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[66rdster]

Next I hit it with a grinder, then the DA and finally a coat of Rage and a little bit of blocking. The toughest part was keeping the curve or contour thats at the bottom edge of the rocker at the front of the car the same all the way back to the flare. Here its almost finished.

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Heres a shot of the flare. Again, almost finished. I still have a little touch up to do.

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Another thing I did was add some polyurethane (construction adhesive) to the doors. I noticed they just didn't sound solid when you closed them. If that makes sense. I guess just being thin, light and hollow didn't give them a solid feel. I filled the area between the panels with the polyurethane, about 1 tube in each door. Now they have a slightly heavier, more solid feel to them and they close with a solid "thunk" instead of a wimpy "clink".  

[66rdster]

Well, thats all for now. I'll try to post some more and some better pics as things progress.


Mike

[Alfredo Canalizo]

Your are doing a lot of work on the body Mike !!!
It is looking really great, it looks a lot better with the back bottom of the body at the same level of the front.

Alfredo

[LMH]

Wow Mike, that's really impressive! The way you added the skirt is very cool!. I will be doing the same thing, so I'm learning from your work.
I like your idea for the trunk latch too.
What happened to the hood scoop? Is that a new hood from Hurricane or did you cut off the scoop.
Larry

[66rdster]

Hey Alfredo,
Thanks.  It has been a lot of work so far but I think I'm past the toughest part. I still have to move the holes for the louvers forward but other than that its mainly just blocking the rest of the car before primer.

[66rdster]

Hey Larry,
Thanks for the compliments. I'm a cheater too!!! I took so much time off this summer and spending so much time on the sills and skirt on the body I decided to order a new hood from Hurricane to speed things up a bit. I think the molded scoop could be cut off of the original hood and filled in, but like the skirt, it wouldn't be too difficult, just time consuming.

The trunk catch is just a u-bolt that I got at the local farm supply store in the trailer parts section. Its supposed to be used to hold the trailer axle to the leaf spring. I had to weld a piece of 1/4" steel to the rear cross member of the frame to use it. One leg of the u-bolt goes through the rear crossmember on the frame and the rear most leg goes through the 1/4" steel plate I added.

Mike

[Ryan Cassidy]

Wow!!!  That's looking GREAT Mike!!  The added sills look really good!!

Cheers,

[66rdster]

Thanks Ryan. The door sills and the rocker extension/skirts were both pretty big jobs but I think the end result is worth it.


Mike

[66rdster]

Well, I spent a lot of time in the shop this weekend. Here's a few more progress pics.


The first thing I did was fix the hood hole and then gap the doors and hood. The doors had already been blocked and filled and the hood was in place and ready for blocking/filling. Heres a pic of the hood. The gap is done and the hole cut and I've just started the initial blocking.

[66rdster]

I also re-installed the turkey pan so I could cut the hole in the hood to match. I found that part of the original hole in the hood was in front of where the new hole would be so I had to glass in a small portion of the old hole.

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I also found that the rear of the turkey pan is far enough back that I had to cut part of the inner structure on the hood and fill it. I could have made the hole a little shorter in the rear as it was above the rear of the pan but I didn't think it would look right.

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Next was the initial blocking on the front half of the car.

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And then filler was applied and sanded.