While I am glad this worked out for you and these cars are going to be restored, those guys would be near the bottom of my list to have work on cars of such historical significance. Don't get me wrong, as I like watching them, but their primary motive is to minimize effort and $$$ put into the project to maximize turnaround speed and profit. Back in high school auto shop, we referred to a working style like theirs as "Mickey Mouse".
Thankfully they are much better than those clowns over at Desert Car Kings (for instance), but personally I wish these two cars were being restored by somebody like Scott Tiemann who would take the time and effort to do them right.
I agree. I don't know how these clowns get access to these vehicles and all of the true experts of the field get left out of the equation. You mentioned Scott Tiemann, I would have liked to have seen Jim Mattison and PHS (Pontiac Historical Services) involved somehow. PHS's work on the 4,000 original mile Ram Air II Green Gen 1 Firebird was nothing short of amazing, as was their work on the 1976 T/A that sold for $200k plus at the Mecum action this year.
Is Scott the guy with the 1969 TA convertible (white with blue stripes)? If so, I met him at an acclaimed auto show he brought his car to a while back.
