[ORBIT 433]

Brad
Does yours have air conditioning?
Thanks Joe

[Sirrotica]

Originally Posted by ORBIT 433

Brad
Does yours have air conditioning?
Thanks Joe

Yes, it has air, no compressor though, everything but the compressor is there. Car is well equipped, but doesn't have cruise control. I'm not sure why they ordered it with so many options, and no cruise.

Windows, door locks, tilt, rear window defogger, rear console, it's cracked though, deluxe interior. The stitching in the drivers bottom seat cushion is split, other than that the interior is pretty good looking for being 40 years old. Car has 19,450 miles on it now, it had 17,000 on it when I bought it in 1978.

Rust, the car has hole in drivers door bottom skin, and passenger rocker panel. Has a hole in each floor board in the pinch welded the seam where the firewall meets the floor pan. There is rust in the area where there are layers of sheet metal in the front of the rear frame rails next to the spring hangers mount, might need both rails replaced or at least repaired. The hood has rust on the inside and outside and would need either a repop, or a good used hood.

This is the same problem all the 73-74 GM cars had with bad imported sheet metal during this period that were in the rust belt. In only 5 years the quarters, rear valance and trunk drop off were rusting through and the reason I replaced a bunch of the sheet metal in 79 with new GM metal. Whatever is still original 73 metal is where the rust is now, mostly in pinch welded seams. I've owned a 73 GTO, a Grand Am and this T/A and they all rusted through in various places where there were pinch welds in under 5 years.