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  • If my calculations are correct, I have about a day more of welding - then undercoating and sound deadening. Then I can remount the body forever
    so onward

    patch

    weld

    stitch underneath

    then more work making the side perfect

    the whole point is to anneal the metal... it will shrink naturally but first I need to get the brittleness back out before I pound on it again

    and I'll have to do this repeated before I hit it with a hammer again. Heat, let cool naturally....


    mostly I have to fill the rest of the trim holes but also do just a bit of welding inside the wheel wells
    Doing it all wrong since 1966

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    • more fine tuning.... a warning, though. This will not be perfect. I plan on driving this and even race it (though using it as my race-tow-car has great appeal to me).... okay

      first get the lines within bondo distance


      back it


      the other side, I needed to slot the wheel well because (guessing here) the Skylark sedan has less of a curve

      so weld it so water can't get behind the filler


      minor grinding while waiting for things to cool


      fix the corner - again, so water cannot get behind the filler


      betterish... not going to spend a lot of time here... when the next rebuilder gets to it, this will give him something to bitch about

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      • Now that the '40 is running fine (enough), the Corvette is mostly maintenance, it's time to get this running....
        and look, a thing happened

        first, some lightening


        door free




        okay, decision time... do I paint underneath or just epoxy paint and undercoat?

        you'll note both Buicks are on the plate (and I may take a suggestion I got about leaving the patina - for now - on the 50 and making it run....

        so suggestion about the underneath of the wagon....?
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        • Epoxy paint and possibly lizardskin?
          Patrick & Tammy
          - Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??

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          • I'd go with epoxy and undercoat. This is not likely to become a museum piece so I'd go with fun and functional.

            Dan

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            • for the next week or so, this gets front burner... I've got to get the floor painted so I can mount the body to the frame....
              first, remove harness

              remove frame

              put on Corvette dolly


              I also really need to start planning the details... things like power windows and such.... I think I have most of what I need to make it mobile.... but no gauges - if what I use needs dash mods, now would be a pretty good time to do it.... and on and on... very comfortable, fast, fast, car... one I could race if the vehicle I'm towing becomes incapacitated....
              Doing it all wrong since 1966

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              • I love this project !

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                • Me too! (see above.....)

                  Dan

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                  • Nothing to see here, just some old guy in some old Buick wagon....
                    Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                    • time to make the safety experts cringe

                      the goal here is get the sand out (more of the sand), and get the grease off the underside.... this is round 1


                      also do a bit of spot rust treatment

                      can't see the difference but a lot better

                      while the frame waits for remarriage




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                      • Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy View Post
                        This shot lets me see how cool this longroof is going to be.

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                        • tonight was planning, mostly... I really don't want to work on this upside down

                          so I dug out my rotisserie and got to planning


                          then there was puppy play time.... Luigi's brother came for a fully puppy play date, complete with a full mudding...
                          That's Luigi, he's almost white when not covered in mud

                          but fun was had by all
                          Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                          • I know, I know, I should go back to Corvette only content.... but alas, you need to suffer to really appreciate C3 content.
                            time to set the car in place

                            front brackets

                            assembled

                            in the back, I'll use the hinge mounts to hold it

                            welded

                            it even holds on the back
                            Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                            • I like the variety of projects!
                              Patrick & Tammy
                              - Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??

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                              • spinny time


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