New to me 1982 Grand National project basket case

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Stock with some upgrades but probably not much. I’ve always wanted a 82 GN because of the uniqueness. Some people won’t agree and that’s ok
 
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I saved many pictures of that car for referencing when I start reassembly on my car. Also noticed the light gray is different than the sandstone color in like a 84 Gn so I’ll have to see if I can match it. The giveaway was the lower door panels and console. It’s a totally different gray. I think I know what color it is after looking on gbodyparts but I’ll have to get a can to do some testing with.
 
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How do you know that one is correct?

I’ve compared it to a couple other original cars I also have on file for reference and same color. The sand color is much easier to find and is what they make reproduction seat covers with idk what way to go. Custom covers and door panels would probably cost a arm and a leg
 
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Scored big on eBay this morning got a NOS 1982 Buick plate identical to the one on the 82 GN prototype
 

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Finally feeling better enough to get back to work on this car (crohns disease sucks). Going to continue the tear down tomorrow want to blow all the trash off the intake so it doesn’t fall down in the motor. I can tell someone’s been into judging by the wrong hardware in places. The distributor hold down clamp someone made is real nice lol. Interested to see what’s inside of it.
 

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Man, I feel for you. I had Diverticulitis from 2004 to 2016 when I ran out of options and they had to cut about 1' out of my colon. I know surgery won't do it for you and I have a pretty good feel for what it's like. I hope you can tame it with diet and medication.
 
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Man, I feel for you. I had Diverticulitis from 2004 to 2016 when I ran out of options and they had to cut about 1' out of my colon. I know surgery won't do it for you and I have a pretty good feel for what it's like. I hope you can tame it with diet and medication.

I got diagnosed with it when I was 4 or 5 and didn’t have anymore issues until I last year when my daughter got the stomach bug and I just got worse and worse over several weeks finally went to the hospital and my intestines were super inflamed. This year it was the same thing but I started medication as soon as I felt I wasn’t right.
 

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That sounds better than I expected. I hope you are back to 100% soon.
 
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