Progress on my project after 4 years. Details to follow.


New floor pans and full trunk pan








Just primed









Ready to cut in.





Sikkens Autobase Plus BaseCoat








Sikkens HS Plus Clear











Finally done! Next step, block and buff!











Viking Coil overs and Hotchkis upper and lower arms











Speed hut Guages








Intro Wheels

 

Beautiful, look forward to following the rest of your build.

 

Wow, that is nice.

Great work.

 

Thanks Eric!

The build is as follows...

Stock 1970 low mile Toro 455 iron E Heads home ported. Mark Remmell helped with the hydraulic roller cam and head work. Stock bore. Sean Murphy stage 2 Quadrajet
Performer intake, Headers

Vintage Air

Turbo 400 with FTI 3000 stall and GV overdrive
3:42 Posi
C5 Disc brakes Kore 3 brackets


UMI rotojoint upper and lower adjustable control arms 1" sway bar
Viking adjustable shocks with front coil overs.

Hotchkis control arms 1.25 front sway bar
Iroc steering box

18x7 front 18x9.5 rear Intro Wheels
235-40-18. 275-40-18

 

Doors looked like they got run over with a Delta 88











After a whole lot of metal work and a skim coat of filler.

 

Some very talented work going on.Nice project you have there.

 

wow great work so far love the HO and resto mod combo.

wheels look really nice too all parts choices seem well thought out

what advantage does the coil over up front offer over the traditional shock in spring ?

 

Thanks guys! RetroRanger, I lowered the rear 1" when I get it all together the coil overs give me the ability to set my ride height and stance easily.

 

Impressive! I'm subscribed.

 

ahh i see very nice then. Do / did you need to reinforce the shock mount area on the LCA or is it stronger on the after market arm ?

 

No. It's stronger on the AM arm. It's plate not stamped steel.

 

Very nice looking project you got going. Very nicely detailed. Look forward to seeing the completed car. Steve

 

Nice car!!! can't wait to see the end results!! Love the gauges! They "fit" the car much better than the Dakota all digital ones I've seen for our cars.

 

Yea, Speedhut Guages were easy to work with and customize. I used the 4" Revolution Guages. To mount them I used the cans that the OEM Guages came in and fabricated some extension brackets to fit the bezels on just like O.E. I hate how some aftermarket Guages I see in the forum are just stuck into the bezels and sit almost flush. I wanted a modern twist to the factory look.

 

Gorgeous through and through. WOW!

 

Thank you, for the kind words!

 

Very impressive work on your car.

 

What model Intro wheels are they? They look sharp!

 

I wish I could tell you. I bought them at the Turky Rod Run in Daytona a few years back. The guy that sold them to me said that they were special ordered and not picked up. I got one heck of a deal....$2000.00 wheels and tires. They look just like the Lime Green 442 that's on the forum except for the bigger windows. I need to find a shop that can machine a new set of center caps that I can add the Olds decal too. Intro won't do it.

 

Smoothed firewall for the vintage air setup.
Blacked out firewall and bottom of shell and wheel wells.

 

Gorgeous! Now get back in the garage - we want more pics!

 

Did a little buffing the week end. Shiny!

 

Waiting for the spring ps to settle.








I know...w27 on a 1969? Hell Yeah!








Finally going back on the frame.

 

Your car is looking great, you are doing a very nice job on this one!

 

Beeutiful! Nice work!

 

Overdrive Trans?

Great progress, great pix...

 

Gear Vendors. Thanks for the comments.

 

Man that thing will be sweet once she is all done! Some great meta lwork talent you have there as well!

 

very nice work and attention to detail

 

Awe I'm blushing guys....lol...thanks for the comments.

 

A couple of updated photos. Stainless moldings going on and final buff.��

 

It really looks great!

 

Looking good! Definitely ahead of me. How wide did you go with the stripe on the trunk. I see way to many that are too wide, but yours looks just right.

 

Very,Very Nice work!! That is going to be a beauty when done. Paint and body look awesome. Steve

 

Beautiful

 

I got the original sizes and layout from Jeff Meister complete with the correct radius for the corners. I can post the layout if you guys would like.

 

Got the left fender buffed and installed today. Looking more and more like a car every weekend.

 

Template from an original 1969 Hurst Olds

 

X2 on those wheels looking sharp! to bad you don't know what model they are.

 

I know. I looked on Intro's site and couldn't find them.
Maybe they were a custom deal. idk. I just got lucky coming across them at
The Turkey Rod Run.