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Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:02 pm

Well, 99% of everyone knows I have this thing anyway.... so I figured I'd make a post about it.

My pan is damn near finished, I just need to finish Mark's bus up and get some $$ so I can order my brakes and get some spindles.

I'll throw up a few pics that Ive taken, but nothing major.

Did a Quick Chop on paint of this thing.... but its not gonna look anything like this anyway. :lol:

I chopped in the suspension and tag from my old vert and the right taillight from my old squareback. :moon:

I'll update this eventually!

Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:02 pm

Sold old pics from when my buddy Derrick had it.

Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:11 pm

that is as fresh as subway, cant wait to see it driving

Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:49 pm

aussiebug70 wrote: that is as fresh as subway

:?:

I can't keep track of all your builds. 8) Good lookin' car.

Thu Apr 17, 2008 7:53 pm

you should be finishing your Oval ya bastage!!

Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:02 pm

Looks kinda rusty,You might want to crush that one and get a New bettle vert :roll:

Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:24 am

VOODOOKING wrote: you should be finishing your Oval ya bastage!!

In time young Padawan..... :lol:

Thanks for all the props everyone, I hope to have it going here in a few more weeks... THEN its time for the Oval. :x

Fri Apr 18, 2008 8:28 am

Lee. wrote: aussiebug70 wrote: that is as fresh as subway

:?:

The sammich

Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:53 pm

Looks good man. I forgot what you said you were doing with this. restoration or rustoration?

Mon Apr 21, 2008 6:40 pm

Concours' Resto! :shock:

Nah not really, but It will most likely be the nicest thing I have, until the Oval is done.

Right now Im just waiting on some Flo so I can buy my brake parts and get this pan to roller status..... :x After that its smooooth sailin'.

Mon Apr 21, 2008 7:13 pm

that thing is tities man...... :shock: you said a restro..... :shock: i dont believe that .. :lol:

Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:29 pm

ONLY Restored by my low standards..... :lol:

Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:32 pm

Meddle work, Meddle work.... These pics are horrible, but you get the idea. Patch panels arent finished, but alteast they are in now.

Get them grind down, welded a little more and then I can dolly it around a bit. 8) The flash has it looking like the panel I made has a flat, sharp edge to it.... it really doesnt. :?

The area behind the wheel looked worse than this, but I patched it up a few days ago, when I was camera-less.

Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:06 pm

Sam,.. ya feelin' ok there, buddy?? I see yer patching up rust :lol:

Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:47 pm

Whats up next, youre setting it back to standard height and repainting it the original color?? :lol: :lol:

Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:37 am

Well.... the fenders were just flappin' in the wind on this pile, so I had to do something. I just figured I'd patch them up and make them decent. I'll post up better pics once I fool with it some more.

And Rusty67, You got one of those right. 8)

Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:28 pm

Looks good,Don't feel bad I'm doing a body swap on mine to fix some rust.Rust is so 2007 :wink:

Thu Apr 24, 2008 8:21 pm

What did you decide to do with pans? Go with the glass ones?

Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:13 am

draginwagen wrote: What did you decide to do with pans? Go with the glass ones?

Yep, bulletproof limo glass.... I had them laying there and the real metal pans were gone, the drivers side was completely cut out by the previous owner.

The new Fiberglass pans are Fusor'd in and they definately arent going anywhere! All I need to do is Fab up some outer seat tracks, get them on and the pan is ready for paint.

Sat Apr 26, 2008 8:49 am

Here are some new pics..

The pan came with these fiberglass floorpans, so I decided to go ahead and use them. The drivers side pan was already cut out and the other was junk.
We glued them in with Fusor Glass to metal glue, that shit is tough as nails.
I also cut off the lower part of the panhead and capped it off.

Here are the outer seat tracks I made up. Already tried the seats in there and they fit like new.