Well we made the decision to remove the front and rear glass. The rubber seals were in bad shape. Why come all this way to stop short of doing it “right”? No sense in doing a half-ass job, even though the new rear glass seal is almost $200 from Soff Seal! Fortunatly we got the… Continue reading Final disassembly of the body
Year: 2007
Interesting paper found inside the headliner
When I started to remove the original headliner, this interesting piece of paper fell out. Apparently it is some sort of instruction or ID tag used at the factory. One side shows the Impala Sport Sedan along with an illustration of the dash panel. The other side shows the 4-door station wagon along with the… Continue reading Interesting paper found inside the headliner
Stripped some paint off
Stripping the paint off the car will be a lot of work. It ALL has to come off. It is all original paint, and very thin in areas which resulted in surface rust in a few spots, not to mention that every scratch or ding the car received is now a rust pit. All evidence… Continue reading Stripped some paint off
Dismantling and rust repair continues
Since most of the car is pretty solid and straight, we figured we wouldn’t need to replace very much of the quarter panels. The rust is limited to only the lower rear portion. We may attempt to fabricate the patches ourselves to avoid buying a costly reproduction panel. However we won’t compromise quality… so if… Continue reading Dismantling and rust repair continues