Broken frame and bent spring bucket.
Frame on chassis table ready for straightening and new front clip.
Bent and broken front clip removed chassis being preped for new front clip.
New clip bolted to chassis table being fitted to chassis.
New clip fully welded and El Camino boxing plates that are shortened being fitted.
El Camino boxing plated fully welded and ready for clean up and paint.
Dressing of the welds and cleanup of factory seams.
Chassis painted and fitted with new susspension.
Body stripped with lots of damage that was covered up.
Door striped to reveal damage.
High degre of finish on door holes repaired.
All damage to door restored to stock conture, ground with 80 grit to show smoothness of repair areas.
Very flat roof panel roughed up about 1 inch.
Still roughing out roof fixing oil cans.
First pass with roof roller.
Second pass with roof roller.
Third pass with roof roller.
After fourth pass with roof roller wax and grease remover is sprayed on the panel to show overall conture and smoothness.
Fabracation of back window frame begins.
Back window frame ready for por 15 and welding.
Back window frame welded ground.
Patch for trunk panel fabracated and ready for welding.
Patch welded and ground.
Old quarter removed and ready for fitment of new quarter.
Old support structure cut off and new fabracated.
Support piece welded in, finished, and entire structure cleaned and POR-15 applied.
New quarter being fitted.
New panel held in place with clecos.
Panels trimmed and tacked for butt welding.
Tack welded, hammered and dollied.
Welded and ground ready for filler.
Sanded smooth with minimal use of filler.
Drivers quarted removed and wheelwell repaired.
New panel held in place with clecos.
Welded and ground ready for straightening.
Body after priming back on frame ready sanding.
Engine Mock-Up
Floor cut out so gear vendor can be put in place and new floor can be fabed.
Start of new floor brace.
One of new floor brace fabracated.
Both halves of floor brace fabed and ready to fit in car.
Floor brace fitted to car ready for welding.
Floor piece fabed and ready to fit and weld to car for gear vendor floor clearence.
New floor piece welded and ground.
Completed crossmember and floor work, in primer.
Painted and sanded ready for more clear.
Recleared and Striped
Sanded and Buffed
Base for new aircleaner fitted to carb.
Bead around a new aircleaner base.
New aircleaner base plate.
Base plate shape being checked for proper spacing to hood.
Smoothing base plate with English Wheel.
Edge being tipped for seal to attach to.
Base plate and carb spacer welded together.
Completed aircleaner with seal.
Vintage Air front runner system.
Fabed radiator hold down.
Back from Duncans Upholstery.
Final Assembly