After 3 long years, a project finally get's painted

Thanks for the compliments

I replaced the driver's quarter, which was a first for me, and I'm really happy with the way it turned out.
The rest of the bodywork mainly consisted of bumping dent's, hammer&dolly work, and lot's of block sanding.

I'll post more pics as we put it back together.

 

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Uh Dave, try a column shifted three speed, with one bad leg!
{Can he drive a four speed, not just girlie-boy automatics.} :3gears:
The car and the shop look great, I am looking forward to seeing it maybe at Martin next year.
Frank/Pegleg
57 "F" code Ford Custom 300

 

:grin: Good point on the "3 on the tree' cars. :TU:

 

Wow ! I like the color - Keep us posted with more pics.

 

Nice Tom! :TU: Will it be ready for Stanton 07?.

 

Another great looking car from the Three Rivers Gang! Tom, you simply amaze me with the work that you and your Dad turn out! I can't wait to see it and hopefully view it in my rearview mirror at the track! :3gears:

 

ditto what Rusty said. well, except for the rearview mirror part since I don't have a car ready for Stanton yet ..... or do I :Brow:

 

Looks like it's going to be a keeper. ... a keeper, Tom. Tom? Toooomm!?

 

up,up, and away!!!!!

Now we can officially call it a body-off resto project.

 

Would have been just another body on resto, but....

Michigan winter's, and the salt truck's aren't nice to metal :ball:
Actually, this car sat outside for years in tall grass/weed's.

 

other damage

Other vehicle's running into you aren't good for your frame either ou:

The car was rear-ended in the mid to late 70's, and had to have the rear bumper replaced,and a full GM NOS passenger quarter replaced. And also had some high tech frame repair ou: ou: ou: ou: ou:

 

This fixes that last mess.

This should take care of our troubles after cleaning and painting the floor pans with a coat of Satin Black. :TU: That's all for now.

 

VERY VERY NICE :TU: No reason why we won,t see that at Stanton. :3gears: Were you able to fix the frame or did you find another?

 

Replaced

We found a nice clean donor frame.

 

Exactly 1 month later........

1 month from the day we pulled the body from the old frame, today we dropped the body onto it's new frame.

 

another

 

underside

 

another from down under p

 

And....Bryan(the painter) showed up and started doing a little buffing.
Look's nice :TU:

 

Very, very NICE :TU: Excellent work as well. Have a soft spot for silver cars for some reason.