Brought it to the shop today, was quite a fun ride. Almost didn't get started at the gas station gettign gas cause I accidentaly shut it down, when I shouldn't of becasue the battery was almost dead. Ran pretty good, sucked with no radio though, had to listen to the door sqeek and the drivebelt rattle. Once we got it to the shop it started great when still hot. Got all the door panels and door handles and stuff off. Not alot of progress, but it's a start. It has alot more surface rust then I thought, but it's ok. So, now for some pictures. Almost every weekend it shpuld be updated. (Old Pics Are Now Links)

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Is that white pin striping, or just a glare?

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Brando

It's pin striping. It will be put back on once the car gets painted and buffed. I know theres tons of glare, cheap ass camera.

Cool, are you going to keep it all the same color or do something different, I like that color myself.

We are going to just fix the rust spots and blend the paint in. On a budget. Paint is in good condition, so a good buffing will do some good.

hey good to see another still strong running delta...

by the way i see that your radio antenna is in front of the vehicle... in our car it is in backwards... is it an option that we can choose like front or back or it just matters by year?

To be honest, I don't really know. There is a 3 year difference between our cars, so anything is possable. Also your model is a step up from mine.

Is it possible that the models with power antenna had the rear mount antenna, and the stationary antannae mount on the front? Mine is mounted on the front fender also.

Progress... And for some odd reason you need bigger pictures just PM me.

http://www.oldsconnection.com/forum/alb ... pic_id=784
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Very Rusty!
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wow its funny how once you start stripping paint you find whats REALLY underneath, i had to do the same to my car before sending it to maaco.. the paint was extremely sunbaked it sat underneath a pine tree that leaked sap like a siv for 10 years so the trunk lid was rotted through, luckily, along with the rest of the car the rear quarters only had large amounts of surface rust... took me 2 months before i could put it in the booth, and with a car cover and no garage i had to wipe the dew off it every morning to keep the raw metal from rusting again talk about a pain in the ass

are you welding in new material next to the battery?

progress is looking good man... Looks like for the most part the car is in very good shape (except for that battery compartment... did a battery explode in there???) It'll look like a $1,000,000 very soon... (wow, with inflation, that saying has lost its punch!!! a million dont go so far anymore!)

It isn't that bad. Hell for $500, it's great. The wheelwell lips and the lower quarters are waay too soft and will need to be cut out. The area around the battery box, I have no clue what the fuck went wrong. It will be cut out and replaced. We will also have to make a new battery tray, it will be out of Aluminum this time. Most know the story of the 80 year old driving this thing. Well she musta ran into ALOT of shit. The areas I grinded had bondo on it previously and it wasn't becasue of rust. We also found the water leak, it was leaking because when this thing was close to being totaled they never sealed up the seams at the body shop. Plus there was orange peel everywhere on areas of the car. It should be ready to paint soon, this holiday weekend alot should be done. After paint, areas will be wet-sanded and buffed. Finally the interior work it needs. Probably will have around $3500 invested on the body

yes, but $3500 into a body, that YOU did the work on... Much more satisfying!

True... Fender was a pain in the ass and didn't realize the hood bracket was attached to the fender untill it slammed into my hand.

Got a little bit more done. Sand blasted the areas of rust, so we can get cutting now. We have come to the conclusion that were just going to paint the entire car. Still gonna be gold, but with a little bit more metallic.

Pulling dents outta the roof:


Sooo many orbs floating around, all the sand from the bondo


Meh...