April 3rd to April 19th.

[J-(Chicago)]

Here's where I'm at. I took a week off for friends, rain, wound healing, and relaxation, but things are moving right along. Frame will be blasted and 1st coated tomorrow.
1- Start
2-disassembly
3-scraping/cleaning/grinding
4- Fabbing up body carts
5- Body mounts

[J-(Chicago)]

-interior gut
-Beer and pizza for the boys, for helping me lift.
-rolling chassis

[J-(Chicago)]

Sandblasted the whole chassis yesterday and por 15 painted it.
top coat primed it today. I'll get some pics.

[Oldsguy]

If you are going to do just the frame and then put the body back on, yes, for sure. What else is planned though?

[J-(Chicago)]

There's still a LOT to do. I have to patch a rear floor pan, sandblast the whole floor, Make a new dashboard, make a new non ac heater box to cover the firewall hole, box the frame in the middle, weld in a dual hump crossmember from a 96 impala, cut and weld 2 pairs of inner fenders to make one good pair, all of the body work, all new lines, fuel cell, seal off the trunk from the driver area with sheetmetal, re run all harnesses, put in floor dimmer headlight switches, convert to buckets & automatic floor shift, new suspension, manual steering conversion, swap motor brackets onto the new motor, re fabric the headliner, wheels,tires, scrape off all undercoating and paint under the body.

That's just what I can think of off the top of my head.

Anyone want to change their votes ? lol.

[jeffrey]

......Just voted "no"..........


However, if you prove me wrong, I'll not only buy ya a beer, I'll hand it to ya.

Jeff

[Oldsguy]

Oh man, you have a lot to do then. I modify my assessment, you won't get it all done in time my friend, however, if I am wrong I will also buy you a beer or better yet, bring you one of my own "Burn-Out Stout".

[nohn]

I don't know too much, but getting that much done in that amount of time. You will have to work yourself crazy. If you get it done I will send you a bottle of wine from Italy.

[Oldsguy]

Ha!

If nothing else, this guy is going to be drunk soon!

[J-(Chicago)]

Originally Posted by jeffrey

......Just voted "no"..........


However, if you prove me wrong, I'll not only buy ya a beer, I'll hand it to ya.

Jeff

That's gonna be a long hand off from Mississippi. Go go gadget arm.

[J-(Chicago)]

I think money is going to be the big factor in getting it done. My tax return is already spent Hopefully that economy stimulus package pulls through. Luckily, most of the kicks in the balls money wise have already been overcome. Motor, trans, rear end, and new suspension parts were already purchased/completed a month ago.

[jeffrey]

Originally Posted by J-(Chicago)

That's gonna be a long hand off from Mississippi. Go go gadget arm.

For some reason I thought you were gonna take the car to Byron, I musta had it confused with a different thread.

[The_Jeremiah]

Just voted yes, do yourself a favor, get OFF the page, and GO work on it ! LOL just teasing. J, What exactly are you doing to the car ? Are you making a drag car ? or just swapping a big block into it ? What all are you doin ? im intrigued, what is the purpose of the car ? lol

[J-(Chicago)]

Jeffery---Yeah I'm hoping to have it at the Byron IL track on Sept 1st.

You coming??!


The Jeremiah---
I guess the purpose of the car is just a nice sleeper street cruiser. Kind of a ''in your face'' to everyone building $25,000+
15 second quarter cars while talking smack about my 80's B-bodies. I'm taking every bolt off of the car and painting it, and getting every bit of rust on it disintegrated. I want to have a brand new nice fast car when I'm finished for under 9 grand.

The motor is a 72 350 with 7a heads. I had a bowl blend, 4 angle valve job, and changed the exhaust seat radius from 45degrees to 30degrees. Performer Rpm intake, and bored .030 for some Flat top pistons. Lunati 318A3 cam.

Nothing too outrageous, but motor should be making close to 400 horse.
Here's the head flow numbers before and after the machine work.
Int. Ex. (Stock)
.100 55 40
.200 105 75
.300 148 105
.400 170 135
.500 180 145
Int. Ex. (Machined)
.100 80 66
.200 145 109
.300 185 147
.400 207 170
.500 209 180
My current carb is a Holley 650 double pumper
Gear ratio is a 3.08
Haven't decided on the trans yet. A th350 will probably gain me a few tenths, and a 3.73 a few more but I have a built and kitted 400 that I'm just dying to put into something. I'm hoping for low 13's

[J-(Chicago)]

Only stock suspension that will be used are a arms and steering spindles.

[J-(Chicago)]

Here you go ladies and gents 3 days of progress. I sandblasted the frame to bare metal, por 15 painted, 1st coat primed, 2nd coat primed, and 1st green topcoat layer was layed down just before sunset today. Some of you military guys might appreciate the color choice I mixed the color myself and think it looks awesome.

[J-(Chicago)]

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[jeffrey]

[quote=J-(Chicago);31520]Jeffery---Yeah I'm hoping to have it at the Byron IL track on Sept 1st.

You coming??!/quote]

Yeah but I'll be in the Stang, it travels better than the 'vintage cars'.

[J-(Chicago)]

Rain yesterday and today
I'll try to get something else done however.

[J-(Chicago)]

Frame is finished with paint. Going to box it and put in the new crossmember this weekend. (and repaint the sh1t I burn off lol)

Inner fenders are done, ready for paint. Bumper inserts are blasted and primed.

I have glue and fabric for the headliner and am going to start it now.

[The_Jeremiah]

J, that frame looks awesome, i especially love the color. Too bad it will only look that nice for a month or so : ) then it will be caked in dirt

[Aussie67Delta88Custom]

J-chicago,
You are welcome to come on Down Under and give my 67 Delta 88 Custom the J-treatment !

The fools who have it wont have this much respect !

I voted for "rob the bank" but thats because that was what I had to do ... legally though at 8.9% !

cheers and beers from Australia

[J-(Chicago)]

Thanks for all the great feedback guys.
I'll keep the pics coming.

[J-(Chicago)]

Here's another update. I've been slacking a bit lately, mostly because of rain days and waiting for parts, BUT...
I did the lower control arm bushings, A-arm bushings, new cross shafts, and ball joints tonight. Took about 4 hours.
I also boxed the frame and got a couple coats of paint on the new metal.
I blasted and painted the inside of the chrome bumpers black, blasted and painted the core support, inner fenders, and the rear axle.

[UCF72Cutlass]

Awesome work. I voted yes just because your from chicago where i was born. : )

[J-(Chicago)]

Well folks, I finally got back to work on her today. Rolling chassis is done except for a pitman arm and brake job. I also started mocking up the transmission with an old block and crank. It's been a pretty fun project so far.
The local parts store had 500 degree rattle cans of corporate blue on clearance for $1.50 so I scooped them all up. I hadn't planned on making anything blue, but It doesn't look too ridiculous so you'll probably see a few more things suddenly turn blue as it progresses lol.

[J-(Chicago)]

As some of you already know, the 85 200C transmission and crossmember will not work with a 72 delta 88 th400.
Here's some pics of the obvious reasons



Also in the gallery for today....
Converting a 90's Chevy 9c1 Crossmember into an Olds crossmember.

Measure.......



Mark......


and CHOP.
I'll be using the rear mount, not the front. These things are Solid as a rock, even cut up.

[J-(Chicago)]

I went through the entire body today........
Don't think I'm gonna make it now.
I found some......
well as a dentist would say....
cavitys.

If I work 6 hrs a day everyday after work I might make it.
and If I end up at the race, The car will be in nothing but DP90.

[Oldsguy]

At least you are making progress. Good work.

[J-(Chicago)]

I had an epiphany today when I was sticking empty Coors cans into the cylinders of the old crusty mock up block......

I'm going to arrange a beer and bondo party, and have everyone tackle the body with stripper, sandblasters, welding helmets and what not.

This one man operation stuff is the pits with such a horrible deadline.

If you tap it...... they will come.

[J-(Chicago)]

I got a lot done this week, but managed to set myself back even further.
After a good sandblasting, the shell is kind of .... well.... F'd up.

So... let's see here.... I now need
Both doors, Rear floor pans, and patch panels for the quarters, sail panels, and wheelhouses.

I'll report back after I'm out of daylight.....
Maybe...

On the plus side, My electrolytic rust remover/toilet rig is working, slowly but surely.

[J-(Chicago)]

Lots of pics for you to enjoy, and a few to horrify you.




If you think you're going to be slick and remove your landau top, I suggest you think twice. This one only came off because it HAD to come off to fix the rust. Note the 1/4''+ of filler from the factory and what the seams look like after you chisel it all off.

[J-(Chicago)]

I Think I need some floors.....
I bet you can't wait to see what this GARB will look like after a sandblasting.

[J-(Chicago)]

Sigh....

So much for my $75 diamond in the rough.
$75 is about all it's worth at this point.

I need doors,wheelhouse patches, and 1 qtr panel patch now.

[J-(Chicago)]

After all of these depressing pictures, I'll post a couple to cheer us up.
I got sick and tired of trying to find a correct pitman arm for my 65 manual box and Delta idler arm combo.... So I changed the splines on the old power steering one with a swift HACK.






And.... after a good cool down and wire wheel.

[Oldsguy]

As far as the top seams go, time to sling some LEAD! I did the pitman arm deal on my '69 Delta when I converted to non-power steering, worked great. As far as the doors go? Sorry man!!!!!!

[deltathunder]

any updates j?

[J-(Chicago)]

Originally Posted by deltathunder

any updates j?

Actually, Yes.
Thanks for watching lol.
I think people shy away from this thread because I dated it, and April is long gone.
I'll post some new pics.

[Daniel2008]

I respect all that time and effort you put into getting your car right. The frame looks great! I have two 1985 delta 88's. One has been in Va. for 20+ years and the other has been in PA and NY. You sure can tell the difference in the frames with regards to their level of exposure to salt, ice, sand, etc.

[daves62]

Are you doing the whole project in your driveway? That's cool
keep the updates coming. I can wait to see it unfold.