Painting misc parts and a little work done 6.19.2010

Finally started fitting more sheet metal..It's a long way away. I get all day tomorrow (Fathers day) to work on the car. Hopfully I can get the trunk piece tacked in and the outer wheel house tacked in place and the full qtr panel fitted to go in. Gonna be a long day of trial and error.

Found this little hidden gen today. Was able to weld it up..now how am I gonna get it ground down...dremel might actually come in handy.

Love the vinegar...parts come out looking pretty good after soaking for a long time. Painted up nicely.

Messed up the order so here are misc travel and repair pics.

Here is where I am currenty at..as of 6.13.2010

Well I got the new rear lower panel all welded up on the tail lamp panel. Also got the new left rear rail put in all welded up. Only on the left side. kept the right intact to make sure I do it right. Getting ready to fit the trunk panel and outer wheel house. Need to do a little quarter panel fitting first and clamp it in place so I can fit the wheel house to the quarter than the trunk panel to the wheel house...fun and games but making progress.

On to the heavy work...qrt panels, rear frame rails, outer wheel houses (before shots)

Well by looking at the pics you can see where I am at. A big jigsaw puzzle. Cam across a guy selling quarter panels on craigslist over the winter. So I called him up and visited him during one horrible snowstorm, got a left and right full quarter panels for 100 bucks the the pair. 2 rust free front fenders 50 for the pair, a pair of doors for 50, and a bunch of misc bumper brackets etc for 50 and oh yea a free mustang donor car (a 66) parted it out and make 800 bucks off that. Score.

Floor pan repair (after)

Thought I had more pics than this...guess not. Anyway I was happy how it all turned out.

Floor pan repair (after torn out)

Here are a few pics of the pans after they were torn out.

On to the floor pans...oh goody (before pics)

Well the floor pans were bad in the front and back, only good area was below the seat..LOL

Put in new floor length pans left and right and had to replace the right front frame rail extension. A lot easier than I thought.

New core support and right front inner fender

Well here is the first major sheet metal repairs. The core support and right front inner fender, gotta love that battery acid tearin things up. Got lucky that all the other metal was in good shape. Well at least for the cowl area. Both lower fenders and the headlight area buckets were junk as well as the front turn signal lights and lower valance. I have a lot more pics but you get the idea for now. I painted the engine bay and inner fenders hot rod black. I like how the color turned out.

A journey through the past year

Well I've been working on this on and off for the past year. From the trip up to Michigan my son and I took to get the car to where I am now a year later. Funny how long it takes to get things done. Been making slow progress but at least it's progress. Came across some increadible deals over the past year as well. Always helps when you can save cash and get a lot of new parts. I'll try and post updates as I go.

Enjoy the build..