72 TA : New Project

**njsteve** · #1 03-13-2006, 05:02 AM

Here's the new one back in the car. I reused the original hose clamps after cleaning them up a little. I went to the local pet store and bought two pounds of activated charcoal (for fish tank filter use) and poured that into the cannister and then capped it off with a new filter on the bottom. I then reinstalled it on the base and bolted it back up to the radiator support. It should actually work as intended now.

**Xplantdad** · #2 03-13-2006, 05:47 AM

Wow Steve...looking great! This is better than any restoration book...

**Charley Lillard** · #3 03-13-2006, 06:59 AM

But now you have cheap repo charcoal in your car...

**njsteve** · #4 03-13-2006, 07:02 AM

Well, as a matter of fact there Normy, if one were to perform carbon dating on both samples of charcoal they would both date back to the early Pennsylvanian period, when the majority of the Earth's coal supply was formed.
-Sincerely, Cliff Clavin

**njsteve** · #5 05-26-2006, 12:57 AM

I've been working on my other project lately (1987 IROC Z) and have been collecting parts for the T/A. I recently received my Gardner exhaust system and trial fitted it this afternoon. Amazing quality stuff! It took longer to bolt up the hangers than it did to hang the entire system. Everything slid into place by hand. The only problem I ran into was trying to finagle the intermediate pipes under the car without the car being on a lift. I was like one of those twisted nail puzzlers that you see in novelty stores. There was only one way to move, twist and rotate the pipe(s) around to get them into place. But after using my brain and lifting the car as high as possible on the jack stands, they eventually fell into place. I highly recommend their products. I trial fitted (no clamps) everything so I can start the car with an exhaust in place. The engine hasn't been run in 6 months or so and now that I have the radiator, power steering and everything else hooked up I want to get it sorted out. I'll try to link some photos in the next day or so.

**njsteve** · #6 05-26-2006, 02:06 AM

Here are some photos of the Gardner exhaust trial fitted to the car. The pipes hung perfectly -no tools required.

**njsteve** · #7 05-26-2006, 02:20 AM

Once in a while you actually find a bargain on ebay: I have been looking for an NOS front spoiler for the T/A. When you can locate one they run between $300 and $400 dollars. The reproductions are total garbage. This one was somewhat mis-described in its auction and I ended up getting it for $128! It is definitely an original NOS GM piece that came factory pre-painted in white. Here it is alongside my slightly used (smashed and burnt) original one:

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