I've been meaning to post some info and pix of my long term T/A project.
I could probably write a novel about the car since I've had it over 30 years now , but I'll try to keep the ancient history of it brief and concentrate more on its current restoration.
I bought the car when I was a junior in high school, in late 1978, after looking for a T/A or an AAR. Just in time for the worst winter around here in history! What a dumb choice for a car...
Its motor had just been rebuilt, it had a little rust, and the rear tires were bald, but it looked nice and it was in my price range. Luckily it died a few weeks after I bought it (fouled plugs, no thermostat). So it sat under a snowbank until spring, otherwise I probably would have destroyed it in short order.
Around the time I graduated HS, I had some rust repair done and a repaint, and not long after that I replaced the cragars with a set of ralley wheels. A guy pulled up next to me at an intersection one day and offered to sell me a set of window louvers for it, which was an option I really wanted on my car.