Nice find Alan! I hadn't seen that, and I'm a big JB fan (I've seen him 6 or 7 times) But rest and be Lazy?! Ain't nobody got time for that!!!!! (Well, once in a while, but usually no. Gotta get while the gettin's good) Thanks Benny. I too find the differences in car cultures interesting. The fact of the matter in this case is if I had to farm all of this out, their is no way I could afford to have this car the way I want it. The only way I can do it is in house. That said, the final paint job won't be done here. I think I'm going to edge everything in, but for the "make it pretty" part, that's going to be done elsewhere (although I will have my hands in on that process as well). Thanks Joe! Im really glad folks are enjoying the thread. To be honest, I was a bit unsure what kind of response I would get when I started this thread. The fact that there are so many nice cars on this board and this is more a grass roots effort with nonprofessional skills in nonprofessional facilities, I thought it may not get as positive of a response. Its kinda a little fish in a big pond so to speak. But I really appreciate the kind words from everybody. I'm building the car for me, but its nice people appreciate and acknowledge the work that's gone into it. As we get closer to the payoff, I feel more and more confident the end result is going to meet and probably exceed my initial goals!
I really hate transmissions.. And see?? After all this time of worrying and me bugging you to start a thread, and it' all turned out fine!
That's why I posted it buddy .. Im a HUUUGE Hammond B3 organ fan and watched 3 versions of Deep Purple doing Lazy and then JB's version popped up on the 'tube play list so I thought I'd give you some music to block-sand to :beers2:
I wouldn't say I was worried, just didn't know what to expect. I dig a lot of the stuff he's done with Glenn Hughes. Black country communion puts down some tasty grooves!! And now for something completely different!!! Getting it in primer was nice, but I needed to bolt some stuff on and get away from the bodywork for a minute. So I had had the core support sandblasted And painted it (which is kinda like bodywork..... Dang it) Also decided to pull the dash apart now (with the interior still out) and replace the heater core as a preemptive strike. Ewww.... And install the a/c delete plate Side note, there will be vintage air going in this car eventually. The keen eyes on this board surely caught that the gauge cluster had been removed. Figured since the dash was half dismantled anyway, why not go for the gusto and take this opportunity to replace the auto speedometer with a correct 4 speed unit and replace the delete plate with a repro dash tach. As modeled by barkers beauties {rejects} otherwise known as Taulbee and jake And reinstalled Oh yeah, and 40 days and counting....
On my phone and can see the pics. Looks like you've made a lot of progress and looking great. Where did you get your valve covers?
Good call on the preemptive strike on the core support .. I didn't do that when I fluffed up BigRed back in '99 and it was the first thing to go about a month out of paint and assy :af::spank: .. I had a shop doing my work and was kinda pissed afterwards that he didn't suggest it in the first place
Glad you can see the pics! The valve covers are from TA Performance The very first thing I had to do to this car after buying it at the ripe old age of 15 was a heater core replacement. Talk about a rude introduction! But I kept in the back of my mind that I wanted to replace it while the front end was off and the the interior was still out. Made things WORLDS easier. And good thing too, because the one that was in there was not long for this world.
Well, we're about caught it to current events, and I'm officially turning up the wick. If I've got any hope, this thing needs to get to paint within a month, preferably 3 weeks. So we grabbed the fenders and started scheming. Unfortunately I'm kinda stuck using the notoriously crappy front fender patches. Oh well, gotta make it work. So we laid everything up using what was left of the fender. Side note: please excuse the quagmire that is the barn. It's a complete mess at the moment, cleaning it up this week is on the to do list! Here's what was left And here's what we laid up And start cutting as straight as possible (good thing I don't drink a lot of coffee...) Turned out it was a pretty straight cut! Clamped it up And struck an arc The clamps were removed and the rest was welded. Taulb then dove in with the weld buster And it was smooth A test fit It isn't perfect, but its workable! And to be honest, we were both pleases with the result given the lackluster patches. Time to celebrate with some frosty beverages! Resto powered by Yuengling...
The passenger side inner fender got a patch welded in (typical under battery tray rust spot). The drivers side isn't bad at all, but a few holes are a little jagged. Gonna fab up a few small pieces for that side. As far as the insides of the fenders shown here, we're still massaging the contours but once they're correct I'll be welding in new bracing on the back side of each one.
Sorry yes the bracing on the back side of the fender is what I would like to see and know what you guys used to fix it because I don't think the inner bracing is re-popped is it? Great thread can't wait to see how it turns out! Derek
They actually do repop the fender bracing. If you look in the second picture down where I'm showing the fender, you can see one of the braces on the floor.
Heck yeah! I heard a lot of "if you're going this far, change it to red/black/silver" etc. Although I admit those are all more desirable and traditionally "prettier" colors, I wanted to stick with a legit popular of the time period color (and truth be told I've always had a thing for green as weird as that makes me). "Resale red" would up the appeal, but as said before, I'm building this one for me and me only. Plus the nickname wouldn't stick if I changed the color....
Love his thread ! I am also getting toward the end of my build. I started on my 71 GS 350 mid year of 2013. I have my car in my son's automotive repair shop and have access to a lot of tools and space to work in. Gone through a lot of the same processes as you guys have. The quarter panel on the passenger side had been in an accident and there was quite a bit of bondo in it. I chose to replace the whole panel as I needed a new rear window anyways. I had to do a fender and brace patch on the passenger side. The pics you have shown have brought back memories of what I encountered along the way. I am at the point of getting someone to apply paint. I realize that process is not in my wheelhouse. Can't wait to get it done so I can get back on the road ! Keep up the good work and keep having fun ! JB
Thanks gents, glad youre enjoying the adventure so far! I took a brief break from fenders as my new radiator showed up. Box was a little banged up which was concerning, but luckily it was just a few minor bent fins. Still was a wee bit agitated, but not worth dealing with the headache to make a claim. Its a griffin 2 core unit, hopefully should do the job. I installed it on the core support, took a good amount of modifying the cushions to fit. The darn thing is so fat it sticks out from the upper plate! I'm running a ford Taurus 2 speed electric fan, so luckily shroud fit and fan clearance is a non-issue. Speaking of which, fan installed. Then it was to the drivers side fender. It needed to be cut/patched above the body line (much higher than the drivers side unfortunately) so I expected it to be a bit tougher to fit up. It was a little bit, but overall not too bad. The process was otherwise the same. Cut and clamped. It was welded up and put on. The bottoms of these patches don't match the contour of the rocker panels too well (see: hardly at all) but that's the beauty of metal, we'll address that issue later. With the fenders sitting on the car for the first time in 5 years, we decided what the heck, let's set the hood on and get ourselves a shot of motivation! And it was motivating! But still much to do, and as of this post, 30 days to do it....
Love this thread. I'd go with the green color as well. Only other color to go with the green interior would be white. New cars now come with a lot of seventies colors especially brown and chocolate colors. So that green is going to be a classic.
30 days is not a lot of time..but it sure looks nice. you keep cutting all that rust out, just call it "hulk" with that engine you can get away with it. :TU:
Yeah, a color change never really was an option i considered. I wanted that time period look. And I too have noticed more old school colors making a comeback, and I like it!! Nope, 30 days isn't much! But I'm confident I can make it happen, and if it doesn't I'll have only me to blame. I actually spoke with Aaron (who's doing the paint) Thursday and told him to plan on me dropping it off the first weekend in April, so now I've gotta live up to that! He said he'll be ready to go as soon as its in his booth and it should be a one week turnaround. This ones gonna be close!! Oh, and as far as the nickname "hulk", it may fit but it'll always be the "rusty hulk" to me. But I did pick up this keychain for it I saw today....
