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I am anxious to see this one when its done ND!


But I think you still need AJ to help out and spice things up....

I don't think mama would care for that.

Lol.

Dave allways great to see what you love to do,and do well.

how do you deal with the surface rust that is on all the inside pannels???

thanks norm

What is amazing is all of the repro parts that are available for many of the older cars. You can buy every bit of a first gen Camaro or Mustang.

I think I'd buy a Mustang, just so I could give her a ride...

Reminds me of grandpa's favorite ax. Said he replaced the handle 3 times and the head once.

Love these threads, makes me wish I had skills.

Wasnt a 351 Cleveland also available in the 69-70 mach 1's?

A lot of these areas aren't as bad as the photos make them look. Inside the side cowl area where the Idaho shaped patch went, that's all red oxide primed from the factory. There is surface rust too, just not as horrible as the photos make it look. These areas will be either sanded clean or media blasted prior to a combination of etch prime and epoxy prime.

This car is sort of an odd duck, I say that because of all the band aid patch work that I am undoing. It would have been nice to have it all media blasted prior to my cutting and welding but this car has so many 2 ply sheet metal areas due to patch efforts in its past, media blasting wouldn't help me much.

I basically have to undo all that back yard bandaid work, fix the structure so the car is strong enough to put on a rotisserie, then I can come back in and media blast these areas.

(What ever little original metal is left that is)

I think the Cleveland was more so in the 70. Although I have heard guys claim that a Cleveland was original in their 69's too.

This car is an M code VIN which means 4v 351 and I believe this one should have had a Windsor, also an auto trans.

I believe that is the plan for this car, to return it to a 351 and auto trans.

well you do have the hood , roof,and trunk lid

norm

Pretty soon you will have to set up slide shows on a loop of your builds when people come to tour your shop ND.

He'll soon be known as The Alchemist.

Trunk lid is actually being replaced. Lol!

2 out of 3 ain't bad though!

I think that if that was mine I would sell it for scrap at the local recycling place!

Here's what I've cut off this car so far.




Before I'm done, this pile will grow about 4X this size, then we'll take the pile to the scrap yard.

Might buy some beer with the proceeds!

Hey! At least it wasn't ketchup! Ketchup on a hot dog is anti-American!

I was just telling our lead mechanic that very thing.

Gotta point these youngsters in the right direction, ya know.

There are some hot dog joints that don't even have ketchup on the property, and God forbid you start slathering ketchup on a dog at Wrigley Field! You'll be stoned with beer and Coke cups.