i remember seeing this dealer nameplate, is claude frost still in business? or under a new name?

any news about this '69, todd?

It will be a couple of more weeks before I will see the owner again, I'll see if he has come up with a price. Will try to get some pictures of the back of it (the rear valance is off, he said he took it off to remove the trailer hitch). I'll see if I can get some pictures in the trunk and some with the interior cleaned out. I also want to find out if he has had previous body work or paint work done to the car, I remember it being that colour when he bought it new but there are some signs of over spray here and there on the bottom.

The last time I saw this car it was only 2 years old, it's been in the back of my mind to touch base with the original owner for a long time, now that I've seen the car I'm really disappointed at how much it's going to take to restore it.

Barry

Glad to see you made it to the site Barry. Sweet freakin' Avatar by the way@

Nice to see you here!

If you need any encouragement to buy that car, just let me know!

Thanks for the encouragement guys but I think I have way too many projects on the go now, I had been hoping the car had been preserved and it would just need a bit cosmetic and mechanical tweaking but that's certainly not the case. I already have a really nice 67 Impala SS I should sell as I only put 300 miles on it this year, a 66 Corvair project (like my first car) that is suffering from a really bad case of 'scope creep', a low mileage 74 Formula that was to be my next project but now it's been bumped by a 79 Tenth Anniversary Trans Am that I owned once before and has landed back in my garage. Too many cars, too little time!!

This will be a really nice car when restored, and is my favouite colour combination, but at this point in time I think someone else who really appreciates it will get to resurrect this one.

I know the owner still has an emotional attachment to this car but I think he has come to the realization that restoring it is now beyond his means. I'm hoping to convince him to sell it for a reasonable price to someone who will restore and enjoy it, and not just flip it because of it's rarity. I'll keep you updated on how this evolves, it may take a while as I don't want him to think I'm pressuring him into a quick decision, it's taken him 30 years to even consider selling it.

Barry

I'm starting to sound like a broken record. This is from page one of this thread:

I have said this before but maybe it is something to seriously consider. We need to incorporate a Not-for-Profit corporation without share capital, appoint a board of Directors and start fundraisng. There can be no doubt that cars like this are cultural and historical Canadian assets. We would even qualify for property tax rebates if we bought a garage and possibly some cultural grants as well.

This is how the HMCS Haida was done CLICK as well as the the Replica Avro Arrow under the auspicies of the Aviation Museum. CLICK

I don't want to volunteer anybody but I can tell you that we have the necessary professional experience on this board to set up the corporation.

Old Bird wrote:

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 a low mileage 74 Formula that was to be my next project but now it's been bumped by a 79 Tenth Anniversary Trans Am

Barry

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I know where there is a home for the '74

Old Bird wrote:

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Thanks for the encouragement guys but I think I have way too many projects on the go now, I had been hoping the car had been preserved and it would just need a bit cosmetic and mechanical tweaking but that's certainly not the case. I already have a really nice 67 Impala SS I should sell as I only put 300 miles on it this year, a 66 Corvair project (like my first car) that is suffering from a really bad case of 'scope creep', a low mileage 74 Formula that was to be my next project but now it's been bumped by a 79 Tenth Anniversary Trans Am that I owned once before and has landed back in my garage. Too many cars, too little time!!

This will be a really nice car when restored, and is my favouite colour combination, but at this point in time I think someone else who really appreciates it will get to resurrect this one.

I know the owner still has an emotional attachment to this car but I think he has come to the realization that restoring it is now beyond his means. I'm hoping to convince him to sell it for a reasonable price to someone who will restore and enjoy it, and not just flip it because of it's rarity. I'll keep you updated on how this evolves, it may take a while as I don't want him to think I'm pressuring him into a quick decision, it's taken him 30 years to even consider selling it.

Barry

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For your 79 TA I have a spare complete header panel with bumper rebar, grilles, headlights, bezels etc... also a rear bumper cover with the honeycomb insert $100 takes all

It would take me  6 months and $25,000.00 ? to make it perfect! But what is the value when done? What's the top price for a original  1969 pontiac 427 conv. restored car? Most likely working for free !!!! Some cars are to far gone for a full resto, maybe a mop an' glow for $10,000.00. It will always need work but it look good { driver }, then want value has it got? Pride of ownership!

-- Edited by SD 396 at 17:24, 2008-10-27

only restoration i do are for my self ! To hard being in the middle , first you have to teach the first time owner the how's [ don't teachers  get $ 80,000.00 a year}, then tell him it takes all day to install the after market door panel , very hard to spend somebody's money !!!

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