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11-25-2014 #41
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Making a little engine progress..
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02-13-2015 #42
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Very glad to be onto this stage.
02-13-2015 #43
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Paint looks killer.
What did you put down in the trunk and on the floors?Some times I'm fast sometimes I'm half-fast
02-14-2015 #44
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Nice job, I like that color!
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Car FINALLY home !!!!!! lol
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02-14-2015 #45
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whats the name of the color?
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02-15-2015 #46
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Thanks, the inside of the floor is just bed-liner, the bottom side is SPI Matte black.
Originally Posted by rohrt
02-15-2015 #47
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Tropic Turquoise is the color. I wasn't sure if it was a good choice or not but after spraying it I'm glad he picked it.
02-15-2015 #48
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Night shift is hard at it..
Just finished RD2.
Tomorrow is going to be rough!!!!
02-16-2015 #49
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Go Chad Go!
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02-16-2015 #50
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thats a SICK color!
02-16-2015 #51
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Dig it..thought it was GM Mystic teal at first..but pops more subtle in the light
02-22-2015 #52
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Thanks guys.. One more round in the booth for color, then one round for the Matte Black pieces.
02-23-2015 #53
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looks nice , how hard was it to replace the quarters , i have to fix my trunk pan , both wheel wells and the quarters on mine . i have no idea how i should go about cutting it up
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Replacing the quarters wasn't all that bad, however I wasn't to happy with the quality of the quarters. They came in pretty beat up. The fit wasn't terrible but I couldn't use the door jamb section because it wasn't correct. I can't remember what brand these were now though. It was quite a while ago. I do a fair amount of metal work so it wasn't to bad for me. I tend to be picky about the final product though. Originally Posted by 67Tempest
A lot of it has to do with how bad things are behind the quarter, if you just need quarters it won't be as bad as if you have to do fabrication work.
02-24-2015 #55
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oh i have to replace both wheel wells , trunk floor , tail light panel , quarters and front lower inner and outer quarters , yeah tons of sheet metal .
02-25-2015 #56
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Yea, you are in for a task then. Originally Posted by 67Tempest
I've done a bunch of them just on the ground, but I also just picked up a chassis jig and we just put a 57' chevy on it. From now on I think this may be the way to go when completely going through a car.. Espcially if you need the front floor as well.. If not it may not be worth the time to set up a jig..
I posted pictures in my fabrication thread on here.
02-25-2015 #57
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Go to page 3 for pics.
https://www.pro-touring.com/threads/...ication-thread
02-25-2015 #58
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thank you i appreciate it , im just a bit worried that i could screw the car up completely by not bracing it properly
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i just checked out your pictures and oh man that is a serious body cart , i have seen people take measurements and also seen some that dont do it when they change out the quarters since there is no way i can get my body cart set up like that which one would you recommend
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This car is getting a full floor front to back, full inner quarter sections, which means the only item we are leaving alone is the rear trunk hinge and the firewall. At one point, the only thing that will be left on the 57 will be the firewall and the hinge mounting section. so with a build that serious I feel it needs a good jig. Originally Posted by 67Tempest
However I'll attach a picture of another car we did that I didn't do nearly as much work setting it up before we began replacing panels.
These pictures are from a 64 Impala Convertible that we didn't do all of the jig work, but we did a lot of the work before we took the car off of the frame.
The jig basically replicates where the frame would be but gives you room to work around.
However I have re-bodied a lot of Camaro's which don't have a frame without a jig as well.. In many cases you just make the car fit as it is suppose to and move on, I just feel the Jig is a way to speed things up and add another item to the equation to help guarantee that everything is as it is suppose to be. With the Impala I spent a lot of time double checking everything before I welded anything. I won't have to do that as much with this jig. We tend to re-body a lot of cars so I just thought at this point it was a wise decision.
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