love it the gold series I had 82 ta with 305 was hard top ,very nice clean ,looks like he may have painted a few thing to keep them from rusting ,one thing I got going to is no rust ,but the low miles are gone .though my new engine an trans have like 2000 on them ,now to replace things like front shocks pan hard bar frame conectors ,an rearend one thing at a time an drive it ,one thing is for sure that car has not been driven enough,its a buyers dream to find a car like that though,only problem is a car that sits does not get enjoyed enough ,theres still a ton of 81 cars out there ,no pun intened ,but drive it 3k to 5k is what I average so in 20 years would be like 75.000 is till low miles,my motto is drive it ,I have kept mine out of the rain the last 2 years but

 

I agree that cars are meant to be driven, but at this point I guess his philosophy is why start now. If he decides to sell there are probably not too many 81's out there with that kind of mileage and it would no doubt boost it's value. The car has never had an ounce of paint put on it to the best of my understanding. It was undercoated from the factory so that's probably what u are seeing. At least I think it was from the factory but definitely undercoated.

Edit. Just talking to him and it was dealer applied - only mistake he made with it according to him

 

My latest project is close to finished.

 

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sweet ride photo bucket leaves bigger pictures just join then paste them kids know it well /are you from maine I bought my 95 in maine paste them

 

Yep from up Farmington area. Where abouts in Maine did you pick up your ride?

 

How the heck did you fit a carburetor and a breather under a 4th gen cowl??

 

maine 1 your car it hot an sexy hehehe love that big block ,other side of Portland maine was owned by an older .lady first 12 years a collage girl for 2 years then about 7.+.for me now , .Chaotic 94 the air cleaner is a low profile type it was not easy but got in there as well as the low profile manifold too,its turned out to be a great franken car they call them so far 2 years in aug since install ,just keeps improveing from there ,an where I only traval about 5 to 7 k a year or less now with a 3800 to drive to .,about 2 more years will be paid for ,we were supposed to have broke a record for this swap an was in an running in about 40 hours over about 6 weeks .,looking back I could have an ls3 but live an learn shes a runner an still a car to work with as its rust free still stored all its life ,I don't drive it in the rain much either anymore,oh an the fuel pump in the picture is now in the back of the car where it belongs ,an I got a regulator there now with a working gauge.maine 1 that looks like a champion radiator ,4 core atleast I have a 3 core was probley the best investment I made an was $210.00 shipped to the door ,there was a time you could not touch one like that for under $450.00 they sell a great product at a great price .sorry so long but you can aslo post all the pictures of your build at you garage too ,I almost got a 74 Camaro had 383 in it looked so small the gen ones an 2s an 3s have the space for big engines love it

 

My 1980 Camaro Berlinta

 

My 1977