'65 GS Backhalfed with a Special 4door

[Paintworks]

Thought you all would like this. We have a '65 GS 4-speed that was a little "worked over" So, we took a clean '65 Special 4door and bred the two. the result is a solid '65 GS!!!

[Joe65SkylarkGS]

Sean? What did you do exactly? use the rear section of a 4 dr? The quaters and rear panel?

[wkillgs]

Originally Posted by Joe65SkylarkGS

Sean? What did you do exactly? use the rear section of a 4 dr? The quaters and rear panel?

Looks that way....lower quarters and trunk. see the 4 dr donor part in the top row on the right....
The rear panel from the GS looks like it was saved.
Nice Job!

But what was used the the front lower half of the quarter?....one of the door panels?

[Bent Rod]

Nicely done.

[Paintworks]

Originally Posted by Joe65SkylarkGS

Sean? What did you do exactly? use the rear section of a 4 dr? The quaters and rear panel?

Well, we used the trunk floor, drop offs, lower quarters and partial wheel houses from the special. Welded the entire unit into the GS. We then used the rear door skins from the Special for the front half of the quarters. Worked out well. It is a lot of work But now there isn't that full inch of fill in the quarters like there was.

[Ol' Yeller]

That's nothin'. I'm in the process of saving an entire '65 4 door Skylark!!

[Paintworks]

Originally Posted by Ol' Yeller

That's nothin'. I'm in the process of saving an entire '65 4 door Skylark!!

Well if you need some 4dr pahtz let me know! (minus the back of the car)

[Joe65SkylarkGS]

Originally Posted by Ol' Yeller

That's nothin'. I'm in the process of saving an entire '65 4 door Skylark!!

Now that's how you really save a 4 dr. LOL

[Joe65SkylarkGS]

Originally Posted by Paintworks

Well, we used the trunk floor, drop offs, lower quarters and partial wheel houses from the special. Welded the entire unit into the GS. We then used the rear door skins from the Special for the front half of the quarters. Worked out well. It is a lot of work But now there isn't that full inch of fill in the quarters like there was.

You know it sucks that it's come down to sacrificing a whole car just to get quaters.

Nice job Sean.

[gatkins2004]

Love that pic of the 4door puffin smoke with the tail cut off....great for my pic collection!

Gary

[Paintworks]

Originally Posted by gatkins2004

Love that pic of the 4door puffin smoke with the tail cut off....great for my pic collection!

Gary

[rmstg2]

The dog don't look to happy he must have liked the 4 door

Bob H.

[buick64203]

Nice video! In true Masshole style!

[gui_tarzan]

That's cool, I'm also blending one of each (just not a GS) right now to bring mine back to life. When I'm done I'll post a link to the pics. It's not ready for that yet.

[Ol' Yeller]

Originally Posted by buick64203

Nice video! In true Masshole style!

A little off topic but I have a question. Can I be a Masshole if I was born in Fall River and raised in Somerset even though I now live in Washington?

Greg

[Joe65SkylarkGS]

Originally Posted by Ol' Yeller

A little off topic but I have a question. Can I be a Masshole if I was born in Fall River and raised in Somerset even though I now live in Washington?

Greg

Is that a tag you really want Greg??

I'm thinking not.

But you might just be one.

[Paintworks]

some updates. suspension and frame are painted. body is just about ready for paint.

[gui_tarzan]

Awesome. It's funny that we're doing something similar at the same time but you're much farther along than I am.

I'll post pics later but I found out the floorpan and rocker panels are identical so I'm combining the two into one rust-free car.

I still have four solid, rust-free doors for a 4dr if anyone needs them. I would trade them for a nice front bumper and grille.

[PGBuick]

i see you've been keepin yourself busy