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If you havent seen angle grinder work gone awry,you aint seen nothing.

You're right. Working in a shipyard I have seen some "stuff". Oddly enough, the worst I have seen has been the result of a Dewalt with a wire wheel and no guard. UGLY!

Heading out to the shop now, I'll try to not use the grinder tonight.

Trunk lid stripped to bare metal and primed.



Doors all fixed up and primed.



And I got a good start on pulling everything off the firewall, labeling, cleaning/degreasing etc.







I'll keep going on the engine bay by dropping the coolant, pulling the exhaust manifolds for cleaning/painting. I also need to remove the dampner shaft from the RH manifold that was originally for the heat riser. I'll remove the shaft and plug the shaft holes.

I'll be able to pull the heater hoses from the firewall once the coolant is gone and I'll pull the radiator at that time too.

With the exhaust manifolds off I'll have better access to the inner fenders and for cleaning stuff like the steering sector.

We'll get the firewall and inner fenders sanded down and primed soon.

Meanwhile I'll be able to hang the doors back on the car and adjust them. Then I can start shooting some color. I'd like to do the insides of the doors and jams, engine bay and bottoms of hood and trunk lid all at once.

Looking good, Dave. You're not done for the day already are you?

Prom, we have a senior girl doing the whole grand march thinger so I better clean up and go watch that.

Glad to see the progress Dave, that is gonna be a neat machine.


DO NOT LET Weezie drive it!

Priorities, gotcha. Hope you had time for one or 2 of these-


Just let Momma drive.

Later on tonight I'll see about cracking into a few of those.



well... not ice beer but, maybe some regular.

Looks good. Is that a 383?

Currently burnin a pizza with a Hinterland Saison myself...

only takes about a hr to pull that motor.then you can paint it too.

Yep, numbers match, VIN stamped right on the block, same with the trans.

383/4 spd, 3.23 gears, 8 3/4 suregrip.

I'm just not doing it this year. Not this spring anyways.

Maybe next winter if I get bored.

I pull that engine and I open up another week of work cleaning, regasketing if need be, painting engine and trans, the K-frame... Might as well slide a modern grind in there for bumping the lifters... Where's it stop?

I'm just not opening that door right now.

Next winter maybe.

Sweet! My parents had a Coronet with a 383 when I was kid. I remember it had quite a bit of go.

looking a little more car shaped today.







Doors are on and adjusted.

You seriously need to do a 70's style van. I can see it now.

Purple with a big wizard on one side and a topless chick riding a polar bear on the other. Little heart shaped window on the side in the back....

I think you'd hit something like that out of the park.

He had a Da Vinci on the side when he started....could have been a trophy winning testament to the 70's...

That's the era that the mural paint job that I'm replacing here came from.

That's exactly WHY you need to do the van.

Like trees man, plant one for every you cut down. You need a van with the mural to replace the one on that RR...