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It is coming a long very nice!

Thanks, Ryan. Im anxious for this guy to get my header flanges done so I can get things rolling. Not much to do until then.

Perhaps I missed it but, how far back does the engine sit into the passenger compartment?

Originally Posted by 34_40

Perhaps I missed it but, how far back does the engine sit into the passenger compartment?

It's negligible; about 3". The box I made for the setback made a handy place to mount the accelerator pedal, too.

I finally got the word that my flanges are done although I dont have them in hand yet. So I should be building headers next week. I do want to get the car all one color before it goes back on the road so I started on some minor bodywork today; plugging several old holes in the decklid and rockers where Im eliminating some trim and emblems that I dont have anyway. The guy that built this had a motorized deck lid lift that was pretty cool but a little bulky so I decided to go another route. I saved this auto latch from a 96 Firebird that I scrapped; it was on the rear hatch. I'm going to use a GM trunk lock for the manual release cable and the button that worked the lift for the power release.

Looks like some good progress!!!!


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Thanks for the info.

Good progress Falcon, always something to do while waiting for parts, right? Are you going to stay with the same color on the exterior?

Dave, I'm going red since its got the red and white interior. I'm keeping this real simple and budget friendly and just using a single stage red eurothane.
I did a quick reprint on a Honda Civic with some paint from TCP Global and it really looked nice so that's what I'm going with again.

I figured you might go with a red on it, should look great with the interior! Will you be using the Restoration Shop single stage, or the Kustom Shop paint? When I still had the big shop, we used a lot of TCP's paint, still get most of the House of Kolor stuff from them.....

The Restoration Shop's "Corvette Red" is really close to the red powdercoat on the wheels and dash; I think I'll use it. That's what I have on the 48 dash, too.

It's a nice color, used it on a number of different cars! Good product for daily drivers!

I finished up both rockers and other than a little patch on the passenger side they were solid and no surprises. It's always the same area rusts out on these old Mopars; right below the taillights and the lip below the decklid. I could see some bubling through the paint so I decided to go ahead and fix it. Even though its going to be a budget paintjob, I dont want rust coming back through right away. I sanded it all down and its like I thought; several areas with pinholes in both spots. But it's worth the extra week or two of work to know its taken care of. The rest of the car is really solid.

I'm with you Falcon, the body is definitely in well worth it condition, no reason to not take a bit of time and attend to a few more rough areas!!!! It'd be a booger to spend the time and money to repaint the body then have bubbles coming back in 6 months time!

Amazing what a few bubbles in the paint can hide. This is really ugly once I cut it open. The only way to really fix this whole area right is to pull the body off the frame but I'm not going there. You have to draw the line somewhere so I cut back the metal until I hit something solid to weld to and I'll rebuild from there. The surrounding old stuff will get cleaned up best as possible and coated with POR 15 to stop any further deterioration. Not perfect but it should last a long time. Every one of these old Mopars I've had rusts out in the same area; must be a moisture trap.

Im rebuilding this part a piece at a time; pretty tedious but it's looking ok so far. Also, I finally got my header flanges and intake spacers back. I think Im going to finish the rust repair on this side and then jump back to the headers. Once they are done I can pull the drivetrain back out and concentrate on the body front to back.