Nice work.

Honestly , after seeing the condition of “restored” old school cars at local cars and coffees I value the ones with some real world marks and wear to them. The showpiece 67’ Mustangs have their place , but the vintage 66’ Mercury Courgar with some bumper marks and clean paint is a much ...

I think it’s a solid option. Depending on how bad the gas cap rust is you may be able to sand down the paint and treat/repaint if it’s not too far gone. You could be looking at a water leak issue , but again that’s pretty much par for the course with these cars and the age of em.

Having a look at ...

Its not my wish to be Negative Nellie here- but if the frame is that rotted I have to question the integrity of the metal brake & fuel lines too. Also, what causes rust isn’t the car- it’s the climate and local road salting. If your moms not planning to move anytime soon all that rust is gonna come ...

mark a. chew wrote:Man!!! That looks Great!!! Where did you find those!!???

Local parts yard.

Thanks for the support guys!

Today I “rebadged” by deleting the stock SLE door badges and swapping with Pontiac insignia for the fenders.

I get compliments occasionally, most on how comfortable the thing is. But some people are really snarky, and when I'm showing them apartments downtown whose monthly rent is worth more than the car... They tend to look at me weird. But who cares!

Given Chicago real estate, finding places worth ...

You're not wrong! Penny has been hit all over multiple times. Can't do much about it in populated zones. I don't think there's a single clean panel on this car.... Lol

She's just not as much of a looker as she used to be, and it's starting to get to the point where certain clients are like... He ...

xrob wrote:Nice, did you paint the sunroof's visor?

I did. Figured it was a good use of leftover Galaxy Silver paint from the rust repair job I did last year.

Took this pic on a lunch break last week.

The struggle is real, especially once you get attached to a car.

I've been thinking about Penny replacements in the back of my mind, but it is financially stupid to replace a perfectly working car. I'd love to replace her with a G8 GXP MT, or Chevy SS. Since I have people in the car all the time ...

Your car is like a soul sister to my own ,haha. Keep up the good work with Penny!

Yeah, I was very well aware of the issues with these engines (been hanging around this board long enough), and bought it knowing that. For now, it drives great and doesn't have any engine or trans problems. When it happens, it happens. It'll be a lot of work, but not impossible. And that's the plan ...

Namrepus28 wrote:Your headlights look really sharp and defined! Did you do something special to them?

Yup. I put in some elbow grease....by whipping out my card and buying new ones.

Perhaps you can have your cake and eat it too.

Honestly refurbishing a Northstar goes beyond just the head studs. There's the half case gasket to consider as well ; by the time you tear down the motor to fix that you may as well strip it down to the crankshaft and start totally fresh. As in ...

My guess is, he had the "issue" happen, and tried to save a little money, got what needed fixed, fixed, and figured he'd "turn" it. I'm actually shocked he put, what nearly 4k on it since...

Yea, you'd see either a quantity of 20 studs, or a "tempsert" kit (what GM "authorizes" as a suitable non ...

Those would look sharp refinished in a gloss silver color.

Made my own with tubing from Autozone. Note that the only filter option which increases power is a fenderwell CAI. A WAI (filter mounted in hood ) reduces the car's output under high heat conditions.

...added a plate filler.

Tint is 20% all around.

Newest mods- tinted the windows & added fender stripes.