Project Cars

[Boomhower]

I got over to the auto body supply shop today. Bought everything I needed to get started. Bought an 80 cu ft bottle. Then I spent some time fitting up the patch panel for the firewall. I think I got it where I want it. I need to grind the metal clean then I'll weld it in.

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Very nice fit up sir.


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[JoeDirt]

Very nice fit up sir.


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Thank you kindly. I'm overlapping it vs butting it just because its easier and there are so many curves and bends on that firewall I should have no trouble blending it in. Then I'll seam seal it from the backside and call it good.

 

[JoeDirt]

I got my floor pans today. Found a place that had them locally and relatively inexpensive too. I still have to get some rust mort on the firewall before I weld that patch in, but once that patch is in I'll be moving to the floors.

 

[cgraham1]

Buddy is selling both for $3,000. The car is a 6 cylinder with a 3 spd on the column. The floor pan is rusty, but the rest of the car looks straight and rust-free. I think he said it is a ‘67, but I really can’t say for sure.

The truck is a ‘68 with a 327 and a granny 4 spd. It’s got some rust in the floor/rockers, but not terrible, and some dents and dings. It does run.

 

[Bigmac]

Buddy is selling both for $3,000. The car is a 6 cylinder with a 3 spd on the column. The floor pan is rusty, but the rest of the car looks straight and rust-free. I think he said it is a ‘67, but I really can’t say for sure.

The truck is a ‘68 with a 327 and a granny 4 spd. It’s got some rust in the floor/rockers, but not terrible, and some dents and dings. It does run.

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That’s a good deal in Cali, 67-72 Chevrolet trucks are gold! Lots of guys are doing short box conversations to them

 

[Lightning Performance]

Buddy is selling both for $3,000. The car is a 6 cylinder with a 3 spd on the column. The floor pan is rusty, but the rest of the car looks straight and rust-free. I think he said it is a ‘67, but I really can’t say for sure.

The truck is a ‘68 with a 327 and a granny 4 spd. It’s got some rust in the floor/rockers, but not terrible, and some dents and dings. It does run.

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64 or 5 Nova
66 or 7 is my favorite little street toy.

They look decent and complete.

The truck is a C30 3/4 ton coil spring rear suspension. Long factory ladder bar type set up. Rides nice too. Bad wheel hop with rubber bushings.

 

[Lightning Performance]

My 67.

It's been on jackstands at my parents house for 3 years now.
I should being the damn thing back and continue work...

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I had one of these in blue. Bought it from the old lady next door. Her son gave her his 71 Impala. Rusty blue 67', bench seat, 283 2bl slush box with AM radio, dual speakers and a factory dash mounted tach with the left signal indicator in it. Smoked bad. Bought it for 150 did valve seals and some gaskets. Shined her up and off it went for 350.
I was thirteen man... big money
Always wanted another one. My favorite Chevelle. Seen a bigga block drag car ruin the nose at 220mph trap speeds. No wind screen or inner fender skirts. Front fenders were swollen ballooned up and junk but what a good story to hang on the wall... new paint stayed on.

 

[5155]

Joedirt, mind telling who has the panels? North of you Parker metal has truck panels, not sure about cars.

If I was richer I'd be all over that duce.
I've wrenched a "few", 67-72 trucks too.

 

[JoeDirt]

Joedirt, mind telling who has the panels? North of you Parker metal has truck panels, not sure about cars.

If I was richer I'd be all over that duce.
I've wrenched a "few", 67-72 trucks too.

Lutty's Chevy Warehouse in Cheswick. Ive bought lots of stuff from Parker too when I was doing my F150 but like you said they deal mostly in trucks.

 

[5155]

Forgot about Luttys.

Bought quite a few take off truck tires, rims, centers and lugnuts from Parker for the price of a new set of tires,
Last time they said that would end since the new trucks now have such high priced tires, few were changing them out when new. The tires had thin sidewalls but I ran em.

 

[JoeDirt]

I've been picking away at my car bit by bit as I have time. Firewall patch is tacked in.


Chopped out a lot of the floors.


Nobody reproduces the outer floor sections which have a body mount built into them, so I went to the junkyard last weekend and went insane with a sawzall-


I began separating the pieces yesterday. Clamped it to the new floor section for demo purposes.

 

[Boomhower]

Looking good! Good thing you were able to find a yard that still had a donor.

 

[JoeDirt]

Looking good! Good thing you were able to find a yard that still had a donor.

Thanks! It's moving along. There are still some cars in junkyards, not many though. These came out of a Grand Prix.

I got the doors off today, went pretty easy.


I'm working on coming up with a temporary brace so the body doesn't flex too much when I lift it off the frame, considering there is no floor in it and I'm gonna have to cut the outer floors out while its off the frame. I'm thinking 1" square tube steel welded to the inside of the door jambs with a few cross braces should be enough. The red outlines are the sections I'll need to cut out and replace with the donor pieces-


And this is my bracing idea-

 

[jacob j.]

Joe - this is one cool project. It reminds me a lot of Eric the-car-guy's Ford Fairmont build.

 

[JoeDirt]

Joe - this is one cool project. It reminds me a lot of Eric the-car-guy's Ford Fairmont build.

Thanks Jacob. I'm finally finding my mojo with it and now I'm pretty focused on it. Now that I've got my own welder and compressor I can do this stuff in my own garage at my own pace. Lots of rust to fix. I think my next project car is gonna get a Dynacorn body.

 

[stihl livin]

Thanks! It's moving along. There are still some cars in junkyards, not many though. These came out of a Grand Prix.

I got the doors off today, went pretty easy.
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I'm working on coming up with a temporary brace so the body doesn't flex too much when I lift it off the frame, considering there is no floor in it and I'm gonna have to cut the outer floors out while its off the frame. I'm thinking 1" square tube steel welded to the inside of the door jambs with a few cross braces should be enough. The red outlines are the sections I'll need to cut out and replace with the donor pieces-
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And this is my bracing idea-
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probably need some x braces too.

 

[JoeDirt]

probably need some x braces too.

I revised my design, I think this will be better-

 

[Boomhower]

@JoeDirt how is the floor coming along?

 

[JoeDirt]

@JoeDirt how is the floor coming along?

Kinda been slow going the past couple weeks, had to take care of a few things on the daily driver and we had company in town staying with us, so I've been a little distracted. I'm planning to get back to it this coming week, hopefully I'll have an update here for you soon.

 

[birdmeter]

you doing great work.i hope us that are watching is giving you some attaboy, good inspiration.