Well another Cutlass followed me home today. My fiances stepfather had seen the car and told us about it so I went to go check it out. Turns out to be another 1980 Cutlass Diesel though in much better shape than the last and this time with the original 350 Diesel still under the hood. This car is actually fairly different than the other 80 I have (that was originally a diesel as well), the gauge cluster is completely different and this car has the aero mirrors instead of the big chrome suckers.
Anyway this is the car that is going to be the basis of the 80 Cutlass build thread since the paper work for the other one has turned up missing (I'm sure I will find it eventually) and that car will become the parts car for this one. It is also a much better starting point and much more solid of a car. The car has another aluminum hood and hydroboost brakes (that is 2 of the hoods and 3 hydroboost setups I have). I will post up more once I start digging into it.
Oh the car has only has 2 owners before me and they were in the same family (mother and daughter). They still have all of the original sales paperwork and pamphlets and the like they are going to try and dig up and get to me as well. When I bought the car she was practically in tears because the car was going somewhere else and it had been such a big piece of her family memories. I got the car for $300.
Anyway this is the car that is going to be the basis of the 80 Cutlass build thread since the paper work for the other one has turned up missing (I'm sure I will find it eventually) and that car will become the parts car for this one. It is also a much better starting point and much more solid of a car. The car has another aluminum hood and hydroboost brakes (that is 2 of the hoods and 3 hydroboost setups I have). I will post up more once I start digging into it.
Oh the car has only has 2 owners before me and they were in the same family (mother and daughter). They still have all of the original sales paperwork and pamphlets and the like they are going to try and dig up and get to me as well. When I bought the car she was practically in tears because the car was going somewhere else and it had been such a big piece of her family memories. I got the car for $300.