Orange 79 R/T.

MBDale

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Got the car home yesterday. Figured I'd add some pictures.

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Looks like it has the typical rot in the rear floor/seat area. Good chance the 1/4 windows are leaking water. That's one bad thing about glass that's glued to the inside of the body, it's more likely to leak and when it does, it leaks worse. Water gets inside the 1/4 panel and rots the top of the rocker and inner structure and migrates to under the rear seat and/or footwell area along with rotting the lower 1/4 panel in front of the wheel well. All goes unnoticed until it's too late. If it wasn't for that, my car would have had at least 80% less rust to repair. When I tore the car down I could see the obvious tracks down the inside of the 1/4 panel. If I'd only known in 1987 when I bought the car, could have fixed it and saved myself a ton of work during the build! Only saw salt for 6 Wisconsin winters and had no rust showing when I bought it. Never saw salt after that,,,,,,,,,,AND NEVER WILL AGAIN!
 
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