[Lightfoot]

Couldn't tell from the pics in post #1, but now I see whomever put that awful paint job on it was trying to replicate a Richard Petty racer. Yuck. (not to RP)

The wheel paint scheme was creative but still ugly. If they wanted it to be a Petty mobile, they should have painted the wheels white. (ugly again)

Glad you are keeping it alive and getting it's career back on track.

[Hammertime Mike]

Somebody in Conn. must of seen this car on the road. The last reg. expired in 1998.

[Hammertime Mike]

I just finished fitting a 71 pontiac block with D-port heads and 350 tranny in the Aero-Coupe. I welded the rubber motor mounts solid and bolted them to the mounts on the motor. Once I was satisfied with the positioning of the motor/tranny, I spot welded the mounts to the crossmember. Pulled the motor/tranny and drilled holes in the cross member to bolt the mounts to the frame. Next is floor repair.

[Racer81x]

Here is a link to one that my dad has for sale, not a number 1 car, but a high #2 origional low mile car:
http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=621980

[Hammertime Mike]

Originally Posted by Racer81x

Here is a link to one that my dad has for sale, not a number 1 car, but a high #2 origional low mile car:
http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=621980

That's one of the nicer looking Aero coupes out there for sale right now. As limited as they are, it's getting harder to find real nice ones. The market is definately tough right now, it only takes one person to buy it. Thanks for pointing the sale out to me. I'd love to have that car, just not the right time for me.

[Hammertime Mike]

Starting on some of the metal repair. I shaped some flat sheet metal to look close to the original floorpan. The driver door jamb was trashed. I fabricated a repair panel for that too. I used a thicker gauge for the door striker area. This seems to be a problem area on this vintage of GP's. You can see where the original broke apart.[previous owners tried to fix it with rivets] The factory only put a few spot welds on the striker support. I welded the entire area of the support. We'll see if this makes an improvement. I'll probably repair my driver this way , now that I've seen how GM attached it. That one has been touched up already once.