I looked at a lot of them and sadly many are in bad shape but after several months of looking I found a 1980 L 82 that has been completely restored and updated tastefully. 

Here are a few links to some photos I am not able to upload because I have no idea how to !

It has the ZZ4 Motor , performance trans and a 3.55 rear all done 1500 miles ago in 2007. The car also has a clean un-molsted frame , new fiberglass rear srping , shafts , U-joints control arms bushings and all other related rear suspension parts replaced new .  

Interior is all original car has 59k on her .  true dual exhaust new A/C compressor updated speedo that shows the 140 mph ,new gauges in dash and even the clock holds correct time. 

The last owner sadly passed after he had the car done . and he really did a great job leaving me little left to do except a few performance items. He chose to try to keep the oem look  under the  hood . I knowing it is not a numbers matching car have made a few changes to what he did.

I put in New Headers , New manga flows and a new 750 Holley to be rid of the overly rich running q-jet that had been redone at some point but just was not up to par after such a long storage. I also removed the EGR because a ZZ4 head cant use it . 

So thats the story , little long I guess but I love the car !! Even the cruse control works ! If I had to compare it to what it was when it rolled off the line i would say aside from performance improvements the car is 90% correct to its original. Drives like new and I plan on hanging onto this one for a while ! 

And again thanks for the welcome to all that posted !! 

And beware , I am shopping for fast burn heads , cam , and intake lol.. So the 440hp guy has some company 

 

Barry