1967 Nova SS Build Thread

[Blown73]

Happy Monday!

I spent most of the weekend working on the body. I think I made some pretty good and positive progress.

I welded up the Passenger side quarter panel:



Then I got a little sidetracked on repairing a spot that has been bugging me for a while. There are things that I look at with the car that are more demotivating than anything, such as rusted out spots. I figured this was a good weekend to tackle it.

I need to get better about taking pictures on the before/after. But, bear with me..

The piece I cut out. Swiss cheese anyone?



The new piece:



Grinding away:



I need to get a die grinder with a carbide tip to finish that.

I had another one of those spots at the door on the passenger side. So, I fixed that too:



I put the closer on the front of the rocker panel. It took me a while to get that in there. I used a magnet, a cleco clamp, and a screw driver to push it close enough to weld.

Other shots from around the car:





The tail panel is tacked in until I can fit the trunk lid on. I think I can just weld it on and be done, in theory. In practice, the panels aren't perfect.

No more clamps on the passenger side quarter!



The deck filler panel fits in. I'm not particularly wild about the fitment, but I think i can make it pretty:



Anyways, that's it for now. I have a few more spots that I need to fix before I am ready to drop it on the chassis. I did come up with a new problem: I need rims. I think I am going to cut out some pieces of plywood for rims until I figure out what I want to do for rims/tires. More to come on that...