Current state

So as of now, here is where we sit. The last few things remaining are bleeding the brakes and mounting the gas tank. Really. Now it's still nowhere near finished and that will probably take years but at least it's on the road - or damn close.

Back that blog up

So giddy I was when it was getting so close to firing up I had to forgo the blog for the past week or so and get it done. The last post was the first start vid after dropping the distributor in. The car runs a bit better now after some tuning and I will be sure to post another video soon enough but for now, here is what you've missed.

The aftermath of the floor debacle last week, this was after I started scraping the goop off

But that got finished and re-coated

I still had one door to finish so I did that as well.

Need something to sit on and not willing to put too much time in this portion right now so here is the best I could do in 3 hours





Moments before putting body to frame....  

Hi-Res pics available here

I know I owe an update - but I was busy getting the car road ready. I did take a bunch of pics and will update with the work that was done during this 30 day thrash but for now - here is a video.

The first real setback

I don't have any pictures of this one, was just too disgusted when it happened. The paint & body work is complete and the car is sitting in base coat - that's the good. Once I removed the masking, I started to lay down the bedliner coating for the floor, here comes the bad...

Everything went on well, however a few minutes later it started bubbling and peeling - it had a reaction to the black paint that I had already applied to the floor and everything just basically peeled off in sheets. What was left was some nasty, rubbery goop. I will be cleaning that all up tonight and hopefully starting that section over and with some luck I don't have to re-do too much of the completed paint work.

The home stretch

A great deal of work was done this past weekend, some not in pictures as it's just bits and pieces of finishing work. I finalized the wiring harness, made& installed the rest of the brake lines, made & installed the fuel line, finished up headlights and actually finished up the rest of the sheetmetal work - yes really. I still have some odds and ends to do over time but the major creation of a body is completed.

Finished up the seat area metal.

First coat on cowl, some body filler on passenger side



Loading up the cowl



And last but not least, the first layer of color.

Rear panel

The last piece to making my jigsaw body was the lower rear panel. Not much else to describe about it, cut, weld, sand fill. Which seems to have happened alot around here. I didn't take too many pics of this one, just wanted to get it out of the way.

Left rear

I finished the metalwork on the left rear quarter and started on body filler, I plan on wrapping up this entire side of the car by Friday and the other by the end of the weekend. I added the lower bead and axle arch support made of strap steel and hammered out the bottom corner radius.