Mark,
It only lasted an hour because it took the seller an hour or more to return from breakfast nearby after I called him
Yeah, the car has surface rust everywhere except the top that has very weak vinyl holding what's left of the seriously rusty roof in place. Everything in the interior is oxidized as well, so the car must have spent a lot of time in a humid atmosphere. There is a "73 Memphis" sticker in the windshield, so I'm pretty sure it lived some of its life in Tennessee. And the seller said the guy he bought it from in Arkansas said the car was originally bought in Missouri. Solid quarters, fenders, doors, deck lid, with some damage here and there, but repairable. Hood not so much. There is a slab of bondo in on the floor in the back seat from the hood that has the "K" from the BUICK hood letters in it. I think that might be a keepsake
The seller delivered the car to my house yesterday and when he was taking the rear tiedowns off, the one gas tank strap that was on the tank let loose and the tank dropped. We pulled the wires and cut the fuel and vent lines and it slipped right out. After all, who needs a gas tank in the rear when we have a gallon bleach bottle of fuel under the hood?
Bob and I will start tearing into it next week. Let the fun begin!
Chuck
