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New to this site, bought a 72 GTO and have some questions You can visit this link to see the "story" of the purchase: http://www.chevelles.com/forums/showthread.php?t=782370

Ok, so I inspected the car a lot closer yesterday, found a few minor things I'll need to fix. Here is the full album of pics of the car: http://imgur.com/a/NvOUg

So it's been over 20 years since I worked on a car of this vintage in terms of wiring, my first issue is in this pic http://i.imgur.com/kjfOnXi.jpg

Last night Googling I learned that this is the AC compressor fuse and not a resistor. http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-C-COMPRESS...9b11b6&vxp=mtr Does that entire wire harness I am holding there belong to the AC circuit? Can I just remove that wiring for now?

This connector (http://i.imgur.com/jZ7pkY7.jpg, http://i.imgur.com/JJlR6JU.jpg) was hanging down by the transmission on the passenger side. Is that for the oil pressure idiot light?

The next issue is the reverse lights are not working. Google search tells me the switch is on the steering column right before the firewall?

The next issue is the vacuum modulator. The nipple on the module points pretty much right at the exhaust. http://i.imgur.com/zjvwmjM.jpg Sorry for the blurry pic, I had a wide angle lens on my camera and the auto focus would not always focus on what I wanted, it was too hard to manual focus while lying on the driveway.

It seems I remember those modulators coming in a version with a 90 deg nipple on them, anyone know where I can get one? That might not make sense as if they did you'd not be able to adjust the diaphragm. Maybe I can buy a piece of hose molded into a tight 90 degree bend? Like that hard plastic tubing on the newer vehicles...

The next issue is all the ball joint boots are popped/torn. http://i.imgur.com/jJYXwif.jpg For now I can just grease them, but I will want to replace all the ball joints eventually.

The car seems to have a lot of new parts on it like a new power steering gearbox http://i.imgur.com/wBJEZKO.jpg and a new Pypes stainless exhaust system http://i.imgur.com/S0S3RqQ.jpg

I won't be using the washer pump anytime soon. http://i.imgur.com/BWnkDFz.jpg

I don't even see a washer fluid reservoir anywhere... It's a shame, I had a box full of those style wiper motor/washer pumps in my Dad's garage. he took them to the scrap yard like a year ago on me...

Gee, this doesn't look like an original console door lol. http://i.imgur.com/proqBov.jpg

I assume there is supposed to be some kind of insert in the console here for storage? http://i.imgur.com/2htqXM6.jpg

The headliner falling down is probably the worst part about the interior. http://i.imgur.com/hjYChGB.jpg Also looks like there are some trim pieces missing from the corners of the glass at the back of the package tray?

Should there not be clips to hold up the shoulder belts? http://i.imgur.com/waMkUcb.jpg

The previous owner took out the seatbelts as they were somewhat rough, I was going to put them back in but they are quite rusty and didn't want to just bolt them on to the new carpet. I guess I may look into getting a set of new seatbelts. Where is the best place to get those?

The steering wheel is in very rough shape, someone tried their best to "fix" it, but I may need to look into trying to find a nice used original. http://i.imgur.com/GlK2py7.jpg - I've been Googling, I can't find out what steering wheel this is, seems as it originally had molded foam rubber over a steel core. Then I read that the correct steering wheel for a 72 GTO has 2 spokes not 3, I'm quite confused.

The next issue is an oil leak from the front of the oil pan. It looks like someone put rtv on both side of the gasket when building the motor and the gasket squirted out in one spot, that's kind of a rookie mistake http://i.imgur.com/FDcziFN.jpg It's not a very big leak so I'm going to leave it for now.

Last but not least is I hear a vacuum leak under the dash. I assume there is something from the climate control under there that is vacuum actuated?

So, there are a lot of little issues with the car, but all in all it's quite solid.

Oh yeah, it unfortunately looks like the rear bumper is a repo.

I know this is a lot of questions for a new guy, but I'll greatly appreciate any help!