Recent content by tweek99

Does every 40 have a hood that obese cloggers used for a stage or just mine? I got it shrunk down where it was oil-canning, but was just lumpy when it came down to it.

A bit of progress

I'm doing the least enjoyable part of a rebuild.

I used the 1" dd end of a late model Chevy truck for the end of the steering column. I use them because you can use the telescoping shaft and u joints if you want to and the junk yard is full of steering columns that the crackheads have ruined trying to get parts off of. I used an atro van box...

Painted, yes the button is turned

I've been on the road for a week but I had gotten the steering wheel, column and u-joints ready to go. I used panel bond to fill the cracks in the wheel and I also used it to build out the end of the turn signal lever, which was broken. The color is really close but I'll have to paint it...

When I went to use the hood hinges I discovered they were pretty clapped out. To fix it, I cut a piece of NiCor 5/16" brake line to length and split it to make a bushing. It worked pretty well and was quick and cheap.

Finally done fitting the fenders and rewelding the braces.

After much fuss with shims and trying to get everything tight with decent gaps I decided to drill out the spot welds for the brace. It was the easiest way I could get the fenders to relax and fit into place.

I pmed you about one I won't be using

This is the reason for my hiatus. I had my Trans am I'm a million pieces and decided getting it running and driving out of my way would be the best thing to do. I moved it into storage. It needs interior, and that's fairly pricey

The hood is a tad wider than the cowl wings but the rest of the alignment is pretty good. Today I'll work on the lumps and bumps in the fenders and hood. These are the original parts but they are lumpy. Minimal rust compared to most

Don't anyone freak out it's just a skimcoat. The quarters were not perfectly flat and all the spot welds aren't something I care to see when finished. All the rust is gone. In hindsight I would have fully removed the wheel wells when attaching the quarters. They were beaten pretty hard and...