Primed and Paint!

Well the car is starting to take shape. He has it primed and painting it black. The pictures show him starting to wet sand the car. I think I should be able to to pick it up this week! For some reason I'm thinking putting all the parts back on will take longer than taking them off.

Unfortunately he was in the middle of wet sanding when I got there.

Here's the engine broken down. I've been cleaning up the tin, heater boxes, manifold, valve covers and other pieces. Won't be a looker in the engine compartment, just a stock look. I'll put on a new exhaust system and change out all the gaskets.

New Metal, Bare Metal, and More

I ordered new sheet metal from Mid American Motorworks: Inner and outer driver rockers, rear apron, both floor pans, driver rear quarter panel. My paint and body guy Larry Renfrow fabricated some sections as well. Larry stripped down the car to bare metal to find any Bondo, rust or damage. As usual he found quite a few interesting repairs that had been done over the years. Here's some pictures along the way. He used my old rims to mount the car to a rotisserie so he could work on the car more easily. Almost ready for primer.

Drivers side rocker replacement.

The battery tray repaired.

The front fenders both had bondo repairs.

New drivers front quarter section.

The new floor pans.

Larry fabricated the new rear tray. Of course the convertible top leaked at some point. There's still a few pin holes he will fill in.