The Build-up!

The fun part of a resto for me is when all the stuff you have prepared during several months finally come together. Everything falls into place...very cool to see...

Sprayed the inside with some (gloss)paint to ''match'' the rest of the dash. Remember the hole under the radioblock-off plate?....

RX-5 - RX-10 on the none visible panels, and antistone-chip spray in the fenderwells.

After blending in the paint/patina on all the fenders and taillights I

fitted all the fenders and loose parts like front lights, runningboards and bumpers...Man, she's got the look...

Also brought the D-motor back to life, at full throttle it barked out black smoke, sparks and big-ass backfires like a crazy monkey!! It's a runner ;-)

Placed the OG firewall and driptubes back where they came from.

A true ratlooker, worn on the outside, but fully restored underneath!!! 

YEAHHH!!! Can't wait to roll low this summer!!!

Chairride...

Slammed daily

smacked the daily on it's ass....SCRAAAAAP!!!! (no metal sparks though, just some plastic  ;-)

Welding Finito!

Finally, after about 2 months, 2 bottles of shieldgas, a roll of weldwire and a couple square meters of sheetmetal ;-) ....the welding on the body is done...now it's a matter of some filler, prime and a shot with the paintgun on the inside and then the body on the chassis for the last time! Me a happy camper!

God bless America

We can't build shit like this overhere, big ass shame if you ask me!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlQq-SpoO4w

Quality-control

I think it is important to keep a resto up to a certain level, good quality sheetmetal, fit and finish of the panels and good and clean welds. This way the car is maintained for many years to come.
A bad repair always bites you in the ass one way or another: rustholes after just a couple of years or crooked looking panels....

For this reason I decieded to buy a set of Hookys A-pillars, they ain't cheap but damn, they fit like a glove!!!
Look at the other 'a-pillars' I should have used otherwise, it would have been a mess to even get them to fit/look right...
Also the Right chassismount and the OG flexible heater tubes are restored....

Flake and PSSSS....

It's commin'...

GO GO GO!!!

Felt like I had a turbo in my ass today: did ALOT of welding and grinding. We're on a roll now!
Rear corners are finally done, firewall 95% done, front inner fenders both welded and ground flat.
Right side B-pillar repaired, and started to weld up the Swiss cheese under the dash (15+ holes drilled in it..)

Bangin', grindin', welding

That's what I've done all day today. Heaterchannels modified and working on the right side of the body.
Fitment of channels is good, but the A-pillars are crap so I ordered some new ones at Hookys panelshop!

Free Bumpers!!!

I got some late model bug bumpers (square) layin' around, you can pick them up for free. Now that's cheap!

Not in great shape but useable none the less...let me know!

Progress...

Was a little slow last weeks, parts delivered way too late, bad weather and working on 2 other projects.
All stupid excuses for not doing some work on my '58. ;-)

BUT, last week I picked it up again and going into overdrive next week!!!
I found a lot of the parts which I needed to make it complete:

-Some electric components to reduce the voltage to 6 volts for the wipers and semaphores.
(no smoking ADHD wipers and blinding semaphores anymore, woohoo!)
-Rear fenders (OG)
-Front and rear bumper (OG)
-Running boards (OG)
-Battery 12volts (not OG...bummer ;-)
-New engine rubbers
-New mass cable (mounted to the original battery clamp)

New bumperbraces welded in the back, rear H-panel 'restored' and made it removable.

Also the tank (rustbucket!) is taken care of. Inside thoroughly cleaned out, and the outside brushed/RX5 and RX10, well, the lower part anyway. Top half of the tank is kept in the same state of course....vintage baby!