Gumby

Piddling away at stuff. Im missing a tote. It might have left with the 72 Benz. Now i think I need a parts car. Parts are silly. $7 each for molding clips. 28 per side. Im gonna have to fire up the printer. I wish I could print weatherstrip. An...

Headliner is on the bows, but I'm waiting on tack strip. Meanwhile, Im trying to consolodate parts, finding what I have, what fasteners I need and where their holes are under the sound deadener. At this point I have all the stainless and chrome...

Starting to go back together

Sanded back to 600 then 2nd coat of primer

Jams, trunk and hood inside in primer.

Spent the entire weekend going through bins looking for parts. Unwise choices were made. I should have been wiring while waiting for another two gallons of epoxy primer sealer. Instead, I assembled doors so I could see what they looked like. To...

Blower motor with steel cage for extra dicing of rodents, new resistor block and heater core from BJs in. Heater core required some custom mounts and mods, but it fit. Sheet of 3/16s in and waiting on some CAD clean up. The plasma didn't like...

Winders got done

Door glass lifts and channels all in. I did the drivers vent window seal and divider bar. Hole crap what a nightmare. Im holding off on the passenger door vent until I recover. Doors close like butter. Heater core failed on a test toast. I got...

I grabbed the winch off the trailer so i could mock up a bumper. Then I took the CAD mock up and put it in CAD so I can get it cut out of plate. HF had a sale, so I can put the 9k winch back on the trailer. Replaced the axle u-joints and ball...

Got warm so the Lincoln got some sun today. Bodywork was officially good enough because I made the choice to get it driving and fix it from there. I hit it with black epoxy primer after finishing the filler and blocking down a coat of Slick...

Im thinking more of the "before" pic

The header panel above the windsheild is wider than the whole Benz

A buddy came up and we spent some time going through the stainless and seeing what all is needed. Ordered an L. Supposed to be here today.

Well, I made the mistake of doing black primer sealer and now it has to be black. I just can't see this car in anything else. Still needs high build surfacer on the fender tops. The right side still has damage and a terrible repair and the...

Kicked out into the snow. Just for a few hours while the Tundo gets the hoist. Fires up in -22 degrees.

New rims. Tires aren't what I was hoping for, but they roll and have tread. Rims are pretty cheap, but i like them. Rims are Ultra 185 Baja Champ #1003