1972 Skylark 350 Sport Coupe

Discussion in 'Members Rides' started by stumper, Jun 29, 2011.

  1. stumper

    stumper Well-Known Member

    032.JPG 037.JPG 039.JPG Hi all, I wanted to start this thread to share about the restoration of my car. I bought it in Detroit in April from a cool guy who had to get rid of her. Brought her home and have started to turn her into a driver.

    The 350 Sport Coupe was a cool looking car... similar to the Suncoupe (i really would like one) with the 1/2 vinyl roof and rally wheels.

    This car sports the 350 2 barrel combo. She is from Arizona and is super solid. I only dreamed of a solid car like this when I rebuilt a GTO 20 years ago. :)

    Here are some photos of her as she sits right now.
     
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  2. stumper

    stumper Well-Known Member

    040.JPG 050.JPG 052.JPG Some more photos. See how clean the frame & floor is?
     
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  3. stumper

    stumper Well-Known Member

    048.JPG 044.JPG She will need some front & rear window channel work...
     
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  4. stumper

    stumper Well-Known Member

    034.JPG 059.JPG Air conditioning - I want to fully restore... I need a fan housing & radiator puke tank... check out the funky big block buick shroud on there now...
    Yes- the battery shelf/core support area is rusted out...
     
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  5. stumper

    stumper Well-Known Member

    023.JPG bumpers.jpg 014.JPG I have already rebuilt the column - the ignition plunger conected to the rod was busted.. I am still restoring the bumpers... elbow grease, wire brushing.. sourcing a tail light lens... When those are done i will wrap them up for storage and pull off the front clip.
     
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  6. bignastyGS

    bignastyGS Maggot pilot

    Shroud is from a 73 -74 Buick. Looks similar to mine in my 73 GS 350 car. Nice start for a car.
     
  7. Gold Skylark

    Gold Skylark Well-Known Member

    Good Luck with your car....looks like you are off to a good start!
     
  8. stumper

    stumper Well-Known Member

    278.jpg 281.jpg I have been working on and off since my last post. I finished up the bumpers by polishing, wire brushing and painting the brackets.

    Then my son (7) and I pulled the front end off. My elbow has never been the same since.. what gives? Anyways, I put a lot of parts in my garage attic. Then we pulled the engine and trans.
     
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  9. stumper

    stumper Well-Known Member

    Now that the engine is out, we have been degreasing, scraping, scraping, scraping.. 39 year old gaskets!! The engine has 65K on it. bores are nice, no ridges, gonna re-gasket it - there were major oil leaks.
     
  10. Freakazoid

    Freakazoid Gold Level Contributor

    Looks like a good solid car like you posted. Bumpers look to be in great condition. Little to no rust on the back sides. Is there any rust holes in the body at all ? From what I can see in the pics theres none. Congrads on a great find for your project. Post lots of pics.
     
  11. stumper

    stumper Well-Known Member

    306.jpg You are right, no rust holes on the body, the only minor problems lie in the front and rear window channels. The car is from Arizona by way of Detroit. Now it is safe at home outside of Cleveland. No salt ever for this car.
     
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  12. Boost_jnky

    Boost_jnky Well-Known Member

    I'm liking your car and I'll definitely be keeping up with this build up! Good stuff!
     
  13. stumper

    stumper Well-Known Member

    20170122_180208.jpg 20170122_180248.jpg 20170122_175912.jpg 20170122_180010.jpg Wow, It's been a while since I have posted any progress. Much has happened in the last few years. Engine is back in. Front end rebuilt. Brakes done. Gas tank cleaned out & refinished. Front and rear glass. Fat-Mat sound deadener. Front clip was media blasted. whole car has been epoxy sealed. My aim is to get her back on the road this summer. I will work on the body slowly over time, but just need to get driving.
     
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  14. stumper

    stumper Well-Known Member

    DB85C6FD-EF4E-4EFF-97EC-8E3A6670A37A.jpeg 64BA2B8B-6675-401E-BA52-12C9CE35A9D6.jpeg E328D4FC-FD9B-48D3-BAAC-8AD24F5D1238.jpeg 6DECF223-32BE-4444-B60F-BDE38FDD0BBD.jpeg 7315DDD6-69A1-4D07-979B-4FE2BEF8CE51.jpeg 00975FD4-4612-41FD-B44E-EB2FAD35A3D7.jpeg 92CDF259-DA99-4201-8E03-2F0B8AF00A29.jpeg Today she got out of the garage to warm up!
     
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  15. stumper

    stumper Well-Known Member

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  16. stumper

    stumper Well-Known Member

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