69 GTO Build

[ekmxryda]

Thanks guys,
Made some good progress and took advantage of the nice weather, was out there until 2 AM spraying the epoxy primer. So lucky I have nice neighbors!







I still need to sand off the e-coat on the roof and the weld thru primer on the quarters the epoxy them too.
Then the frame is next, I rolled it out into the driveway looked at the stars and then noticed it had rained on it a little later, had to re clean the whole thing again!

Gus I like the new rendering, and the blue is cool.

['71cutlasluvr]

Gus I like the new rendering, and the blue is cool.

Eric, you are THEE fabricating man! I am amazed at how far you have progressed with your goat in such a short time.
Gotta admit, you sure have a beautiful project going on there. I STILL hope to come by your place and see her in person someday.

Thanks on the color. Yeah, he's got some tweaking to do but it's a great start.

Tear down of my dear 'vert is almost done. Many parts from her going to "Big Blue" so there's some consolation there. Buyer of the shell/rolling chassis coming Saturday. I think he's more excited to get a near rust free shell than I am having her live on in another olds enthusiast's project. And I'm getting some much need $ to get the 442 back on track.

I gotta ask... can one purchase a frame like yours without all the extras? i.e. just enough to give me a good platform and save all the effort of notching the frame and having a chassis ready to start attaching suspension components and such? AND allow me to use the gm 12 bolt, stock 12.1 steering box and SC&C suspension setup I have in the boxes? I still may only be able to afford a notched frame but I haven't gone so far that I can't undo the cutting/welding of the stock frame... I see projects like yours and Mike so far along (and in Mike's case, pretty much done) and I get the urge to jump right in and buy the bare bones frame, knowing how much time it will save me.

I checked the roadster shop's website and didn't see any options for a bare frame... do you know if they will do that? Or are there other vendors that will do just the bare frame? I'm sure without a doubt you have done ALL the research. Your input would be appreciated.

Keep the pics coming Eric. Looking GOOD!
Gus



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