My new 69Z's progress

[PhillipM]

So this weekend I should be able to go and drop off my spoiler that I forgot to give to Scott, and pick up my inner fender wells so that I can finish metal working them. Things are moving along slowly but hey, if you want it done right it takes time. In the mean time I have been working a little here and there on our Oldsmobile. New 4th Gen Trans Am seats and a few other things. Gotta keep busy

[CruizinKev]

Awefull pics. Proper photos to come this weekend.

very nice project! I just saw the grafitti in the garage saying "german folks".. why is that? you're german?

[PhillipM]

Nah man. My painter is (was) really involved with Volkswagens and German Folks is a Volkswagen car club here in the States (with a few chapters in Japan and England) that mainly build show quality cars.

[Leadfoot1]

Wow Phil, its been awhile. Coming along very nicely!

I had forgotten about your car, but sure am glad its back on track. I liked your cage layout so much i copied some of it (with some variants in the rear cause its a 'vert) but the front is looking very much alike. So much so, i was looking at your inner fender pics and remembered i have to notch mine too just the same! (they are on their way as of right now) Lol!!! Tell me, anything else i forgot??? Lol!

Why did you have the tail panel lines filled tough....Its a no-no in my book, but hey, to each its own. Maybe a reason other than taste?

keep it up man! Great work!

Lead.

Here is what your inspiration did in mine...I really liked how the front down bars we're close to the inner fenders, so;





Its quite ahead of these pics show now, the whole front susp is on and the sub-frame and firewall are filled and painted too as is the underside of the car, waiting on body panels on order (doors, inner-fenders and other front panels)....Moving slowly too! I moved from my 19-20" forgelines and the PT style back to street machine look (30x13.5 ET street) for now tough, sold everything PT and now all wondering again...Damn it! I need 2 cars!!!

[Code Red]

come on man get er dun lol (like i have room to talk)

[PhillipM]

[quote=Leadfoot1;509368]Why did you have the tail panel lines filled tough....Its a no-no in my book, but hey, to each its own. Maybe a reason other than taste?quote]

Well I actually filled them in for three reasons. First, I actually like the smooth touch on the rear. I think it is just enough to make a difference but most wouldn't really notice. And second, that was the first quater panel that I have ever done and I really cut and welded it without much experience. It was just a lot easier for me at the time to smooth it in then to recreate the joint. And third, the drivers side gap on the lower rear valance was so wide I could fit a 1/4 in piece of round stock in there and still have room to weld it up and metal finish it. My car was in a pretty good accident at some point in its life and that is probably when that body gap was widened. As for the inner fenderwells you will definitely need to notch them. It's not too difficult. Now you just need a cross over brace that unbolts and you will have that front section done! Haha

[PhillipM]

come on man get er dun lol (like i have room to talk)

I hear ya man!! Going slow but hey.. it goin!

[PhillipM]

Well we went and looked at the Camaro last night, and let me say that it is looking mighty fine! I picked up some parts to work on and some to just store for a little while until they are needed again. I also picked up my camera which has been over there for for a while. Pulled a couple pics off that I thought were pretty sweet.

[1971CHEVELLE]

very cool pitchers car is looking good

[bwhinnen]

Nice work on the cage, no low to high cross brace at the back?

[BossaNova]

Rock on dude!

[PhillipM]

Nice work on the cage, no low to high cross brace at the back?

Yeah I knew someone would nail me on that.. If I weld that in then I won't be able to install my back seat as it wont fit through the holes.. Or if it does I'm a dufus cause I could barley get it in there now! I figure I could TIG one in later if I need it for an event.. We'll see.

-Phillip

[olds87]

So what next on car Phil? Nice to see you back here.

[67SSDan]

Hey, my car is that same funky green too! (well, at least part of it is!) Keep up the good work. Cage looks VERY cool!

Dan

[PhillipM]

So I spoke with Vintage Air and apparently they can convert my sure fit a/c system to hook up to their stream line bulkheads that pass through the fire wall. So the other night I cut out a piece of the fire wall that I had drilled for the tubes to pass through and welded in a new piece of sheet metal that will house the Streamline bulkhead.. Nothing like creating a little more body work for the body man.. Sorry dude!!

[PhillipM]

Thought I would throw up a couple snap shots of the front frame/firewall painted.. Hope that it will be done this year?? Not sure.. Haha

[olds87]

Nice you got little progress there Phil.

[olds87]

Hi Phil, any updates on your car?

[dmc69]

update! update! update! This is gonna be one bad 69

[PhillipM]

Thank you guys for the kind words!

WELL,

It has been a long time coming but we have finally moved the car to where we can continue to work on it. Some may recognize that the car now resides in our old shop that we used to work out of. It is here that we are going to build a home grown paint booth and finish painting the car. Last Sunday we cleared out what seemed like 50 copy machines that had acumulated in this room to make room for more important things... like cars! Scott finished prepping the cage and shot it in GM Recon black for me. The paint is thinner than I remember so tonight we are going to shoot a second coat on the entire thing. After that we will begin masking off the interior and preparing to paint. I have attached a few photos that I snapped last night of the cage and hope to have better/more pictures this weekend!









p.s.

One good thing about posting pictures is that we have found a few "dry" areas that are hard to see when you are standing next to the car!