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Repaired some of the rust-out that was under the drivers seat. This panel isn’t reproduced, so ya gotta just make’m. Here’s what it looked like before: Yikes! and here it is after the crust was cut away and patched in with new metal. It isn’t done yet, obviously but it’s a start. The brace under… Continue reading Under-seat rust patch
Decided to put my coveted 1960 Mercury grill on eBay to get some coins for the project. These grills make a sweet custom touch to ’59 and ’60 Chevys, but I won’t be using it so might as well flip it. Update: The grill didn’t sell on eBay, but fortunately one of the bidders called… Continue reading A bit of fund raising
After some consideration, the decision was made to remove the body from the frame. Why come all this way to stop short of doing it “right”? It will be so much easier to work on the frame from the top down instead of bottom up! No dirt in the face and we can get easy… Continue reading Rotisserie on the way
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