Ranzan

Good Score today..........

decided to put a want ad on Craigslist for a rotisserie not thinking of finding one since I have posted 3 other times looking for one.....check my e-mail this am and guess what a guy down the road has one.....2 minute drive down the road picked it up for a 100 bucks.....

no more laying on the cold pavement for me baby

home built job but it will work good

Ranzan

Well finally got place to store my Chassis.......I only have half a garage... anyone that is married will know what I mean

should be able to drop it off in the next couple of weeks so I can get the body on the roto and finished off......... honestly for a driver car this really is kind of stupid lol

stan 65 cutlass

hey, good score on the rotis. musta missed that post

Ranzan

Well after some fab work got the Roto where it is now safe to work with......

got her bolted up and spun today......it is a really really tight fit in the garage but it works

no more getting dirty and cold

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2blu442

That is a nice tool! Congrats on scoring it! John

citcapp

Way cool score. Stand up to work what a novel idea

stan 65 cutlass

scary to look at, at first, bet you wish you had that when you stripped the bottom of your car.

Ranzan

Stan no kidding first time I went to flip it all I thought of was if this thing goes I`m in deep SH%T...

It was good to see you and shoot the breeze... I will get down your way one of these days..... really Summer would be warmer and could have more beer. got about 4 inchs of the white stuff last night.

Ranzan

John haven`t had a chance to speak with Rambow about the seats yet I think he is out of town this weekend but will let you know when I do talk with him

Ranzan

got the rear half of the car painted to date... a little chilly in the shop these days but got a great pic of the boss napping on the job

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Schne442

Now thats the life. Looks like me at work
Gary

stan 65 cutlass

allrite, wheres the pics? ill take some if you will,

Ranzan

here Stan just for you

pretty much looks the same

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Ranzan

one very small section of undercoating left on the pass wheelwell but will have to spin the car to get to it

I will probably tackle the front side of the pans first before the wells

I am just using the krylon semi gloss in the rattle can for the bottom of the car

I really shouldn`t have been so damn cheap and just got it blasted lol would have been alot faster than this

found another batch of pinholes along the way in the trunk pan but I`m glad I was able to save the original pan

Ranzan

Small update

got going on the wells today with my youngest son.. we got nasty dirty and he loved it

This is really why I am doing this I get some great one on one time with him
...Did you know the motor really should go in the trunk....
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anyways got all the undercoat and paint off along with the seam sealer on the drivers side

ran into this on both lower rear wells filled in with the ever excellent expanding foam

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we were only out for a couple of hours so managed to get the pass side mainly finished off other than a few touch up welds

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hopefully have it buttoned up on Saturday

stan 65 cutlass

nice work,your work has improved since your post started. that welding looks perfect. ive been wire wheeling inside the car getting ready to por. that rotis sure makes that lower work easier to reach

Ranzan

Stan ah yes gotta love the wire wheeling

welds are getting better practice practice practice.. bloody car or luck whichever you prefer lol

trying to get some tinkering time in hopefully out there today to get more done

get some pics up I want to check out the progress

stan 65 cutlass

here you are wes, got daylight on my *** today for the first time in a while, the weather has realy sucked up till now.

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Ranzan

gotta love the sunlight on a girls *** Stan

this is it ..........today is day the girl gets finished off on the underside...

I stripped the back down to metal again its been naggin at me that I didn`t por it....

got the front half down to metal along with the lower cowl. prep por and re seam seal and body back on the frame either tonight or tommorow night

I will post pics once she is back on

it has been off the frame since July 18 2006........

I`m going to rehang all the sheetmetal for fit this week

stan 65 cutlass

cool, pretty exciting, ive been hesitant to do any por because its been so cold, things are warming up now though

therobski

Your welds are looking good, are you using .25 wire on the patch panel?

Ranzan

Bottom of the car is finished off

Stripped to bare metal then 2 coats of POR15, seam sealed then 3 coats of Krylon Satin black....

from this

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to this
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I really liked using this Duplicolor Bed Armour this stuff went on slick

I Pored the Wells then seam sealed it up with 2 coats of the Bed Armour
I used the quart can you can get and I still have some left over

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Ranzan

Rob yes I`m using the .25 guage with all the sheetmetal work

Julian P

Yep.. thats what I do with my street rod.. each saturday (only day I get) I try to make progress on it each week...going slow.. but going..

stan 65 cutlass

looks like progress wes, bet ya cant wait to abuse the old gal? i can smell the rubber burning now

Willidog

Doing a great job! Looks like a lot of fun. Wish I could weld like you.

Ranzan

Got the body back on the frame today.................

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my kids had to hop in and take a spin around the block

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Feels great to have this part of the project done....it is starting to look like a car again

stan 65 cutlass

that thing already looks tuff as hell, wait till the rest of the sheetmetal goes on. how are you for chrome, interior etcetera? all pristine, in boxes?

Ranzan

I have almost everything Stan I was a pack rat for 4 years and got what I needed the only things I still need to look for is a headliner and rear interior panels mine are to far gone to reuse

I am thinking the car is going to be *** up once I get the motor and trans in....for some strange reason it is sitting alot higher than I remember it

this is where it sat before teardown

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it might just be the tires though


and yeah I`m thinkin she is pretty Bad *** right now lol

stan 65 cutlass

headliner? there has been one on used vic a few times now, new $50. wish i knew. what about the battery tray? i see one of those as well.

Ranzan

I saw the headliner I believe it was for a 65 though I`ll have to keep my eyes open
I have a mint battery tray so I`m good there as well

I also still need to get a stearing box one of those things I haven`t gotten around to yet lol

stan 65 cutlass

parts car has a manual steering box?? or are you looking at jeep?

Ranzan

going Jeep ..really should make some calls

Ranzan

got some sheetmetal hung today

Drivers side was a breeze

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Still working on the Passenger side

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stan 65 cutlass

looks awsome, do you have a new bolt kit? or a collection of old ones? they dont have much for my 65 but most of yours is available

Ranzan

I got a new front end bolt kit but still using the original door bolts

I still have 2 cars worth of bolts lying around though

stan 65 cutlass

when i took the grill off my car i think there was three bolts holding the whole thing on, i need to start disasembling the parts car, so far its been largely untouched. went to duncan auto yesterday to order some sheetmetal etc, they dont carry much. what does your guy carry/who do they use?

Ranzan

Stan I got my bolt kit and hinge kit off of e-pay... sheetmetal I use CrossCanada then order it through Lordco. you will prob have to use the search for olds and chevelle like I did since most interchange

I will have a ton of sheetmetal bolts left over if you need anything

RAMBOW

Lookin real good Wes!

It'll settle down, remember bumpers, gastank, trunklid, doors, glass... all that stuff adds up!

RAMBOW

btw... I think i know someone who can do your seats when you're ready, just gotta get them to me:

http://www.seat-guy.com/