I posted earlier once I had a rolling chassis and if you haven't seen it here it is...http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=136085&highlight=61+Invicta+project Soon this body will be on that chassis and be a true roller.then the body work really begins!!ou: Here is an update on the body......boy does it need a lot of body work but its coming along. I am doing a lot of the metal work while it's on the rotisserie. Here are a few before and "during" pictures. Please let me know what you think and any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.:beers2: If you look in the background of one of the pictures you can see my donor car...61 Buick LeSabre 2 door hardtop I picked up for a couple hundred bucks....saved if right off the back of the truck taking to the crusher. :laugh: Thanks, Rob
look'n good so far... where did you get the floorpans, or did you make them yourself? I've always loved the look of that year.. must be the glass wes
I got the floor pans from http://www.classicfabrication.com/ They were a great start but needed a lot of "persuading" to get them to fit. :laugh: I think if I had to do it again I would make them from scratch. Rob
Sweet! Have you decided on what kind of insulation/sound deadner you are going to use? I have been tossing around the lizard skin spray on stuff, rather than mess with the hastle of "cut and tape" with all the contours. Erik
Hey Rob - Looking good buddy. Floor pans came out nice. Tooo bad the only one who can appreciate that work is the person you run over:bla: . Next time some 20 Ga. and a bead roller and you can do your own. My next tool purchase will be a bead roller/shear combo. $600 but if you have to fab panels well worth the $$. That is off in the future for me thanks to the folks in the oil companies- they have made me tap into my fun money just so I can get back and forth to work!:af:
Erik, I had never heard of Lizard Skin until now but I went to their web site and I too am thinking about giving it a try. I was going to go the Hush Mat route but now I don't know......:idea2: I am going to do a little more research. Has anyone used this product or something similar? Rob
Tony, Do you have a shear/bead roller in mind that you are looking at? I was thinking about a shear but if I can get a good combo all the better. Thanks, Rob
Rob, It's great to see projects making progress. My Invicta is patiently waiting in line for me to have the appropriate shop / time / money to treat her right. Unlike yours, mine is all Cordovan in colour. Good luck and keep us posted on progress...at least I can live vicariously through you for now.
