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rabbit64cs


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bought the car Feb of 2012... finally put the right parts in line.  The car came out of Nevada 2 years ago.. sun burnt and DRY... ( SD421 bought and drove it up )

1/2 built the 455 for it, and bought a fresh Brute Power Borg Warner for it . It was disc brakes and a 3.55 posi.

I got cracking on the body at the start of Feb 2013, for a quick paint spray..   no real rust , just wrinkly 1/4's from parking lots...

I've shown some pics before , but here they are again...start to present.

cheers!

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more metal work..

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mud starting..

 

I sure have a new appreciation for near rust free cars...... this thing may have been wrinkly ...but WOW is it solid !!!!!! 

I spent at least 3 days massaging and tweaking the steel... but well worth the results !

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hmm got a gto hood sittin here for that.....so the vert got pushed out i guess haha AADD strikes again!

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the massaging begins....

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timbuk wrote:

hmm got a gto hood sittin here for that.....so the vert got pushed out i guess haha AADD strikes again!

 LOL...that is exactly what my wife said too...she was just shaking here head ....disbelief

I might call dibs on the GTO hood....



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Wow, that 1/4 panel was pretty "thick"!

It sure beats working on rust though.

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and more..

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Nice work and SWEET Hurst emblems!

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not bad for what appears to be a 1 car garage .. at least that is all  I have room for right now ..LOL !!

I'm hoping to spray primer next week and call in a favour to help with the blocking... OCD...



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I just noticed on the fender closeup shot, no T-3's........

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Well...............Look at you go! No dinkin' around there,taking some serious shape,right on!



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Have u given it some tiger stripes yet?? 



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Carl Stevenson wrote:

I just noticed on the fender closeup shot, no T-3's........

 It still has its original high beam T3's....evileye



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Lemans64 wrote:

Have u given it some tiger stripes yet?? 

 Nope,  no guide coat yet...but I will !,  thanks. 

 

Ive gotten carried away on this one already!!



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rabbit64cs wrote:

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I just noticed on the fender closeup shot, no T-3's........

 It still has its original high beam T3's....evileye




Oh, good, it would be a worthless car without them...

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Not wasting any time on it thats for sure. Good solid start. What color you gonna do your quickie spray as you called it

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wrestling with the color a bit,, it was just going to do a cheap touch up , without getting into stripping the whole ...WAY past that point !! what did I say about OCD...LOL !

I'm most likely going to spray it in my shop, myself or a buddy...

car is originally that turquise blue..

options..

RESALE RED

Black

Graphite metallic grey...

crappy thing is , I am going way over board on the body work , or at least the what I first thought.  My intent for the car when I bought it was to be rough around the edges...ALL DRIVETRAIN !

This is not a restoration (I still have one of those on the go that has been pushed into the corner...again ! )

 

thanks for all the encouragement thus far!



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trucker wrote:

Well...............Look at you go! No dinkin' around there,taking some serious shape,right on!

 THANKS trucker!! following along on your build thread gave me a LOT of encouragment to get hammering !!!!!!!!



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good show, makes me look at mine just sitting there full of mice and snow

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just to point out.. I  am in no way a professional body man, I'm not bragging or complaining.

IT takes me 3 times longer than I think it should, but I read a lot and ask questions, I practice my welding.

Youtube has been a great help learning about slapping files , and hammer and dolleying methods.

In the past.. I always sub out the final paint to the professionals if it is a  car  I want to look good !!!



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hey we are all learning, if that  stops you probably arent on this side of the green grass any more



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Lookin' good Roger ... more power to ya!



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some more progress...... doesn't appear to be that much further along ...but after mayber 60 hours ,, it is all  square and true...

the back window channel had been repaired,  they mudded it over basically a flat from the window to the trunk...NOT with the nice curve that it has in it again.

roof had some small wrinkles at the back where it was crowned.. stud gun and panel buddy took care of most of that ..just a few hours with mud to make it nice.

 

REALLY...I think this week home ..IT will get primer ...finally...

thank goodness this was a nearly rust free car !!!!!

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Awesome job Rog!!! Its coming along really nice!!

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