here i start work on the right side lower quarter. i am going to hand make the part of the panel i need to save money. i will have to fix the inner fender as well there is some rot there... here are some photos
here is some pic of a friends car that will be at mecum in FL. it`s a AMC rambler scrambler all numbers car . he has been working day and night for two months 7 days a week,this car was all apart and blasted around halloween. i was just over there today(1/17/2013) and he was still working on it. the car needs to be in FL. by sunday,two of them are out of here in the a.m. two cars going down the amc and a 32 nash i`ll post pic of that as well.
Ray, Nice work so far. I'm looking forward to more pictures! I have a customer that owns a 1972 Stage 1 4 Speed car with only 33,000 miles on it! We will be starting a full resto soon although it doesn't need much. It's 1 of 9 painted in Seamist Green so worthy of bringing it up to snuff! Matching #'s top to bottom as well. Should be a fun car to restore. I assume your car had a vinyl top ? It would be 1 of 11 or less then depending on what color the top was. Keep the pictures coming!
hi todd ya the car was and will be a vinyl top light green 1 of 6 . funny,i run into a guy that lives in NH. one state over from me that has a 48G (hunter green, green vinyl top)72 stage 1 so 2 of the 6 are here in new england..would like to see pic of your customs build. i love working on them and love to see pic of people working on there cars,. i drive my wife nuts about gs`s good to come on here and see peoples work and get out of her hair. most guys sit on computer and watch porn i look at buicks.ou:
The car looks grate. Making me want to do a frame off, Of course im only 16 and thier is no way in h#*l I could afford that. How much id the sand blasting cost. If I ever did a frame off I would definetly have to sand blast it, My car is very rusty.
it cost me 600.00 to have just the body blasted,i still need to have the frame,hood ,trunk lid, doors and fenders done. frame i will do my self. the AMC scrambler i have pic up of cost 1500.00 for 100% of the car.
Not to hijack the thread but how and where do you guys find the #s of how many of a certain combination was built?? I have a 72 GS 350 4 speed seamist green w white vinyl top and white interior, spoke to sloan received my paperwork but when I asked how many of my combination existed they couldn't give me a answer, anybody know??? Btw congrats on the clean bill of health, lost my dad to lung cancer 18 years ago, he was a Buick guy too, wish he could have seen how I turned out and my cars too...
Well i`m back at it, I just put a new compressor in It`s a 5hp 80gal,17cfm,love it ,here are some pic of work done on the buick..
Here`s a grill i have been working on from time to time. ready for paint after little more sanding..:ball:
I used the cardbord to space out my lines just moved the body line down five inches. this way i can make my cuts the same ,works great. No need to make it harder then it is..
Here you can see the inerfender has some rot so i rebuilt it 2nd pic did not come out good so i will put up a new one when i get time. The last pic is from in side the wheel well.
Great work ray!!! Love the 72's myself I have a 18 inch 7 blade fan for u if u still need it ,boxed up ready to go!! Let me know
Really great work Ray, your metal fab work is amazing! Glad you beat cancer, your attitude is awesome. I'm really appreciating the pics of the floor pan. I thought I was doing a quick interior resto on my car with "new" floor pans. When I lifted the carpet I found rust forward of the new pan on the passenger side so now I'll be learning how to fit & weld the patch in, the pics really help.
Thanks Ray, I just may take you up on the offer. I don't do body work let alone fab work but I've always wanted to learn. It's not only skill but art as far as I'm concerned, I turn wrenches but some of you create masterpieces.
