72 TA : New Project

mmcporter · #1 05-23-2005, 07:38 AM

Looking good--you really realize the details and effort that goes into a restoration of this type when you do it yourself. You've got quite a journey going there.

Morris

**njsteve** · #2 05-23-2005, 05:39 PM

I get more of a kick out of the restoration process than I do after it's finished and just sitting there. It's like a jigsaw puzzle; what do you do with it when it's all finished...take it apart and do it again? This car is kind of neat in that I am keeping as much of it in its original form. The floors will remain in their original (now clean) state. Other than stripping and straightening the upper sheetmetal and replacing a portion of the trunk well, the car will be a "reassemblation" not really a restoration. -a new challenge for me.

**njsteve** · #3 05-25-2005, 05:33 AM

Here is some of the underside's original finish: this is the inside of the trans tunnel if you were laying on the ground looking up.

**njsteve** · #4 05-25-2005, 05:35 AM

Here is the underside of the rear floor, passenger side, along with the rear dif with yellow paint on the yoke.

**njsteve** · #5 05-25-2005, 05:37 AM

Here is the front of the cowl. The VIN was stamped in two places, below the circular fan motor cut out and next to the heater box rectangular cutout.

**njsteve** · #6 05-25-2005, 05:39 AM

Here's the 3.42 rear dif with color codes, orange and green.

**njsteve** · #7 05-25-2005, 05:41 AM

Front suspension with green paint marks on spindle. The srpings even still had the part number tags on them.

**Ryan1969Chevelle** · #8 10-11-2015, 10:50 AM

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I get more of a kick out of the restoration process than I do after it's finished and just sitting there. It's like a jigsaw puzzle; what do you do with it when it's all finished...take it apart and do it again? This car is kind of neat in that I am keeping as much of it in its original form. The floors will remain in their original (now clean) state. Other than stripping and straightening the upper sheetmetal and replacing a portion of the trunk well, the car will be a "reassemblation" not really a restoration. -a new challenge for me. <img src="https://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/imag...grin.gif" alt="" /> </div></div>

Can I use this term? "Reassemblation"?

Ryan

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