give kmack a big kiss in the cheekROFL

thats great to hear and a good deal to on a rust free body. who cares about a lil damage as long as the body is good.

just like you siad a bare metal resto on the car and all your parts to make her beautiful again.

good luck on your project:bunny: