bigin1978

So here are pics of my baby. this happened two weeks ago. its gonna be a long winter !

Eddie Hansen

Everyones worst nightmare condolences

bigin1978

Nobody was hurt and that's what is most important. Hagerty has been fantastic. she will be back on the road again. hopefully be summer.

oldcutlass

Ouch, how bad is the frame kinked and where?

bigin1978

The rear frame is buckled just in front of the bumper brackets. Brackets are wasted. We didn't see any other frame damage.I plan on pulling the bumper off tomorrow night . I am hoping to start pulling in it Saturday. Its nice to have dads frame machine to use.

oldcutlass

Lucky you, hopefully it won't be too severe and be an easy fix. Did the insurance co total it?

bigin1978

No. It was real close though.

bigin1978

so I got the rear bumper off today. We discussed where and how we are going to start pulling on it. hope to find more time this week to pull.

bigin1978

So today while I am at work , dad pulled the frame and rear body panel back to where they should be. the passenger quarter pulled back well too. things are looking up.

drop top olds

I agree, it is not what you want to see happen. I was lucky, 10/24 I was rear-ended, but I was in my wife's car. Otherwise I would be looking at a similar situation. Looks like you are fortunate to have a frame machine available and a shop to work on it. Hope to see pics of it on the road this Spring. Good Luck.

bigin1978

I a very lucky to have the equipment to work on this . dad owned his own bodyshop from 1978. he is retired now and mostly works on restoring his model a's . he has been hitting his 31 coupe real hard lately. so for him to take a whole day to get mine back on track was a big deal.

oldstata

Wow that quarter pulled out pretty nice!! Still need some work but she will be straight again

bigin1978

yes it did.

my72olds

Where are you located bigin1978

cus

G'day Bigin,

Bad luck about the rear end, looks like you are all over it though.
Quick question, I'm about to paint my car "Crystal Green", is that what
your car is?

Cus

bigin1978

Erie pa 16509

bigin1978

Oldsmobile called it Pinehurst green. I can send you the ppg shop line paint code if you like.

cus

That would be great,
if you have the GM code would be great as well,
the paint guys here match the 2-pack to the GM codes,
my standard color is Moss Gold, bit of a cacky green, I think your green
is heaps better,

Cus

cus

Ok, just got it
GM code WA 4232

Cus

bigin1978

so I got all the mouldings ,side marker lights,gastank, and decklid off last night. New deck lid is on its way right now. Plan is to get it fitted this weekend and begin quarter replacement. I will do my best to have step by step pictures of that process. sorry for the blurry pic. I am a bit shakey anymore.

bigin1978

so when I was taking everything out I noticed that my splatter paint doesn't cover the entire trunk floor and it looks like the seam sealer guy had a bit extra he had to get rid of.

drop top olds

No rust should be hiding under there.

bigin1978

Tonight I got over to the garage for a couple hours. Bolted the deck lid on. We had to pull the rear body panel some more and tweek it a bit . got it fitting and closing really nice. it pops up just a little bit when you unlatch it. gaps are all good. Then I spent another 2 hours with the DA and some 40 grit going thru two coats of paint and primer. I still have about an hour left of stripping the outside. the inside needs a little work so tomorrow I will pull it back off sand blast the bottom and start fixing what ever I find.

Eddie Hansen

Nice work so far, geez moving right along... r u doing full quarters or skins?

bigin1978

I have a set of nos convertible quarters. I plan on using them. They are a bit different by the trunk lid seam due to the rounded corner, but I have them. nobody makes an aftermarket supreme full quarter. I have only seen one set of nos supreme quarters and that's on ebay. I can't afford that price. So yes "full" quarters.

oldstata

Your car looks to be rust free and it looks like you pulled most of the quarter out straight. Is it possible you could metal finish that quarter and get those dents out with out using the nos quarter ? Or is there something I am missing ?

my72olds

If you were much closer you could come cut the quarters off my parts car and whatever else you needed back there .

bigin1978

The lower corner of the right quarter was patched 20 years ago when I redid it last time. The rot is back about four inchs up and six inchs back . I could just patch it again and the hammer and dolly the ret of the quarter to get it straight enough to skim coat the whole quarter from the extension to almost the door. that's a lot of of filler and sanding. the seam for the convertiable quarter will be from the front of the sail panel to about two inchs back from the stock seam in the trunk area. on top of the quarter. it will be a better finished product with less filler to replace the whole quarter.

bigin1978

I really need to make a trip down that way and do that. its to bad your so dam far away.

bigin1978

So got some time this weekend to work on her. I got the trunk lid in side sand blasted and found a little rot along lip under the trim molding. I expected it to be way worse than it was. I had to put one patch in about three inches long by about two inches wide . I cut out the rot and bent up the outer lip. placed the patch under the lip hammer and dollied the lip back down and welded the patch in. ground it down and finished t with some filler. Sanded smooth and primed. I did have a few other small holes that I welded up and then finished. I think it turned out pretty good.

Eddie Hansen

Good, my Friend that is Damn Good, very nice work, from someione who is learning to appreciate just how much work welding is. I am assuming that you are spraying in a heated shop? I wanted to spray a coat of primer to stabalize my welding while I was continuing with metal work, but am afraid it is too cold in the garage ( unheated Garage) , plus I was worried I would need a fresh air supplied mask to spray,

anyway looks great

bigin1978

Thanks. Yes it is heated when working we keep it around 60 or so. when painting it gets cranked to 70. dad has a hanging reznor heater that's gotta be 40 years old. still works like new. he replaced the gas valve two years ago and a new thermostat too. hopefully I will have time tomorrow night to sand the inside of the trunk lid and get it painted. I would like to have it installed this weekend. Then I have to finish pulling the rocker trim and quarter trim in front of the rear wheels. hopefully the quarter replacement can begin before Christmas.

bigin1978

so as far as a fresh air supplied mask goes. it really is not a required. I use a respirator. If you have any facial hair put some Vaseline on your face where the mask is on the hair to make sure you have a good seal. also make sure the mask cartridges are rated for what you are doing. place a box fan with a furnace filter over it in a window to draw air out of your garage. I would recommend a propane tank top heater to get the shop warmed up god and warm before you spray. maybe get the shop up to 80 if you can then open the window with the fan on low. right before you spray turn of the heater. then I would wait till the air is clean to turn the heater back on. hope this helps.

Eddie Hansen

Thanks for the advice, very much appreciated, man I hate winter cramps my style , but it is usually when the missus cant find more honey dos for me lol....

Looking forward to your quarters segment

bigin1978

So first paint sprayed! I want to get the deck lid fitted and ready for the quarter panel fitment. I went over and sanded it all with 220 then 400. wiped her down and got her covered in some 3 coats of Pinehurst base and 3 coats of clear. Its good to have progress!

bigin1978

started to pull the interior out last night. found broadcast card still attached to the rear seat bottom.

Eddie Hansen

Very nice work and a nice find, man tgat thing is clean inside and out

bigin1978

removed the interior last weekend. found some rot that is gonna need fixed.

bigin1978

I had some free time away from the garage at my house so I found some guys on here restored their tail lights . mine got destroyed in the accident so I got some off of here and Ebay. out of 6 I think I got 4 nice ones. I followed what was posted on here about the liquid drain cleaner to soak the tail lenses in. WOW that works great! after their "bath" I polished the lens part , then cleaned with alcohol and a soft brush. the masking was lets say,something I could do with out doing again. I then scuffed the rest of the area with 320 sand paper and got them primed. I am having trouble finding someplace local to find the krylon dull aluminum so I think I am going to order some and try to get them painted soon.

Eddie Hansen

Kmart and ac moores is a good source for krylon, surprised, at
Whats under the floormat I also know you will make short work of it