Not sure why I went & did this evening but took a trip with the Jr. Mechanic to look at a '79 Monte Carlo project. The wife is kinda on board as it could be the Jr. Mechanics gateway to being a true gearhead. It has good potental while being the nastiest car I have ever seen. Got soild floors, no visible water leaks into the cabin or trunk, most complete under the hood enegine I've ever seen on a A/G, bold color cloth camel interior with great plastic except the dash pad, repaired frame rails with one missed spot that wouldn't be an issue to patch. Seller has extra doors which it could use, complete front clip, another trunk lid. Body could use some TLC with some dings, dents & scrapes, most of the paint might buff out. Then there was what looked like 2 lbs of snake skins, 3 lbs of snake poo, lots of rodent droppings in the cabin. Lots of signs of being a vermin hotel as the car has been sitting since '09 after the seller drove it for a year. If it wasn't for that nasty mess this car would be an easy starter project for us to get a powered mover for the Jr. Mechanic to start learning how to wrench on cars. The cars is a Landau with a 305/TH200, posi that might be a 2.73, cloth bench, A/C, F41 (or F40?) with a broken rear swaybar. I've seen & driven worse with the exception of the skins & poo. Another thing that would be a plus is being able to buy & transfer the seller's antique plate since last time I looked Pa allows them to be transfered/sold to the buyer.
