A-Body Round #2- My '76 Scamp restore...

H22A4 said

Keep up the great work! It’s always nice to see another late year A body (Scamp at that) being preserved.

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Thanks. Will do. My thoughts on the late model A's have certainly changed over the years... Way back when I had my 72 I thought that would be the latest year I'd ever want and hated the beak models... but now years later I've got a beakster and really like it!

I'd eventually like to modify the bumpers to get rid of the rubber behind them and tuck them in so they don't have the 5 mph look of the late models, but from what I'm reading that is a pretty big job and will require cutting/welding/rechroming... It'll be a while before that gets to the top of the list... Though I think I may pull the bumpers and at least paint the rubbers this year... The rubbers are in surprising solid condition, but are faded grey... at least darkening them up and getting them consistent would help.

Another nice thing about it being a late model and not quite as collectible is that I can do modifications that I like, without much concern for wanting to keep it original. The freedom is enjoyable.