Norwood gave me a heads up that my old '71 TA made the PY shark list.
When I was working on the car the goal was not to do a concourse restoration, just a nice stock driver. Thanks for the compliments though. Dave Hall at RAMC gets the credit for finishing the TA and getting it auction ready. I'd like to thank all of the PY gang that helped out with parts and tech support. The assistance was GREATLY appreciated!
Here's a follow up on some of the observations posted here. When my painter and restorer buddy Lee mocked up the front sheet metal prior to painting there was not a tall stack of shims under the RH front fender. We had it fitting with nice body gaps too. The car had not been wrecked and the subframe was checked at a frame shop. The Endura front bumper should of had the bottom lip painted black but that wasn't done prior to the sale. I have pictures of another original paint '71 Van Nuys Formula with a build date within one month of the TA and the lip is black. FWIW the PHS does not list the Honeycomb wheels, they were on the car when I purchased it. I attached a pic of the TA prior to restoration. The front end was pro-touring low when I bought it. The front springs still had blue paper tags. I assumed they were the original GM springs. RAMC wanted the ride height closer to stock which is why it's sitting higher. The '71 is a straight car, not just a nice paint job like many of the cars that come up for sale. I wonder what auction it's going too?
I still have a '71 GTO conv. to putter with and would like to have a red '73 TA or clone with a 5-speed and a pro-touring stance. Hopefully I could get that one done!