eeluddy wrote:Astro Jet wrote: Musta been parked close to the ocean....Hillar, looks like a Nova Scotia car, about 4 years old.
You are both right, Car was restored and then the owner died. It was left by the children in the open on the East Coast (Zululand) Hasn't run for about 35 years!
Patched with fibreglass over the rust when originally restored! No body prep! I have to undo all the old restoration work. Mechanics are sound! Hope I can restore it in time for me to give it a drive! This F94 4dr is very rare! Built 57 to 59 only! Still hoping for a Pontiac to come my way! Wife's grandad had one!
ak 67sd wrote:out of interest, does a car from Nova Scotia rot more than one from s. Ontario?? looks like you have a bit of work ahead of you, Johann... keep us up on the progress, its a unique vehicle...ak
The more Salt in the Sea Air the greater the rust factor! When I was in the Air Force the vehicles used then in South West Africa (Namibia) were rubberised before being put into service due to the salt on the roads. Worse than sand blasting!
out of interest, does a car from Nova Scotia rot more than one from s. Ontario?? looks like you have a bit of work ahead of you, Johann... keep us up on the progress, its a unique vehicle... ak
Yes ak they do. I lived out east along the coast for quite a few years and came back to Ontario in the summers as a kid. There was a definite visible difference, and we used to think Ontario cars were worth more. A prairie car was again prized for it's lack of rust, the same as a Arizona car. But they were both rare in Nova Scotia. I bought a 63 Cadillac Eldo convert that came from Florida back then, even though it was a little dented and faded my friends marvelled that it still had it's original floor and trunk and the frame had never been patched!
Good Morning to you all! Being able to purchase repro panels etc for you Pontiac is a major advantage. Here it is a case of donor parts or sections. Just to show what a non-body worker is busy doing! Donor metal will be cleaned up and Bolt/Bonded to the main body. The flap disc is a little miracle to work with!
-- Edited by Johann65 on Saturday 20th of June 2009 06:33:02 AM
Jokes aside, the alignment is perfect and the metal will be bonded & bolted together and then sealed to prevent new rust. There is at least a 2" overlap to ensure that body integrity is not lost! The flap disk is working well in removing the rust before acid treating the metal surface. After the bonding, the surface will be prepared for priming. This is the first time that I am doing this thing!
