Guest Psilocybian Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 http://www.user.dccnet.com/0007/industrial/car.htm Okay so I am planning on doing a v8 swap, but that is aside from the point, I picked this car up for 900 dollars Canadian, Most of the interior is Mint. Alot of the parts are in excellent condition. Nothing is really staying stock except for the shell, aside from flaring the rear and front again. So here's the plan, I want to keep this car, most of the frame and body is in pretty decent condition, but there is some rust which concerns me. The floor boards are gone, but rust has not spread to the drive tunnel. There is a little bit of rust in the engine bay on the frame, but not that much, as you can see in the pics. There is no rust anywhere else other than what is circled in the pictures I took. So my question is, should I keep this car, or scrap it and pick up something with even less rust. My budget is 25000. Here are a few things I'm planning to do.. Rebuilt Lt1 out of a vette, t56 tranny, r200 and or r230 lsd rear end, 9/10 point cage. I'm not really worried about anything show things, stereo etc. Although, a nice paint job is in order . I'll buy all other things accordingly to what I need, I've looked into this quite abit and am pretty sure of everything I want to do, aside from picking exhaust, rims, tires etc etc.. There is a layer of bondo over the roof, I pretty much want to revert the body back to stock, then get bolt on fender flares, front lip, I'll pick suspension and all accordingly.. anyways.. how much does one think a lot of good body work would cost, along with removing any and all rust in the car, seeing as I have no experience with body work, and although I do have a 230amp arc welder and some welding training, I'd rather it be perfect. I want all the bondo cut out.. and the body mint.. clean cut and ready for paint. Everything else I will be doing myself. Everything should be straightened out.. bleh. The guy who owned this car before me kinda butchered the body, and the Maaco paintjob makes me ill to my stomache. Like some of the door hinges are binding, and all things need to be straigtened out. Thankyou in advance for any help, I hope this is the right forum to post this thread. Posted this on classic Z as well Thx.[/url] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 Racer I think you need to add another zero to what you stated as his projected budget. I believe Majic Mushroom (sorry couldn't spell your name ) mentioned $25,000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 My wife is trying to get me to the eye Doc. I just may take her up on it concerning reading & seeing things closeup! Sean is trying to make the most of his summer before school (can't blame him) so car is on back burner for now. I've promised myself to do nothing unless he is there with me to work on HIS car. So I'm back working on my Z and my Fiat for now. Thanks again for the pointers . Benefit of a 70 Hemi Coda (awsome!) is you dump in a whole lot more money before it will turn into a cost to value overrun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigWhyteDude Posted August 8, 2003 Share Posted August 8, 2003 that poor Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 Rust work is very expensive!!! i work for my dad at his body shop and its very easy to ring up the costs for rust work. as for the bondo, do you mean body filler? if so, your gonna have to deal with having boddy filler. If you want the body to be perfect, all the imperfections in the metal have to be filled and sanded before you put any kind of primer/paint on it. judging from the pictures, your car is gonna run you a whole lot of money. that $25000 budet is huge as a starting budget, but i would assume that by the time you are satisfied with your car you will have dropped alot more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRAD D Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 that is a parts car, keep it and find a better shell. What part of Canada are you in, Im from winnipeg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hceline17 Posted August 10, 2003 Share Posted August 10, 2003 That $25,000 is Canadian, eh? Definately, definately use that as a parts car car, $900 canadian+ the price of a Z in better condition is nothing compared with the price of restoring that thing, in my humble and uneducated opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Psilocybian Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 I'm from BC around vancouver, thx for the replies , yeah, the car didn't look too good body wise, but it came with a lot of mint interior, some nice seats, and a few other decent parts, I do think I got my moneys worth considering there is so much rust Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drax240z Posted August 12, 2003 Share Posted August 12, 2003 Sounds like the perfect parts car... start with the best chassis you can! You'll save yourself much in the way of headaches. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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