Possible 1979 w30 purchase

[ck80]

I hear bondo, I see the damage pictures...

But I also know it's 41 years old.

I remember what some 1950s cars in New England looked like when I bought some out there in the 1990s. I mean, it just doesn't look THAT bad for its age.

If you really want the drivetrain and rear end out of it, maybe a couple other tiny parts, thats one thing.

Odds are you make more trying to put steel rollers on it and sell the whole body/interior together than the head ache of trying to sell a front clip and door that need work. Scrap is still in the pits right now too. Let someone with more time than sense revive it, some of us are gluttons for punishment that claim to enjoy the experience.

Kind of like getting married. Makes no financial sense what-so-ever, yet it still happens to so many.

 

[MrSony]

strip it
scrap it

it's already been ruined with aftermarket t tops, who knows what else was done to it besides what you can see with the eye.

 

[pagrunt]

Since it's already junk sell the roller to a racer. Let it go out in a blaze (crash) of glory.

 

[MrSony]

paint it orange and jump it

 

[08Malibu]

I pulled the car in tonight and I’m looking it over to start pulling stuff off of it and it’s like it’s speaking to me to save it. Unfortunately I just don’t have the time or the money to burn to fix the car. $20000 to restore a $9000, on the high end, car.

I can’t believe the amount of vacuum hoses under the hood. I guess it’s been so long since I ripped everything out from my Malibu I just forgot what it looked like under there.

 

[gearhedjon]

I don't know about you, but my tree in the backyard doesn't grow G-bodys anymore. It's not a regular run of the mill Cutlass so if my opinion even counts, I'd say save it. People have saved regular G-bodys in much worse shape.

 

[08Malibu]

I don't know about you, but my tree in the backyard doesn't grow G-bodys anymore. It's not a regular run of the mill Cutlass so if my opinion even counts, I'd say save it. People have saved regular G-bodys in much worse shape.

Car needs to go on a frame rack to pull the quarters and frame. Then it needs rust repair in the 1/4’s, roof, and full floors plus a drivers door. Then it needs almost a full interior, it’s too far gone.

 

[Doug Chahoy]

Car needs to go on a frame rack to pull the quarters and frame. Then it needs rust repair in the 1/4’s, roof, and full floors plus a drivers door. Then it needs almost a full interior, it’s too far gone.

I agree, only the value of a GNX would be worth that much money/work.

 

[ck80]

I don't know about you, but my tree in the backyard doesn't grow G-bodys anymore. It's not a regular run of the mill Cutlass so if my opinion even counts, I'd say save it. People have saved regular G-bodys in much worse shape.

Time to plant a new tree

 

[08Malibu]

I agree, only the value of a GNX would be worth that much money/work.

Car needs to go on a frame rack to pull the quarters and frame. Then it needs rust repair in the 1/4’s, roof, and full floors plus a drivers door. Then it needs almost a full interior, it’s too far gone.

Forgot that it also needs a trunk, bumpers, and all the lower chrome. Basically the vin tags, engine, and hurst shifter are good