I know it's not a detail, but trust me I can't wait to work on this paint. Hopefully this is the right forum for this
. My Father and I are building his dream car. He's had a couple of 55's in his younger days, but he gave up everything when I was born to take care of me and my Mother. So this is a dream come true for him, and me. I didn't really pay as much attention when my Father fixed my cars when I was younger, so this is a true dream come true for me. I get to make up for the stuff I missed.
Mods for the car:
-350/700r4 Motor & Trans combo
-Heidt's front control arms with coilovers
-Heidt's 9" 4-link rear setup with coilovers
-Heidt's 1" front sway bar
-Heidt's 7/8" rear sway bar
-Wilwood 12" 4 piston, drilled and slotted brakes all around
-Wilwood master cylinder
-20" & 18" BOSS 338 wheels
-Flaming River steering column
-Flaming River rack and pinion w/crossmember
-Shaved hood, trunk & gas door
-Shaved firewall
-Widened rear wheel wells
-LED turn signals and taillights
-Chrome 1 piece frt bumper
-Chrome Nomad bumper out back
And more to come. Still finalizing some things...
Here is what she looked like on 11-17-08 when she was dropped off the trailer.
Today (3-1-09) we loaded her up on the truck and took her over to the shop doing the work. As you can see we pretty much just took the body off the frame once we got there. Getting ready to be blasted next week sometime. After that he's gonna tackle the rear quarters and fix the roof. Then we need to skin the doors and fix the fenders. After she get's blasted my father and I are taking the frame home to get the frame going while he works on the body work!!
And here's a peak at the car that convinced us to have him do the work...
3/31/09: Got a big portion of the cutting done as you can see. My god I almost fell over when I saw the car like this. Anyways I've got all of the Heidt's suspension and Wilwood brakes in. They are a Father's day gift for my Dad...
4/15/09: The work is flyin on this car. He's really getting the job done fast for us. We've got the new floorpans, trunk pan, and the quarters are being finished up this week. Don't really have good shots of that, but I do have some good shots of the firewall. We are shaving the firewall complete and then making new holes for the stuff we need. And I apologize for all the iPhone pics, I'll try to get some good shots with my camera and not my fathers phone!!
4/20/09: Just some new pics for you guys, camera phone again!! Sheesh, I need to get some good shots with my camera, I feel so bad about all of these camera phone pics!! Anyways, hopefully you can see the quarters are on and welded. Still need to do some finish welding and then clean the welds. But she's starting to look like a FIFTY-FIVE again!!
4-28-09: Got some more work done on the car. The rear quarter and tail section are finished up and put in primer. He's got other various little touches started and near finished. This week he's gonna start on the doors and the fenders, and finished the hood. Again another very productive week on the car. This was a spur of the moment idea to stop by, we had to go talk to him about some paint colors, so again you get camera phone pics!!
5-3-09: Today we got the car moved over to the shop. Not much new has been done to the car since the last update. Just ground some welds down and some other minor work. The next time it comes out of here she will be painted. Then we just have to get the chassis done and she will be almost done!! This time I actually had my camera for this visit, so you get some descent pictures today!!
5-8-09: Today my father ran by the shop to finalize paint colors and all for the car. While he was there he snapped a few pics of the car. The body work is almost all complete. He repaired the doors, fenders, and other little touches. She should be painted next month it looks like...
5-12-09: Well not really much of an update, just got a bunch of goodies in this week. Just thought I'd share with you guys what we got...
-Third Member with 3.50's and posi
-Built 700r4 w/shift kit and high stall
-Dakota Digital gauge cluster and clock
-Smoked glass for the entire car
-Taillight housings and led lights
-Danchuk chrome grille
-American Auto wiring harness
-Vintage Air setup
5-13-09: Went by the shop today to give him some belt molding clips for the car. He was there busting his butt and doing some work on the work. He's got both fenders fixed and welded, finishing the left door, and finished the hood as well. It's getting very exciting now!!
5-23-09: Paint work has begun!!! Over the past few days he painted the main parts of the body. He's gonna wait til we get the chassis done before he paints the fenders, hood and trunk just to be sure nothing happens to them until we are ready for them. We are gonna wait to cut and buff the paint until the end. So we took the car out of the paint shop and now we start on the chassis next week. Should hopefully have it blasted by the end of the week and get started on mocking up the suspension maybe the following week. But I'll keep you guys update!!
5-28-09: Not much of an update really, just got some more goodies in today. We got the serpentine setup from March, it's the style track version. For those of you not familiar with these kits they are clear powdercoated!! We got some of the goodies from Lokar, along with tail lenses and other little stuff. Also we are taking the frame home on Saturday to get the suspension installed and then send it off to be powdercoated. So this will probably be the last update for a little bit while we get the frame put together...
6-6-09: Well today we started setting the suspension in place. Got everything semi clamped in place, nothing final though. As you can see everything isn't square, just more of a placement thing and eyeballing how everything goes together. Also some people were asking me for pics of the Heidt's setup in the frame, so here it is...
6-12-09: We've got a little more of the mocking up done. We've got the dummy motor in with the trans behind it. We finished mocking up the rear end complete, and started on the front now. Also got the trans mount installed now, along with the Sanderson headers made for the Flaming River column. Frame should be welded up this week, then it's off to blasting and powdercoat...
I know some people like to have their cars rebuilt to OEM standards, and while is very impressive I just love cars that are built with today's technology and the OEM touch. You guys have a very nice vehicle. 
for sharing!!!!
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