Richard,
Those are some major misalignments you have been faced with - great job on your repairs - looking great!
Bill,
Sorry to hear your wife is back in the hospital - prayers for her recovery.
Regards, Doug
Richard,
Those are some major misalignments you have been faced with - great job on your repairs - looking great!
Bill,
Sorry to hear your wife is back in the hospital - prayers for her recovery.
Regards, Doug
Thanks for the comments, guys. Bill, hope your wife's hospital stay is short.
I think I'm beginning to learn working on this fiberglass stuff, lol. I still prefer steel bodies, though. Worked today to finish the dash, just needs a little filler. Now its level, and on to other things.
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Took a little time out and installed the grill surround and headlight rims. These fit reasonably well, but do need some work. There are some gaps between the headlight rims and the body that need to be filled. There are also some fit problems with the grill surround. The center pieces don't fit the body squarely, and the side pieces don't fit the body contour well. After a little work, these will fit well.
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The deck lid really has a factory fit problem, the passenger corner is completely above the adjacent body contour. I'm still thinking about how to fix this one...
I would love to have this car it would be a great place to use my early Powerpach heads with 1.84 305H/O valves. .060 forged 283 pistons.etc.
Thanks, Richard. I don't mean to hijack your beautiful work post here, but another surgery tomorrow. Prayers are welcome.
My expierence with fiberglass repair mas been limited to header pannels on Camaros and Cutlass. Oh yea, L88 2nd gen Caqmaro fiberglass hood repair, ever make a 1/4 mile pass win no hood pins. No where near the talent you have shown on this car.
Good luck to you and yoyur wife Bill.
My experience is limited too, Mark. As I said, I think I’m getting the hang of it though. Gary started me off and I just keep going. Having said that, I’m still thinking about how to fix the deck lid without creating more problems. I may need to get Gary’s help again!
My best wishes, Bill, on the surgery and results, also.
I was well enough this afternoon to work on my tractor, change over to mulching blades, and got started on my lawn (haying mostly being the first time of the season!).. I'll see you Saturday morning. Hopefully I can help a little...
That's looking great Richard. I can't wait to see it in final paint.
1957 Nomad- LS1/T56 on C4 chassis
1959 Fleetside Apache 1/2 ton, shortbed, big window, 327ci.
Thanks Paul, we’re getting there a little at a time.