Project Evolution *** Project Complete **** Wednesday July 9, 2014

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Project Evolution * Project Complete ** Wednesday July 9, 2014

Reply #75 – April 04, 2008, 03:19:08 PM

-be sure to use that wing off the 'bird too....lol:hick:

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Reply #76 – April 04, 2008, 03:54:46 PM

Quote from: shorangerbird;212540

-be sure to use that wing off the 'bird too....lol:hick:

LOL
The wing will be for sale soon

As of now, my car will no longer be "The Flintstone Car"
Its about time. My feet are killing me.

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Reply #77 – April 04, 2008, 04:26:38 PM

Great work !!! I wish I had time to work on my Sport.It's been the busiest 3 weeks I can remember having in a long time.BY THE WAY,your trim piece is in route.I hope to have the console,etc,next week if everything works out.

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Reply #78 – April 04, 2008, 11:07:25 PM

Great work man!
Only thing i'm wondering is, where did you get a small block c6????
You sure it's not an aod or c4????????
I was pretty sure all c6's had big block bells???
Also make sure when you goto rebuild the SO 5.0L that you use all the HO parts.

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Reply #79 – April 04, 2008, 11:28:41 PM

Quote from: dominator;212593

Great work man!
Only thing i'm wondering is, where did you get a small block c6????
You sure it's not an aod or c4????????
I was pretty sure all c6's had big block bells???
Also make sure when you goto rebuild the SO 5.0L that you use all the HO parts.

Thanks Chris,
I didn't get to jack it up, but the pan is the shape of a C-6, from what I can tell. (square pan with the side notched back in) definately not AOD. also had one in my 78 mercury. I'm pulling it in the garage tomorrow, I'll jack it up and get some pics of what I got for sure.
The motor is going performance all the way around for sure. Like they say, do it right the first time

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Reply #80 – April 05, 2008, 05:53:00 AM

Yes there were small block c-6s. I had 2 of them. One was in my 1/2 ton 4X4 behind a 302 and the other came from a van with the same engine. Nice and easy to modify for extra torque capacity

Drivers Side Floor Repair

Reply #81 – April 06, 2008, 08:02:45 PM

As I said, I'll keep everyone updated this weekend.
Today was a great day to work on the car. The sun was shining, the birds were singing. and there's nothing like the smell of burning metal in the morning. and to top it off, it was 62 degrees today.

I started today with 1 goal. Finish the drivers side floor.

Here's the rear floor on the drivers side. It's looking a little rough.
I had a thought the other day. I would use the floor out of the bird to repair my car. But after I took the carpet out, I found that it was worse then mine. and that car was said to be from California originally.

this is the start of the cut out.

Nothing like feeling that your moving in a backwards direction

Here's my piece for a template

Piece cut out

piece bent to fit

Here's the official dry run pic

and here's the official retpuppies pic

Everything is treated with pickelX. including new metal

the piece tacked in

heres the pic of it done

[COLOR="DarkRed"]LUNCH TIME![/COLOR]
MMMMMM PIZZA

Heres the next fix over the E-brake post

repair around the seat bolt

here's the floor all repaired, including the hole where the pan plug used to be.

Here's the floor with a quick grind down. I'm thinking It doesn't have to be 100% perfect. I'm just going to cover it with sound deadener again anyway.

And the finished product. This is the first coat. all the seams will be sealed before the second coat goes on.

Goal Reached!!
I still have to finish welding the front and prime it.
I should be able to finish the passenger side next week. There less to repair on that side. Then its on to the SFCs, seat braces, and jacking rails.
It looks a lot less scary to see a solid floor now. The underside will be blasted and primed, when I do the frame work.

Thats my project for this weekend. Another 5-1/2 hrs. to get added to the time tracking.

TOTAL TIME: 37-1/2 hours

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Reply #82 – April 06, 2008, 08:42:54 PM

Looks great. I still can't believe how fast you're getting this done. That's dedication raht there I don't care who y'are!!! lol

I was goin nuts this weekend too finally ol' NY winter is going by the wayside. Roads are spotless (at least here anyway) and I been out cruisin' and just enjoying the fresh air. So much better to work on stuff in too. I'm sure the metal-burning experience is enhanced as well. :hick:

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Reply #83 – April 06, 2008, 08:42:56 PM

All I can say is that is total dedication to keeping your car.
Jim

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Reply #84 – April 06, 2008, 09:26:47 PM

This whole thing is incredible (this is the first time I'd seen the thread since getting high speed). Now I wish I hadn't junked that Turbo Coupe now - it was in much better shape, but the front frame rails were shot...

I think you may be the first one to do an actual restoration to one of these cars like somebody would do to, say, a '65 Mustang. Many of us have repaired 'em and refurbished 'em, but you're actually rebuilding yours. Kudos for saving it...

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Reply #85 – April 06, 2008, 10:45:53 PM

Quote from: Thunder Chicken;212883

This whole thing is incredible (this is the first time I'd seen the thread since getting high speed). Now I wish I hadn't junked that Turbo Coupe now - it was in much better shape, but the front frame rails were shot...

I think you may be the first one to do an actual restoration to one of these cars like somebody would do to, say, a '85 Mustang. Many of us have repaired 'em and refurbished 'em, but you're actually rebuilding yours. Kudos for saving it...

I'm glad that you can finally get to see the pics. That would have been brutal over dialup.
I may have been the first to restore one of these too. (I was 19) It was worse than my car

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Reply #86 – April 06, 2008, 10:52:53 PM

I also started to restore my moms Vista Cruiser. But she sold it before I finished it.

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Reply #87 – April 06, 2008, 10:58:14 PM

I remember you posting the pics of the van....but you were NINETEEN when you did that!!!!??? Wow members of the audience let's have a round of applause here! Sheesh. I'm 19 and I can't even imagine undertaking something like that.

Yep this is an in-depth restoration alright!

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Reply #88 – April 06, 2008, 11:13:17 PM

yep, 19
I didn't have a MIG so I got my friend to come by and give me a hand with the panels. (most of my friends worked at body shops) It took 2 of us to hold them up also. I think the one side panel was 9 foot long.
I painted the van and painted my 78 mercury the same year.

Just get in there and start working. Thats how you learn.

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Reply #89 – April 06, 2008, 11:22:38 PM

Quote from: daminc;212908

Just get in there and start working. Thats how you learn.

Yes I'll drink to that alright! I would obviously much prefer to have my dad teaching me everything he was going to....but as it worked out I have his cars instead. :( But that's really what I have done, between getting the '38 on the road (coughf-inbrakescough) and the H.O. conversion in the cougar I've just kinda done stuff arguably on a whim, without too much advance planning. Mom sure hasn't been happy for probably EVERY project I've taken on (how the HELL do I break it to her...there's NO right way, the reaction is never good never never never :D )...but all have turned out okay *knock on wood*. Sure is good because there's no way I could afford to pay someone to do all I've done.