rusted project

[CutlassMike]

Screw those other guys. Anybody can find a survivor and give it a MACO restoration. Takes a REAL car guy to save a basket case! My 84 Cutlass was hit HEAVY in the front {needed new frame and front clip} and had the typical rust in the usuall spots. You will never learn as much as when you dig into a chalenging project. These cars are EASY to work on and anyone who tells you it is too hard/ too far gone, is lazy, or don't know what they are doing, or impatent,,,perhaps all of the above. I blew mine down to a body sell and bare frame and I would NEVER do it any other way. It is built to 100% my specs. All those people rolling in survivor cars with bolt on parts can't say that
Take a step by step look at my 84' Cutlass on Cardomain.com. Use the "search" option on the home page and punch in "CutlassMike" {my user name} to see my projects.
KEEP GOING. I am from central Canada {salt/snow} so all our G bodies look the same, or worse, than yours. Don't let those nay-sayers disuade you from it.

 

[axisg]

These cars are EASY to work on and anyone who tells you it is too hard/ too far gone, is lazy, or don't know what they are doing, or impatent,,,perhaps all of the above.
KEEP GOING. I am from central Canada {salt/snow} so all our G bodies look the same, or worse, than yours. Don't let those nay-sayers disuade you from it.

I too am for the "salt belt" in Canada and I too rebuilt my '80 Calais after I realised it was an accident vitim, I will never get back the time or the thousands spent on that car, and I hate to see someone else make the same mistake. I loved my car but really hated all the time and money I had to put into it when I realized that I could have saved both by buying and rebuilding something better to start with.

 

[1980Gbody]

get it and go sick with it tub it nice tires badass motor trans and rear end an call it a done project remember true beauty lies on the inside who cares wut a car looks like as long as u kno u can get to the next light faster then the mustang next to u unless u want to enter it i n beauty pagents

nice motor+trans+rear diff=ult. sleeper

do wut u want dont let other people make your decisions for u their not gonna be driving the car

 

[85 Cutlass Brougham]

I have tons of bodywork and rust repair in my 85 Cutlass( and it was in better shape than yours), but it has sentimental value to me and was worth the work because of it. However, I would have been money ahead had I started with a better one. I have spent thousands getting the body perfect-and I do all my own body and paint work. If you want a sleeper, use it. If you have plans of perfection, start with another car in better shape. If you love bodywork, do it. Just remember that the further you go into it, the more you will find wrong.