Today was a VERY productive day! I had some help from everyone, it seemed. Family, club members, and friends from several different worlds came out and gave me a hand in the body drop festivities The entire setup had to be scooted over to the center of the garage about 2 feet, so out came the chassis. The body was nearly touching the wall on one side, and there wasn't any way we could squeeze over there. Body scooted over...chassis goes back in. Steering is always a challenge. No action shots...it took everyone we had to maneuver the braces out of the way and carefully lower the body to line up the front mount holes. The firewall is obnoxiously close to the engine in some spots, so we had to be careful not to break the throttle linkage (again). Woot! ...another obligatory goofball shot...
Adam, your work is beautiful. Even though this car is 120% different than mine, it inspires me. Thank you, Louie
I'm going to get the interior sheet metal cleaned up and painted, then move to....body work. Oh the humanity!
Really coming along Adam! Getting the body back on is a big milestone, and I am sure a big motivator too! :TU:
Hah! I'm driving Paul Meyer's 63 Wildcat convertible to the Easter show. I had already paid for a spot, but since then, have been carless.
I haven't had much time to work on the car lately...those 60+ hour weeks are not conducive to progress here. Over the last couple days, I've done a few things... I pulled out the chrome dash control cluster to see if it would clean up without having a rechrome. I believe I succeeded. This piece looks good enough without $$$ in rechroming. I had to disassemble those parts with the plastic inserts so I could clean up and polish the plastic. There was a lot of dust and old chrome polish in the cracks of these dealies. Same story with the A/C control. I've had the gas tank sitting in the back of my Yukon for 2 weeks in an attempt to get it to the blaster, and finally got it there on Saturday. I picked it back up this afternoon and cleaned it out, and mounted it. Turned out nice. Pictures don't do it justice.
Car's really nice coming together Adam. That dash piece looks great. Just curious what you use for chrome and/or plastic polish?
I'm curious (as I'm doing mine)... On your tank, what finish is that silver looking paint ? Clear coat ?
Hi Adam, Congratulation, you are doing a awesome job on your beauty. I am doing a 58' Special I 've got in parts and cut up. Now there are some parts missing. My biggest headache at the moment is a missing bracket for the steering column to dashboard mount. Do you have a chance, to make a picture of that? Thanks and keep up your real good work. Wolf
Smartin, I am guessing that you are not married, by your amazing progress on the car and the lack of any discernible furrowed brow in any of your people shots. All smiles. I love my Mrs. more than the world but family life really does force you to make certain trade-offs in the level of detail that you put into your project. . Your project shows an absolutely amazing work ethic and attention to detail. You should be extremely proud.
