Ive been hunting down a BOP H body but nothing has came up. Found a 76 astre semi-local (in the same state) that im considering looking at. Problem is the rear quarters have some rust and the floors do to. Is the car worth saving? If the rear quarters start going is the whole car shot? I know I should also check out the front window frame to see. What worries me is that its in MN so its either really nice because it got shipped in or really bad because its in MN.
SO its a 76 140 manual car. The drivetrain I want in it is either my l67 out of my firebird or my drawthrough turbo 3.8 out of my cutlass to make way for my SBO 350 with twins project. Leaning heavily toward the l67 though. Apparently everything is there except carpet and the car runs and drives but needs to be towed.
Ive never sat in an H body, seen them at shows rarely but dont really know much about them besides what stuff swaps into them. So is the car worth saving or at least looking at if its 6-8 hours of driving? Market on these is small im guessing. I only ever see parts cars or backhalved drag cars. Rarely see something semi factory in kinda untouched shape which makes it mildly interesting.
If you want something different that comes at a price, usually some money, and some challenge, you would have to decide this upfront as project like this will typically lose money if you bail half way through, and know one wants that! We on this board hope that you find that special car and take it all the way As for your motor swap you are in luck as a member here has recently finished a FWD swap of that motor so here is a "Manual" for the swap.
