Well, Here is the project I picked up this past weekend. I finally get a day off work and it decides to drop the white stuff on us again. I'm glad the shop will be built soon. Its a factory H code 3 speed manual. Somebody took the 3 speed out and put a 727 in it, but thankfully left the hump and the pedals in it. The engine is a 340 but isn't numbers matching:-( I'm not worried about it with the smoking deal I got on it. Here the fender tag readout.
vx8 en1
m21 m43 n41 n42 r11 v6x
v1x u c55 g11 j45 j54
gf7 m6x9 5x8 302 290003
e55 d13 lm29h1bxxxxxx
Anyway, it has some rust issues in spots but overall not bad. the worst area that i'm concerned about is the upper firewall/cowl area. feels kinda thin. The rest is spots here and there, and the normal areas. Will need a drivers floor pan and the spare tire well. It'll be a little bit before I get started on it. Gotta get the shop up. But here are some shots till I can get more into it. Think I'm gonna start on the cluster restoration though. I can do that in the house. I've seen several threads of people doing their own cluster, but has anyone done a complete thread of their step by step restoration?