I finally found the motivation to start on my car. I just moved 8 months ago and have been very busy painting and getting things done around the new house. My plan four years ago was to just get it on the road for a while and then do a re-build on it but..... I am stripping it all down and will be re-placing all the sheet metal ect. I will post pics as I move along. shouldn't be that bad as I already re-built everything except the body. I did find a huge mice nest Tear down was two days. Should have the motor out this week.:yes:Can't wait to start on the body.
Nice looking project bud.
I can only imagine what your laminate floor is going to look like once you get busy on your ride. You might be back to more house work lol
The floor is Pergo. The room was used as a exercise room by the pre owner.
I will leave it down for now or until it gets beat up and then use a epoxy on the cement. Nice on the creeper:yes:
After looking at the inside roof good, I was thinking about taking off the brown card board looking stuff and replacing it with Dynamat. It only has one small spot that I think got wet and came apart. Is this something I should change or leave it alone Summers can get hot and I don't want any thing falling down when I'm finished.
The headliner material is a bear to get off. If you scrape it off be sure to wear a mask. From the looks of it I would just repair the one area and leave the rest. A friend of mine had the same thing in his camaro and we just used some spray insulation and spread it flat. That was 6 years ago and no problems yet. I installed reflectix on the roof of my 69, but the cardboard stuff was much worse than yours.
Spent a few hours this week taking out the motor and trans. I will be taking out the sub-frame next and tearing it down for sand blasting and paint. I'm thinking maybe Globel West on the upper and lower arms.
Spent some time today taking out the front and rear glass. My son helped me with a picture frame wire going back and fourth all the way around. Worked really well. I'm glad I pulled the glass as there are some spots that will need some work. I hope to have the rest of the dash out by the weekend. I'm thinking of renting a big compressor from taylor rental and buying a sand blaster and blasting it out in the back yard.Anyway here are some pics from today.
Are you going to replace or repair the dash? I ask because my car has similar dash rust and I was thinking of repairing it to avoid messing with the vin.
Yes, I will be replacing the top panel with a new one. I think the rust is just on the top part. I will see more when I get it off. I checked with taylor rental today and they only have a commercial blaster. I think it will be too strong as he said I would have to stand back far.So I may just bring it some where to get it done.
Spent a couple of hours tonight taking out the dash and heater box.
Talk about a rats nest. Can't wait till it's all taken apart. Should be done by the weekend I hope:yes:
Thought I would post an update on some work I did tonight. I ended up cutting the whole cowl panel out and will be replacing it with the new parts shown.I didn't want to fill it with anything but new metal. As soon as I finish grinding the rest out I will weld in the new stuff and post some more pics.
The new cowl panel is a Goodmark 69 camaro part. The part is the same but will have to weld a piece on each side for the astro vents that nova's don't have. Should not be a big deal.:no:
My cowl panel is just about ready to weld in. The two holes are filled and just need to remove the primer around the edges and put some weld-thru primer on. Can't wait to get this finished and move on.This part has seemed to take forever to finish.
I took it to a local shop that does great welding. They did tig it. It wasn't cheap but I didn't want to take a chance after spending that much on the part to begin with and wanted it to come out nice so I bit the bullit.
Looking good! I just went through a big project on my '70 myself, but just keep thinking about how good she'll look when done! Keep the pics coming!
Derek
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