http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/66-6...yZ140715QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem I don't care if it's surface it is still rust and a lot of work to make it right. ou:
I think alot of people confuse the term rust and rot. You would think the guy would know better. Definitely rusty! And more than likely pitted. Lots of work to get that trunk lid nice.
"No Rust" story.. This made me remember a 65 Special conv. I went and looked at a couple of years ago. I'd called the guy and asked him if the car had any rust in the typical "rust belt" areas (he was from Indiana). The guy told me over the phone the that car was rust free and there was a couple of "shiny metal" areas where he'd been working on restoring this car. Everything sounded great and We worked out a deal. I called up a couple buddies, we rented a trailer and drove about 400 miles to go pick the car up. When I got there, I was taken out to small one car garage and shown a totally rusted out P.O.S that had chrome spray paint directly sprayed over the non sanded or prepared rust. I was so mad. :af: I decided to try to make the most of the trip since I'd wasted a day, paid for the trailer rental and had to pay for the gas there and back anyhow, so I started to talk him down more into a parts car price range since surprisingly enough the car had a usable drivers side quarter panel. I asked him if he could pull the car out into the sunlight for me to get a better look at it and he went on to tell me that he couldn't find the keys. I asked him for a screwdriver so that I could open the trunk (had no lock) and he spent the next 40 minutes showing me his pocket knife collection. Now visualize this... the guy was claiming to be in the middle of a restoration, but the only tools he had were about 30 really cheap pocket knives, a pipe wrench, a half empty can of chrome spray paint and a really big hammer. o No: I asked if it was ok for me to hotwire the car so that I could hear it run and he said sure and wandered off to search for something. As I was working on the wiring I heard the hood open and there he stood with a small plastic gas can and a hose. I assumed he was going to prime the carb and was puzzled when he run the hose into the carb and just left it. I was ready to start cranking on the motor so I asked him to remove the hose so a backfire wouldn't send the whole thing up in smoke (I didn't want to be responsible for the loss of his pocket knife collection) and he went on to tell me that the gas tank had a hole in it and this was the only way we'd be able to keep it running. ou: Now I was finished and ready to walk away. I climbed out of the seat and started for my truck when all of a sudden I heard the car start. What do you know... she didn't sound half bad! I ran up to the front of the car (hood still open) and gave the gas can a little tilt so the carb starve out when he suddenly threw the tranny in reverse and smashed the only good part (the good quarter panel) directly into the garage door frame! I let the car starve out of gas and the engine died. As I looked at him I could only think of what an idiot I was in the presence of. I was ready to call it a day and haul my empty trailer home. About then this little girl came around the corner to see what all the noise was about. She appeared to be about 9 - 10 years old and was as cute as a button. She looked at the car and started to cry. Here to find out her daddy needed to sell this car so they could go shopping for some school clothes and now her daddy had really screwed up. To make a long story short.... guess what followed me home on the back of the trailer? I think that we ended up with about 2 usable parts from the car and the rest was hauled away to the wrecking yard (not enough to justify the $650 cost). Sometimes I think back about how many "I'm in the middle of a restoration" cars this guy and his daughter may have sold to unsuspecting soft hearted guys that were lured to Indiana in the hopes of bringing home a "rust free, just shiny metal" prize? o No: Chris www.GranSports.com
