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Thomas -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:29 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [fgf] Question regarding second gen T/A First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Hello again. I know this isn't a first gen question, but it's close. I'm hoping someone on this list has had an experience similar to mine and can lend me some advice. I have a '78 Trans Am that isn't in the best of shape -- but it's not a total basket case either. I'm out of room in the garage, so it sits outside awaiting its turn. This spring it has already sat through a fairly heavy and extended downpour. When I got in the car today to start it (I try to fire it up every few weeks), the floors were very wet. There were water puddles in the front floor on both sides, and water under the floormat in the left rear (but not the right rear). The transmission tunnel was dry, and I could not find any sign of water in either door jamb, around either window, or on the headliner. The "nearly vertical" part of the floor where your feet go were dry too. The floorpans are still solid (looking from the bottom, anyway), and I hadn't driven the car so I'm sure the water didn't go "up" into the floor. Over the years the car has been in three fairly hard accidents -- twice the car went over curbs -- and repaired each time. Is it possible that the body was twisted enough to break some welds loose? (BTW it's a hardtop -- no T-tops.) Or are there places on the firewall that tend to leak? Or vents behind the kick panels that tend to leak? Or something else? Anybody on the list had a similar experience? Thanks! Wayne in OKC. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store>
