Hi Harko. I'm Daniel. or as you put it: "Allison's man"Harko wrote:I hope your man knows how to spin the spanners and weild a mig or atleast be willing to learn .
Chrome is good enough to save the 3-4 grand for rechroming.
and if the sills and floors are good enough to not completely replace you are in for a reasonably pain free freshen up.
I've done a fair bit of work on my own car (silly jap buzz box) and have had fun helping my brother make many repairs to his HQ Kingswood wagon. nothing ever as in depth as a full restoration, but you have to start somewhere
The chrome work is quite good on the front bumper, scratched up on the rear drivers side though. but going by the other front bumper that was in the back of it, the previous owner has changed the bumper. (one found in back had many bumps and dings, and was rusting through the chrome)
as for a closer inspection on the floor, there is one small hole in it behind the seat, near where the seatbelts have been bolted through, but it looks like its been cut, and then let to rust. and judging by what can be seen, it looks as though its had water inside that has just been let sit there. other than that seems pretty good all over, apart from where the gearbox attaches underneath:
however I do expect that we will find a lot of surprises when removing the panels.
Speaking of surprises. we got $1.46 cash back in the car
(yes, there was a 1c piece also)As for other surprises, found an old Spark tool/feeler gauge. did some googling and couldn't find any info on it.
anyone able to shed some light onto the age of this tool?
Official Site
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but the original 3 speed column shift box was in there also, however the bearings for its output shaft are rooted.
keep us pasted on the build... 
