Eddie Hansen

man looks like your making excellent progress, a question, whose quarters are those? Tabcos? I got the good mark quarters but it seems yours fit all the way to the molding holes!! not sure if mine will?

TRW

Thank you Brian.

Tom

Birdman

I got them from Fusick. They had to be cut and trimmed to fit ofcourse.

Hey Brian, When i go over there tomorrow I will talk with the guy doing the work and see what we can work out. Shoot me your number via pm!

Matt

69442C

Matt, you have a PM.
Brian

Eddie Hansen

I think fusick sells the goodmarks as well... they did a nice job..

69442C

TRW, you have a PM.

Brian

TRW

Thanks Brian. PM returned.

Tom

69442C

Hi Tom,

Follow up PM sent.

Thanks,
Brian

Birdman

Now that we got all the PMs out of the way lol. Here are a few more pics.











The frame is NOT glossy, it has calmed down some, as you will see in later pics.




Went with Rhino liner on the belly of the car. Let me know what you guys think, I love it!

Birdman

This is painted the same as the frame.

What you guys think? I think it looks killer!






Sorry for so many pics at once. I love the way this thing is coming together. Spending a little extra money to make it a little more nice. I also got a new power plant for it this weekend along with new tranny. I cant wait to hear and see that thing down in there!

INSANE

looks real nice! I'm doing the exact same car.

Birdman

Thanks!

Indy_68_S

Looking good !
I'm jealous ! I haven't been able to work on mine for 2+ months...I'll live thru yours until I get back to mine !

Your frame look very nice ! I noticed it looks like you still have the 'open' hardtop frame. Any concerns about that ? Or will you just keep the top up & doors closed !

Birdman

yeah the frame was already painted before we found the way to make it right. There are no plans to change it up right now, but that could change if I free up some more money, but I have a lot in it right now. I have heard it will be a problem but also heard it wont be as bad as some say. The car will be snugged down, and it wont be driven hard so hopefully it will be ok. It is going to be hard to stay out of it with the new power plant going in it

J-(Chicago)

Nice work.

Higgins

Looking fantastic. I like the Rhino liner a lot. What did you use on the frame?

Birdman

Just a satin paint! the rhino liner is one of my favorite things we have done thus far!

allyolds68

I know how much you like that frame but you're asking for trouble....

Here's one in Indiana:

https://classicoldsmobile.com/forums...e-chassis.html

69442C

X2. I've had the opportunity to have both a bare HT frame and bare conv frame in the past. When I picked those frames up at the very back and twisted them, a HT frame definitely moves throughout the center. Not so with a conv frame. I also lifted the back of a conv 69 Cutlass body that was just sitting on the frame to see how much the door gaps moved. The gaps closed up by more than 50% with little effort and I stopped trying at that point. The door wedges will hold up for a little while to keep the doors from hitting the quarters but sooner or later the metal the wedges are screwed to will start to collapse and problems will develop. It's a shame to see all this time, effort and money invested in this project when the method to make the frame right was simple enough and very doable yet not embraced (no pun intended).

olds67

WOOW!!!
great work.
another car that will seem new.

Birdman

Don't get me wrong, it is not that I like this frame. It is just that is what i have right now and no money to do another one right now. Down the road we will change the frame out or do what we need to make it right. The car is already back together so it is something I am going to have to live with for the moment.

thanks for all the comments and suggestions guys.

RaiderLSx

Anything new with your build? Bump

OLDSMCNUT

nice car i have a 68 convert. also numbers matching 4 speed with numbers matching trans. its in the paint shop right now its going to be midnight black i think it will look great ted