Thanks fellas! It's an exciting new project for sure.. as though I need anymore.
BUT I can work this one on and off on the side. I split it last night and popped the gear cover and found...cubs-n-bxrs called it. Water and gear lube and very rusty mechanisms. I'm going to clean them up as good I can and try to get them out to really give them a good polishing assuming they arent pitted beyond useability. If not there is a fairly smashed 102 nearby thats really cheap that might have a good trans or I may see if anyone here has some spare internals. As far as I can tell all the gears look ok. Clean shiny teeth, none missing and they all turn smooth with no chunkiness or clunkiness. I think just the shifter rods and mechanism are whats bad.
I had no idea the round fenders were so popular. I will admidt I think they are pretty cool and very stylish. These are in really good shape too. No rust, no dents, no creases. They do appear to have holes as though it may have had the optional lights.
I also found a ballast resistor (mopar style) hiding under the battery tray on the left outside. My 147 has no such that I have seen. I've been reading up on that a little. Not since my 74 cuda have I had to deal with one of these little jerks. Always kept a couple spares in the glovebox.
The rest of the wiring is pretty hacked up. I think I'll pull it all and just make up a new harness.
Does anyone know if the GM style screw in side posts were normal on these 100's? That's what mine has as of now. I prefer a normal clamp but I'll go original.
I have 2 trains of thought on this one.
1: Restore and redo it all oem with the correct paint and sell it to fund other ones.
2: restomod it again with all oem paints and looks BUT give it a kick in the pants and make a fun little puller out of it.
I wasn't as interested in it at first but it is quickly growing on me. Sigh... the sickness got me again.
More pics to come!