'63 Grand Prix Project

[Mr. White]

Well here is my build thread. Looks like I'm gonna be the first Pontiac B-body in the house.



I guess I'll start with day one when I drug the ol boat home. Picked it up off craigslist, was back and forth about getting it, but I eventually convinced myself it would be a neat project.




First order was to get the frame out from under the car and see what kinda mess I was in for.







After I got the frame in the garage I yanked all the coil springs out to see how the frame would lay out.







Now time go get started. Stripped the frame and sent it and the rear end housing out for sandblasting.



Now that the 50+ year old dirt is off the frame I could inspect it for any bad spots. It had a few in the rear where the frame starts to go up over the rear axle. After cutting the old section out I discovered the frame seemed to be a home for a mud dobber colony at some point in time.







Cleaned out the dirt and patched up both side of the frame. The rest was in pretty good shape.