Well thanks to me being a complete idiot this project may turn out to be built off the '79 after all. Turns out that I have managed to misplace the title for my '80 and out of pure laziness on my part I had not yet transferred it into my name yet. In fact I was looking for it so I could go do that this week before I started the actual building.
On the plus side the '79 does seem to be in a bit better shape in some areas than I thought. Some areas where I thought I had significant rust turned out to be just surface stuff that I can easily fix. The few other areas where it is more serious are in areas where I can easily swap parts between the two cars, like the trunk lid. I will have quite a bit of filling to do with the holes left from removing the landau top and the rocker trim etc. There is also a couple very small shallow dents that I will need to work on with the body hammers. A couple I may just be able to push out from the back side. The interior on the '79 is trash so it gives me an excuse to do a much more stripped out interior, get some aluminum body panels in and I think I will use it as an excuse to put in a roll bar as well.
On color I am dead set on the car becoming all black, though I am trying to decide which route I would like to go. What do you guys think a satin black like the JD Blitz Black (which I can get locally for very inexpensively) the other option will be a basic gloss black. What do you guys think?
On the plus side the '79 does seem to be in a bit better shape in some areas than I thought. Some areas where I thought I had significant rust turned out to be just surface stuff that I can easily fix. The few other areas where it is more serious are in areas where I can easily swap parts between the two cars, like the trunk lid. I will have quite a bit of filling to do with the holes left from removing the landau top and the rocker trim etc. There is also a couple very small shallow dents that I will need to work on with the body hammers. A couple I may just be able to push out from the back side. The interior on the '79 is trash so it gives me an excuse to do a much more stripped out interior, get some aluminum body panels in and I think I will use it as an excuse to put in a roll bar as well.
On color I am dead set on the car becoming all black, though I am trying to decide which route I would like to go. What do you guys think a satin black like the JD Blitz Black (which I can get locally for very inexpensively) the other option will be a basic gloss black. What do you guys think?