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Here is year 2

Nice...

looking great, thanks for the update

Awesome!

You are doing a real nice job on it. I'm sure it will be a real head turner.

Thanks everyone for the positive comments. It has been a fun project.

The body was very solid. The rear fender wells and some small holes in the rear of the front fenders were the only parts of the car that needed repaired. The floor, trunk floor, trunk lid, doors firewall, etc. were all fine. There is the 'usual' surface fill for straightening purpose and you can see in the one pic.

The body man has some pics of the body work that was done. He will give them to me when the car is done.

What is left is painting the hood, striping the car, final alignment of the doors, fender and hood and final buffing.

Hoping it will be home the first week of December.

Then I get to put everything back on it.

Lookin' good Hank!  Especially like the white stripes, but then again I'm a bit biased! 

I see you are in the Brainerd area, so curious if you will go to the Pequot Lakes show in June?  Three of us have driven cars there, and spend the weekend in cabins, and it's a blast.  Great car show venue in the city park.  Last year was kind of a bust with cold, windy, and misting all weekend, but we made the best of it.  I'm sure we will do it again next year, so watch the forum for announcements.

Otherwise, your car will go back together quickly once you get it back.  And, you have 6 more months of winter to work on it if we have another Spring like this year... 

 

-- Edited by SShink on Friday 29th of November 2013 06:37:04 PM

Cool.

I might have missed it in the previous posts, but what color is the interior going to be?

12-08-2013  Home from the body shop!

 

02-10-2014  OPGI Stage IV Interior kit is starting to arrive.  This is not all of it.  Still more to come.  Should  have it all by the end of the month.  

 

Now just need warmer weather to start working on the car again.

Well, it has been a while since I posted, so here are some updated pics of my car.  Though it might not look like it, a lot has been done.  All of the components are in for the cowl hood, brakes, tilt steering, pedals, power trunk release, wiper motor and mounts, new shifter mount, heater hoses, emblems,  wheel well moldings, window tracks, door latches, Rattle Trap and much more. Hoping to start the wiring this weekend.  The seats have been taken to the upholstery shop.  Car might be able to be taken there at the end of Sept.

Looks good in the pics Hank, and it was even better in person back in June when we stopped in on the Pequot Lakes return trip! 

Hopefully, you can get it on the road for a Fall cruise before you have to put into a deep winter slumber and wonder what it will be like to drive it.

 

 

 

Project Update

 

It's Alive!!! 

Nothing better than the first times when it's running on it's own power.  Nice work Hank.

Off to the upholstery shop for headliner and carpet.  When I got there, he had my door panels done.  After the carpet/headliner, he will work on the seats.

 

 

I bought the Original Parts Group Inc. Stage IV interior kit (https://www.opgi.com/chevelle/1971/interior-accessories/interior-kits/I411/).

 

The door and rear quarter panels come complete with the hard board already on the vinyl, but you have to transfer the metal piece that hooks into the body, from your old door panel.  The panels have all the cut-outs for the various holes in the panels.  You just pop out the hole insert and cut the panel.  If you want to see a picture of the back, just let me know.

 

I elected to not transfer the emblem in the center of the door, because 1) the new panel was not cut out for it and 2) it would have required us to try and lift the vinyl on the new panel to get it installed.  I did not want to chance ripping it, or stretching it so then it would not sit back down properly.

Just got the car back from the upholstery shop.  Carpet, headliner, sail panels and package tray have been installed.  Also had to check out the floor mats.

New windshield (with antenna and sun shade), tinted rear window and tinted rear quarter windows are installed

That's funny Hank... I saw your thread this morning, and was just wondering how you were coming.  Keep up the good work, you are on the downhill slide now!  Once it's time for the interior, it's not far from there! 

It all looks great!!

You've got a few months now to git-r-done. Looks like a cake walk from here.

Looks nice Hank.  Did you install the upholstery yourself?

Thought this might be a good time to give a project update.  I have been busy.  Since last up, I have:

Finished and tested the wiring.  The only thing left to test is the fuel gauge, tach and temp.  Waiting to fire up the car to do that.

Installed the rear window defogger.  Had to cut the dash for the switch.

Finished the sound proofing behind the rear seat.

Re-installed the tranny (found out the reverse gears were bad.

Modified and re-installed the shifter

Installed the headlight bezels

Installed emergency brake.

Installed speedometer cable.

Installed the parking light bezels.

Installed the gas tank (yes, it is powercoated)

Installed rear seat

Installed console

Installed seat belts

Installed the front seats.

 

Just have the door panels and threshold left to install.  Then some final adjustments on some items, grease it and then start to clean it up.  Radio will be later.

 

Almost there.

 

 

 

-- Edited by hkgmillette on Saturday 21st of March 2015 09:03:55 PM

Installed the dash pad and door panels.

I just have the stainless for the rain gutter to put on.

We did take for a short ride today.

 

 

-- Edited by hkgmillette on Sunday 5th of April 2015 07:26:56 PM

Car looks great, you're now officially out of the Cars Apart Club also called CAC. If the car ran under it's own power and you where able to stop it with it's own brakes I think you qualify, nice job. You may have also qualified as the 'first out cruise' unless someone else has been out and about.
I did have the Mustang out for a romp, I think it's disqualified from the competition however because of the manufacture and our location but it did cruise nicely at 120+.
Your car (project) looks great, your efforts have paid off.