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Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:40 am

I've been doing a video log on the restoration of my 72 Fastback for the last year or so on you tube. Thought I would share some of them here. My first car. Dad bought it new in Oct of 72 when I was in Kindergarten. It was given to me when I started to drive. I took a lot of raging from my friends in high school for driving that car but but the more people made fun of it the more I liked it that's the way I am( I live in Alabama where muscle cars and pick-ups are king) . It was the car I learned how to drive on it. Me and my wife dated in it. Now it is time for me to restore it and share it with my kids and students.
http://youtu.be/w20Q3c6VdMA

http://youtu.be/5gIXEZsU6AQ

http://youtu.be/2PR5fguSW60

http://youtu.be/IljuowhXjSQ

http://youtu.be/vfUVU59z9wg

http://youtu.be/BL40FZcBkUw

http://youtu.be/hHhf42E93YY

http://youtu.be/1v3yLYy6Ny4

http://youtu.be/s8SEn89CLBw

http://youtu.be/rj_ekKElvwY

Oh yea I forgot here are the photos I took

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1294729764569.2038351.1120060951&l=dfa45ad9a0

Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:02 am

hey dad23boys the pics look great but the links for your videos do not seem to work. would love to see the videos! keep up the work can wait to see it finished!!!

Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:31 am

The links to the videos worked fine for me. I like that you are keeping it in the family.

Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:28 pm

@BrianD after you said it works i switched operating systems on my computer and now it works fine!! thanks again

Thu Jun 23, 2011 12:31 pm

Is that a 34 I spy in the bushes?

Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:07 pm

BrianD wrote: Is that a 34 I spy in the bushes?

Yes it is. It was one I found in a junk yard about 50 miles from where I live last year. Called about it a week later for someone who needed the headlights off it for his but they had already sent it to the crusher :cry:
The guy said he had it for 20 years and only sold a few parts off it and since he haled it off I was the 3rd person to call about it. Thanks for the good commits guys. Hope to have more progress to report on it after school starts back in August.

Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:32 am

Well it's been June since the last up date so here it is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ke96jPqaqI

Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:50 am

Very neat. I will never forget auto shop in high school, too bad it doesn't exist anymore. I was driving my 71 SB at that time. Teach those kids good.

Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:08 am

avesondm wrote: Very neat. I will never forget auto shop in high school, too bad it doesn't exist anymore. I was driving my 71 SB at that time. Teach those kids good.
Hey thanks. I drove this very car when I took auto mechanics at this same school when I was a student. Now I am blessed to teach this class. I guess you could say I am the MR Kotter of Auto mechanics. Sad that so many of these classed are dying off.

Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:28 pm

Well here is an up date for this week.

Dennis

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsYtzoWZSZc&saf...afe=active

Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:25 pm

Here is another update. The sound did turn out so good since my son worked the camera and was further away from it.

http://youtu.be/moyly3SeA54

Thu Feb 09, 2012 6:03 am

First coat of primer
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Thu Feb 09, 2012 11:55 am

Looks good Dennis. See if you can get them to shoot some epoxy into the engine air intakes, since you still have it open.

Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:09 pm

Bobnotch wrote: Looks good Dennis. See if you can get them to shoot some epoxy into the engine air intakes, since you still have it open.

lol I was just thinking the same thing as I was reading this thread but more along the lines of epoxy in every cavity.

That would be a project in itself :)

Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:35 pm

vlad01 wrote: Bobnotch wrote: Looks good Dennis. See if you can get them to shoot some epoxy into the engine air intakes, since you still have it open.

lol I was just thinking the same thing as I was reading this thread but more along the lines of epoxy in every cavity.

That would be a project in itself :)

Yes it would, as you'd have to clean every surface that you want the epoxy to stick to. I mainly try to get where I can, and on the back side of any and all patch panels (before they get welded on).

Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:36 pm

Bobnotch wrote: Looks good Dennis. See if you can get them to shoot some epoxy into the engine air intakes, since you still have it open.
Yes I will try to get that done. Its still solid there rust wise so would like to keep it that way.

Fri Feb 10, 2012 5:16 pm

This will be the last video update for a few weeks. I meant to say primer not paint.

Wed Mar 28, 2012 6:29 pm

Here is the latest up date

Wed Apr 18, 2012 7:02 pm

Got most of the engine parts in.

Thu May 24, 2012 5:46 pm

Is the latest up date