Welcome. I’m the resident troll who pops in on occasion.
For a rust-belt car, that’s a solid car. I’m impressed! Is it a native MA car or a transplant? Mine is a native Texan, transplanted to MD in ’93. It was completely mangled when I got it, and if you look at the pictures I posted at Nash’s post, every piece of metal you see in the pictures is still mangled. As for rust, or lack thereof, I lucked out on this one.
A few winters ago, I put it on stands, and cleaned the grease-grim mix from the undercarriage. I didn’t ‘clock it,’ but it took about 3 months to complete. My guess is that I spent at least 200 to 300 hours, possibly longer. And cleaning it was a hell of more work a hell of a lot more work than “restoring it.” As you and others know, it’s an incredibly miserable job
