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    1. #201
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      Finished the floor work up this weekend. Made the final patch up and got all welded up.....my brother has still been working on stripping the bottom of the car.








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    2. #202
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      This car will be converted to buckets and center console. We will order the brackets this week, and I will fab some brackets for the console. Once those are in, we will be dynamatting the entire floor.....






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    3. #203
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      You mean that 65 is yours too? Do you have any others I can have? You've got some cool machines there my friend! I'd love to have a nice wagon for my wife to drive, to think she wants a mini van. :( Lol!

      Have you guys thought of using one of these? A wire wheel on a 4.5" electric grinder...

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      They strip floor pans, and pretty much anything else, very quickly, and don't really hurt the metal of you don't use a lot of pressure. Just got to be careful not to let it hit your shirt, been there done that and it gets a little scary when it tries to pull your shirt off, lol!
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    4. #204
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      '69 H/O seats in a Vista!?

      Yes, today we got the bucket seat brackets welded in....we are installing buckets from a '69 H/O, which we bought from WTony! They still have the gold stripes on the headrests, although, I don't believe these will make the car any faster.....






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    5. #205
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      This car will also be growing a center console between the seats...no, it won't be a 70-72 olds a body console! I have to admit, the consoles from a mid '70's colonnade Buick, with horse shoe shifter, IMO, are much better looking! Plus it was free.....so next will be to make some brackets to hold it down. It will be very cozy behind the wheel, especially once we install the floor shift, tilt column from W31man(Greg).......the last pic shows how it looks with headrests.






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    6. #206
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      We got the inside floor sanded, cleaned and primed today!



      We used Rustoleum and brushed it on....will be putting Dynamat over this to finish up....




      We also finished getting all the undercoat off the bottom side. We will run the wire wheel over it now, clean it and prime before applying truck bed liner!

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    7. #207
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      Continued wire wheeling, sanding and cleaning the bottom of the floorpan....not fun on your back! Times like these that I wish I had a rotisserie... ...anyway, while taking a break from that, I had to make up new wire harness straps for the rear tailgate harness as most were rotted or gone! These are welded to the bottom of the floor near the rear bumper. They are basic 1/2"x3" strips of metal coated in rubber. I used tool handle "dip" to duplicate....came out very surprisingly nice!



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    8. #208
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      It's been a couple of weeks, so I decided it was time to update....after breaking my a$$ for 14 hrs yesterday on my back, I know if I ever do something to this extent again, and I am sure I will, I will need a rotisserie!
      We finished cleaning, masked, epoxied, seam sealed and "linered" the belly of this beast yesterday. By going "wet on wet", I saved about 2 extra days of work on this....chemical adhesion is always a stronger bond than mechanical! Therefore, we eliminated the need to sand between epoxy and bed liner/sound deadner....

      We got the car as high as we could, and trusted the roof would hold while I spent a good part of the day underneath...



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    9. #209
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      I ended up using PPG DP Black....I will admit, it is an awesome product, so, I wasn't predjudiced! Spies Hecker Epoxy 4500 is what I would normally use here, but it is gray....therefore, I give the nod to the competition...


      We sanded the majority of the factory black paint of where it was compromised. Where it was still in good shape, we sanded it to give it a good "tooth"(mechanical adhesion) We were amazed at the fact that the factory paint was just "slopped on" resulting in runs and sags just about everywhere! I'm guessing, that it was applied "upsidedown" while it moved through the assy line? We left a good amount of them there for authenticity's sake!


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    10. #210
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      We decided to spray "Rock-It" (funny on an Oldsmobile, and quite coincidental I might add..) truck bed liner/sound deadner on the bottom of the old girl! We allowed proper flash of epoxy and seam sealer before spraying this product on. The results were quite nice, and will also be bullet proof over the flashed epoxy(chemical adhesion).......this product is a catylized spray which when bought as a kit, comes with its own spray gun. It's made by SEM!



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    11. #211
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      The Rock-It Liner will dry down to a satin sheen that is very easy to wash, wipe and keep clean!



      Now that we are finally finished with the underside, we will start restoring the gas tank in preparation to install it into the body before dropping it back on the chassis. Once that is done, finishing the chassis will be the priority. We need to detail the driveshaft, paint and install the engine, rebuild and detail the trans and finish the exhaust!

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    12. #212
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      Your a brave soul to lay under the body.

      Top shelf job, very well done!

    13. #213
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      Life insurance is paid up Glenn! Thanks for the comp!

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    14. #214
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      Well, after taking a few months off, I am getting ready to get back on this thing! I repairing the gas tank now, but more importantly, Ben (SRDart) got my rendering done.......


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    15. #215
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      It was sure a pleasure working with you Erik! Now lets see the real thing get finished! ;)
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    16. #216
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      Ok Erik, time to get back on this...lol

      Rendering looks good Ben...
      Big dreams, small pockets....

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    17. #217
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      Quote Originally Posted by csouth View Post
      Ok Erik, time to get back on this...lol

      Rendering looks good Ben...
      Chris, you know how it is! Problem is, I'm already starting to plan the next one...my '65 Vista. That will be more PT for sure, this one certainly is not, oh.....and I will be stealing alot of your voodoo from you build my friend!

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    18. #218
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      Quote Originally Posted by SRD art View Post
      It was sure a pleasure working with you Erik! Now lets see the real thing get finished! ;)
      I am with you Ben! You will be hearing from me with more work in the future! Super nice guy and easy to work with!

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      Coming along nicely! Chassis/Frame look good.

    20. #220
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      Thank you Buddy!

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