Firewall prep

Removed the windshield and found a few rust spots that needed to be filled in, the previous owner painted the dash with paint that rubbed right off with alcohol so its a good thing that we are repainting the dash and this actually made it a lot easier to strip it instead of grinding the paint off. Used the grinder to remove all the weld marks and prepped the firewall for primer.

Fitting the fenders

Fitting the new fenders to make sure they actually fit the car, also ordered the new rear quarter panel and the sway bar is enroute so hopefully we will receive it soon, 1inch solid sway bar should deff give this thing some stability

New Equipment

Got some new equipment for the shop that will make life a bit easier, a sand blasting cabinet, 16ton tube bender and 4 full rolls of dynomat, and all for under $300 togather

New Parts

We found a guy on craigslist that had a bunch of parts for a 67 and a few for a 69 for sale and we drove the 120 miles each way to take a look at his stuff, ended up picking up a full set of brand new RS fenders, a complete door that is better then the one on the car right now, a steering wheel and a header panel or mikes car, and all for less then $600, i think the ride was worth it

Frame build

The frame was painted and the new hardware is installed, disk brakes, springs and such, mike pointed something interesting out while the whole thing was apart, when we got the car it didn't have a sway bar, only took us 3 months to realize that, so now one needs to be ordered, the one good thing of all this is that the original 14 inch rims still fit even with the disk brakes.

Frame stripping

The rest of the frame stripped to bare metal

Begging the frame repair

The front frame got completely torn down and repairs on the body mounts have began, lots of handy work to undo and properly fix.

Firewall repair

While the rear panel has arrived and the quarter panel still in the process of being purchased mike focused on another workable aspect of the car, the firewall and the rust underneath where the wiper motor was leaking, after he was gone he tacked the side cowls on before running out of argon.

all the rust is now gone and filled

 

Rear end damage

YAY, shes back in the garage and more work can commence.

We tried fitting the taillights in correctly but noticed that something wasn't right, the car had been SERIOUSLY rear ended and someone did a VERY god job with Bondo to hide the damage, after a few hits with a screw drive 2 inches fell off the back, long story short, new rear tail light panel and new full rear left quarter

Rolled outside

Mike finally moved into the house and during the move room was needed s the 67 got bolted together and rolled outside for a little while since its the only one that has a windshield