Hello, I'm new here... first post. I've always wanted a TA and finally picked one up a few months back. I had seen it parked in someone's carport. After asking around I finally met the owners and eventually struck a deal. 2500.00
Car runs and drives, but, it needs just about everything. Paint, interior, rubber seals, it goes on and on. I don't think it has the original 403 in it but a replacement 403. I still haven't figured out how to check to see if the #'s are "matching" or not. Maybe someone can help me with that. It does have 4-wheel disc brakes which is a plus. I don't think it's the WS6 package though. It has T-Tops as well. Other than that, it seems pretty standard.
On the bright side, I haven't found much rust if any so far. Just lots of back road dust and some light surface rust here and there. Time will tell... I live just outside of Boise Idaho. They don't use salt on the roads here as far as I can tell, so, I'm sure that has helped things. Not a lot of records on the car, so, not sure where it was born or where it has lived all these years. I'd like to know.
I recently finished building a shop (48'x30') and now have lots of space to work on this car.
I have 2 boys, 7 and 11. I'm hoping to make this a fun father/son project.
At this point, we've just started tearing down the exterior of the car and plan to work on the body and under carriage of the car first. Then will come the interior. Last will be the drive train (since it already runs and drives "ok"). I'm flexible on all of this, but that is my thought at this point.
I'll post some pics next and keep this thread going as I progress on this.
I look forward to learning more from this site and all of you!