72 TA : New Project

[njsteve]

Oh and even though the engine was "totally rebuilt" by the previous owner before the seller had it, I think I will take it all apart anyway. Tell me what's wrong with these two plugs............ one peanut plug and one large plug and neither was tight!. I checked all the plugs and none were tight. There were four different brands and sizes. Thankfully all the threads are OK in the heads. The car actually ran when I took it for a short test drive.

[njsteve]

The carb fire melted all the wiring in the engine compartment. There is a lot of visible copper showing. But the car still starts and runs. I guess you cant kill a Pontiac with fire. You gotta drive a stake through its heart or a silver bullet or something

[njsteve]

And what the heck is this? A Ford solenoid. I have a full set of engine compartment harnesses on order already. I can only imagine what these wires are hooked to.

[njsteve]

And here's the interior. Its in really nice shape. Orginal carpet could use a shampooing. Driver's set has some separating seams, the headliner has a rip and the console has a tear in it. The dash is perfect, though I have to see if they hogged out the hole to fit that CD player.

[njsteve]

As for what's missing: it needs a 7042273 Quadrajet, the correct divorced choke pulldown, a new shaker lid and air cleaner base, an original 1112126 or 27 single point distributor (thankfully it was ordered w/o the infamous semi-functional unitized/transisterized ignition), some of the shaker hardware, throttle bracket stuff...and a whole lot of $$$ to redo everything. But the nice part is that the body needs very little work and the original drivetrain is there. Let the parts hunting begin! If anyone has any of the above mentioned stuff or advice, drop me an email. Thanks, NJSteve

[njsteve]

And of course it needs a front valance and spoiler. I just spent some time under the car and it does have its original CMG 3.42 rear. I am still amazed, having lived so long on the East Coast, that a (California) car could be 32 years old and have so little rust. I guess all these years in the rust belt have made me metalically cynical.

[njsteve]

I started tearing the car apart this weekend. Found more of the burned up wiring and repairs under the hood. I'm just amazed that this thing started and ran with all the toasted wires and crispy fuel lines Pulled all the carpet out and this is how the floors looked. Just amazing. All the original mastic sound deadener in place, shiny overspray on the floor. Gotta love California cars!

[njsteve]

Here's the front floor. The car still has its original Hurst shifter on the M-22...you know the one you can sell on ebay for $900 per bolt

[Steve_Hoog]

OH MAN the solenoid does it, you should just sell the car to me.

[njsteve]

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OH MAN the solenoid does it, you should just sell the car to me.

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I guess it's the heavy duty idle stop solenoid that I'm missing from the carb. It's now fender-mounted.