I would like to say WOW! Graet job, we are so spoiled here with easy access to even 73-77 Century Regal parts. It meens so much more since you have to MAKE everything.
thanx guy's :beer no i'm not in college anymore ( about half a year ago i was ) had to quit because of some personal reasons i was in college for car enigeneer i've already had an education to become a car mechanic that's why i'm not so afraid to take something apart p Greetz Lennard
:beers2: the body is almost rust free at this moment :grin: i've been working on the cowl, the roof pilar, and around the the rear window i hope to get the body in the epoxy primer by this or next week i still have to do a lot of snading because of some surface rust here are some more pictures :kodak: Greetz Lennard
Lennard I admire your work and your patience. Here in the USA there are very few body men that will do the kind of work you are doing and probably 75% of those will not take the time to do it right. What ever happened to your Capri? My first car was a 77 Capri Ghia. They inported them here from 1970-1977. I had a lot of fun in that car. I took my drivers test in it, drove it everywhere and had a bunch of parties in it. The hatchback was roomy when you put the rear seats down :Brow: Got away from the cops twice in it. Mine was a 2.8 V6 4 speed with a sun roof. Great engine but the rest of the car was not so good. In 2003 I decided I would pick one of my two cars to restore. I chose my Skylark and the Capri went to ebay. I got into Buicks because I wanted a winter beater so the Capri wouldn't see the snow and salt. You can see my second car and my first Buick in the background. I bought the Skylark for $125 from the guy across the street. Good luck with your Century. I bet it will be sweet. :beer
i'm currently still using the capri as a daily driver i've also had a lot of fun with it mine is a 2.0 4 banger with 5 speed from '79 im currently busy with maybe an american car as a daily driver so if that happens it will have to go :ball: Greetz Lennard
pfff, long time ago since i've posted some progress here well i've been out off the running for 6 weeks ( holiday to australia :moonu: ) before i went there i've put the body of the car in epoxy primer to prevent it from rusting. when if got back from my little holiday, i've maneged to seperate the body from the chassis so now it's truly a body off at this time i'm busy removing undercoating and maken the underside nice and clean i am also thinking about what to do with the chassis ( in terms of suspension and bushings and stuff ) at the moment. It's all gonna be replaced anyway or restored. here are some pics off the car in epoxy and with the body off the chassis Greetz Lennard
Lennard, two questions: 1. I saw the word "Boven" written in magic marker on a piece of sheet metal. What does that mean? 2. What is the black paint like stuff you are using under the sheet metal? Looks like POR 15 to me. Keep up the good work.
the word means that it's te top side of the panel it's written in dutch ( i"m dutch by the way :Smarty: ) The black panit is indeed por15 curently i'm busy with scraping off the undercoating of the body of the car :boring: Greetz Lennard
well time for a update again currently i've got all the undercoating off the car and i'm just cleaning the residu off the underside off the car also i've found quitte a lot of pinholes where the exhaust used to be however i can't see tru the floor so it must be double plates ( pain in the ass to replace ) i'm also finnishing off some of the more early weld's that i've done in the trunk ( witch aren't so great ) and just some other boring work like cleaning here some more pics of the nakes truth :bla: Regards Lennard
I'm very impressed with your work. You tackle jobs in a systematic way taking logical steps. I like the way you combine small patches into complex panels. The work around the rear windows is really impressive since there wasn't much left of the original to replicate. When you're finished you'll know this car is rust free and has some protection against future rust. Unfortunately corrosion protection wasn't a priority with cars of this era. As you found, the area under the rear window and under the cowl didn't have any paint or primer at all. The interior received a dusting of primer and paint, but nothing like the solid coat you gave it. Once you have the body fixed your way you can turn your focus to the mechanicals knowing body work won't be required for a long time. Amazing work. Thanks for sharing with us. John
Hey lennard, I think I got the same climate control in mine Century custom 76 only the airco unit has been removed. Hoses are still there! I'll put a picture of the inside here tommorow. Do you live somewhere near me in the netherlands? I live in Koudekerke in Zeeland. Greets, Marcel Alma
Hey lennard, I think I got the same climate control in mine Century custom 76 only the airco unit has been removed. Hoses are still there! I'll put a picture here tommorow. Do you live somewhere near me in the netherlands? I live in Koudekerke in Zeeland. Greets, Marcel Alma
