72 TA : New Project

[njsteve]

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This is off the subject but...I have spent untold hours under a multitude of 2nd Gen Camaros and after seeing the floor and those perfect rear frame rails on your car, I have to say that although I don't know what you paid for the car, I have to say you got a good deal regardless of price. You could look at 1000 cars and maybe not find 1 with rails that nice (I feel like I have crawled under that many sometimes!) I love seeing all the pics you post and since I have seen the underside I am really looking forward to seeing it finished.

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I am more amazed than you! The car has 114,000 miles on it and spent 99% of it's life on the West Coast. I bought it from a guy in PA who brought it back from Washington State. It was sold new at Reliable Pontiac in Roseville, California (They're still in business!) I think I paid about $18,000 for the car back in 2004, saw it listed it on ebay and I immediately ran to the guy's house in PA and bought it on the spot. Top dollar at the time, but now you can't even get a rusted hulk for that. (check these links out and you'll see what $18k gets you now: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-F...1QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Pontiac-T...1QQcmdZViewItem

It sounds kinda wierd but I spent a lot of time on the creeper this weekend just looking up at the underside of the car.

BTW, here is what that derusting stuff can do for hard metal pieces: here is the jack base from the car:

Topside before:



Topside after 2 days of soaking:



Bottom before:



Bottom after: