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06-21-2018, 04:50 AM
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With as clean as Gramma car appeared, I am quite surprised it had such extensive rust back there--you gave a good reason/explanation though.
Thank you very much for the repair pictures, and if you get any more, maybe close-ups of the welded edges/seems, I'd like to see them for future reference. Thanks for sharing Steve. P.S. I think it's about time for you to post up a cruising video to give us a chance to see how well she drives. 
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06-21-2018, 09:27 PM
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Does this count for a cruising video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptAubfuN8N4
The rust really isn't "extensive" at all. On the entire car, it is isolated to only those two rear sandwiched panels. These cars were known to evaporate rapidly once exposed to salt. We rescued it from daily winter driving after only a few years of use by Gramma and then my brothers. The lower portions of the rear frame rails are beautiful on this car - another major rust prone area to look for in case you're ever shopping for a second gen F-body. The other area is under the lower corners of the windshield where the water sits and puddles on top of the cowl. The body man has the new outer panel installed today. Working fast! Last edited by njsteve; 06-21-2018 at 09:34 PM.
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06-22-2018, 02:57 PM
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----Have a complete Pypes exhaust on my 69 SJ Gran Prix and love it. Although not the 390hp HO (just the 370hp, but I breathed on it a bit when we went thru it), I switched to HO exhaust manifolds......Bill S
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#4
06-22-2018, 03:18 PM
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