1972 GS Stage1 in Flame Orange

This will be a fairly easy job since it's super solid. It will stay bolted to the frame...but mostly blown apart and restored to factory correct. It just needs to be freshened up. I only found one mouse nest behind the back seat...and a partial build sheet.

 

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I will double check under the package tray. I'll be pulling the gas tank, so hopefully a complete one there. The bucket seat cover had been replaced already at one point, so there was nothing there.

 

No build sheet under the package tray.

Today I started to line up front sheet metal better than what was on it when I got it here. The front fenders appear to be NOS...so I’m checking to see if the hood-to-fender issue shows much. If any, it’s very minimal so far.

 

It took a lot of restraint for me not to jump on this one, too.

 

As can be seen, the fenders were replaced at some time, and mostly just bolted on for transport. They were roughly gapped so the doors and hood wouldn't hit. I spent a couple hours today just moving things around and making sure there aren't any surprises before I hit them with paint. Even though these are "NOS" replacement fenders, I don't see any issues with lining up with the hood. Everything seems to jive pretty well. At least, I don't see a need to cut any spot welds and fix alignment that way.

 

Back at it...

I pretty much had the whole day to work on getting more parts stripped off, and then start to strip paint. I realized today that the glove box is locked, and none of the keys I have will work. I called a locksmith and he picked it for me in about 2 minutes. Nothing in there but a bent trunk lock retainer...was hoping for $1mil.

I'm still using this project as interim work while I wait for more parts for the convertible. Since MCACN is canceled this year, I am out of the hot seat on that project. Progress will continue on that one as fast as I can go, though. I would like to get working on this one full time soon. It's been waiting very patiently for its turn...and so has its owner.

 

That passenger side photo is just after I hit the orange paint with 80 grit to speed up the progress with the chemical stripper. The new paint strippers on the market really suck, and this is an easy way to quicken the reaction time. When I do this, the paint start popping in just a couple minutes, as opposed to 15 or 20.

This car has had one repaint...so there is the factory orange, then another orange right on top of it. I did find just a little bit of filler in the diver side quarter panel behind the wheel. It appears to be collision damage, and not rust.

 

Yeah it's Jasco brand....Lowe's has it. I've tried them all now, and since they all had to remove the key ingredient, they all suck now. Even the aircraft stripper I used to use is different than it used to be.

 

The initial stripping is done. I will blow the car apart now to finish all of the jambs. I have a nasty left quarter panel to tend to, though. It was wrecked and spackled with a massive amount of mud. My likely course of action will be to cut in the majority of an AMD quarter. Minor setback...

The left door has a bit of work to do, too...but minor compared to the quarter.

 

LOL...I have an AMD coming now. I don't want to hack up a good NOS quarter for this car. I'd rather use an NOS for one that needs the entire thing.