Hi guys,

after a lot of work in europe, changing the flat and a lot of stress i ve started my new project ....
ive sold my crashed 71
i bought this 70 cutlass S from Fort lauderdale Miami for an acceptable price of 7000$

ive started to do a frame off resto....
here are the first pics......
bought it at 2nd july and arrived in Rotterdam NL at 23th of August ...
ive seen it the first time at 14th september ....

lets speak the pics for themselves....

 

some more pictures:

 

and more:

 

...more

 

more and more....
ive started to dissassemble the whole car....

 

hood off, fenders off, front end off....

build some new floor pan plugs...

 

installed the floor pan plugs, took the headliner off, cleaned the radiator support....

 

so after that ive pulled the 35o out of the car, installed some sound deadening panels into the body, and cleaned and blasted some more parts...

 

so cleaned up some more and more parts.....

 

primed and painted the new parts in a classic black finish...

jacked the car up on 6ton jack stands...

and put on the new wheels (i couldnt withstand)

 

pulled out the a/c
pulled the control arms and the rear axle...
old versus new exhaust system.... (its the summit 2 1/2 header back system)
meanwhile we put our new car lift together....

 

pulled the th 350 and the tank.....

 

Looking good. Seems to be a good car to start with.

 

seperated the driveshaft from the tranny....
opened the 12 bolt rear end and well it is 41-16 -> it s a 2.56!!! open diff????
but if i turn the driveshaft, both wheels turn into the same direction
thats secondary....
the important thing is everything looks perfect no metal pieces or something...

 

so after that weve pulled out the frame ......

 

thanks gearheads78, ill do my best !

so that is from yesterday.....
looks like i am not to late to save this olds from the badest of the badest - The one and only - RUST ....

So i will keep u updated ....
have a nice weekend

 

Looks like you have a good body and frame to start with. Things should go pretty well with that in mind. Good luck.

 

Hi Guys,
thanks for your backup!!!

Here i am back with the latest updates:

ive put the fuel lines, brake lines, control arms and the steering linkage apart
of course ive done hundrets of pictures

after that i`ve started to clean everything with the angle grinder.....

God d*mn thats a lot of work(never thought that much)
Sandblasting would be easier (here it would be about >1200$ just for the frame) but thats not in my budget , so i have to do it this way....

Regards,
Torsten

 

and some more pictures:

 

and more:

 

last but not least:

 

Back from Work:

Here are the updates:

Cleaned everything with small brushes and the angle grinder....
after that it was ready for paint....

Anything in a shiny 2 in1 epoxy black...
The "Hollows" ,the locations that i cant reach with anything, will be treated with wax....

so far guys...

Thanks for looking!

Torsten

 

and here the painted frame:

 

Wow, looking good. You're working quickly!

I've seen a steering wheel like that before. Is that from a late 70's Camaro? I guess you're in line for a replacement. Are you going to stick to a primarily stock look or no?

$1200 to blast a frame. wow. I guess sand is at a premium there. haha.

 

Thanks Tom,

Yeah, they blasting with tiny gold pieces in it!!!

With the Steering wheel, i have a grant challenger steering wheel laying around since 2 years that looks nearly to the original olds sport wheel ....

That has to be mounted till i have the money for the very very final touches..
The steering wheel, that is mounted, i have no idea....
It just looks ugly

 

Good looking car I agree with the frame cleaning with a angle grinder. Messy and hard work. Looks good and moving along quickly.

 

I must say it is looking good and wow you work fast..Keep up the good work

 

Thanks guys!!!

Im glad you like my "little" project....

So today ive cleaned the Transmission Crossmember and the driveshaft...
bolted on the motor mounts and started to bent my new stainless steel fuel lines...
puuh that was crazy but it looks good...

the first bents were hard but then it goes easy....
i hold them in place with some tie wraps for the first fit....
Final alignment comes later....

Have A Great Day!!!

Regards,
Torsten

 

and the fuel lines...

 

You seem to have purchased a car that was in good shape to begin with.But you are doing an excellent job and I believe it.'s going to look 1000 % better when your done with it.

 

Thanks Bulldog,

Ill do my best in restoring my cutlass and give you an (every)day entertainment here on CO.

Thanks for looking!!!
Torsten

 

Looks great thanks for sharing.

 

Nice work. Nice shop too, good thread

 

Wow, I second (or 3rd or) those who've said "Nice work & FAST"

Looks like your hard work on the frame paid off. That's really nice!

Keep us posted, but slow down ! You're making me feel lazy !

 

Thanks, guys!!!!
Im really getting red!!!

Tomorrow you`re get new pictures....

Hold on......

Im glad you like my project !!!!!!

Have a nice day!!!!!


Torsten

 

So, im back from our shop....

Today ive seperated the whole steering linkage and did some cosmetic work on them.....

Ive bought this Front End tools to get everything apart...
I am highly recommend this set when dissasembling the front end its very easy to use!!!

 

i marked everything with some tape for some easy reassembling

 

put it back together... and wow, it turned out really nice...
What do you think?????

 

here`s the rest of it:

Torsten

 

Hi guys,

Today was f*ckin cold so ive decided to complete my TLC on the grilles and headlight bezels in my little carpenter shop.....

I modelled the broken and missing little pieces out of fiber glass and finished it with filler....

sanded, filled, sanded, filled, sanded, filled, primed 2 times and finished it in a classic silver....

ive spend about 15 hours into this .....
that much time and work and you cant see it anymore...

But i really like the result!!!

Regards,
Torsten