1967 ss/rs resto/mod

[67since67]

Originally Posted by 1967 4K

Cool Tow Motor,

I was thinking the same thing. Here's mine, 1948 Clark Clipper, aka a (rail) "Car loader". It will fit through a 36" door.

Sorry for the hyjack Mitch.

[MosportGreen66]

Originally Posted by 67since67

I was thinking the same thing. Here's mine, 1948 Clark Clipper, aka a (rail) "Car loader". It will fit through a 36" door.

Sorry for the hyjack Mitch.

I've seen this thing in the live... it is as nice as everything else Bill owns. I think he even polishes it lolol!

[Woodrock]

Camaro is coming along nicely Mitch!

[RPOLS3]

Great progress Mitch!

[scuncio]

Looking good, you’re inspiring me to get mine started.

[Too Many Projects]

Roof work was completed to semi-final stage and body was put on running gear. Then I threw a donor steering column in so I can steer it to push outside for paint. It's now in primer/sealer on a breezy day with the first of the bazillion cottonwood seeds to start falling. Lots of other small trash and suicide bugs in it, as it was getting towards evening by the time I got it all ready and outside. It WAS calm and full sun when I decided to get this done, but it clouded over and was difficult to follow the wet line on the roof. Full quart of paint on it, aside from what blew away in the gusts that came up as I was spraying. Should be enough thickness to sand everything out... fingers crossed.

[Too Many Projects]

Last week, I was digging thru boxes, looking for stuff I wanted to take to a swap meet on Sunday and came across the steering column parts, I had prepped months ago. Yesterday was calm at 6am, with NO CW seeds flying around yet, so I did final prep, hung them on the parts tree and got them covered. I was in a groove and went to the back building and found the left seat frame I had dismantled about 15 years ago. No memory of the springs, but most of them had the broken stubs still on the frames, so I assume I trashed the old stuff. Anyway, I ran them thru the blast cabinet and got 1 side covered and was waiting for it to set enough to turn over. While I was waiting the wind came up again and they have some trash in them and by the time they were dry enough to turn over it was too windy to continue.
So I went in the house and ordered new springs. They will be here long before I ever order the upholstery for them, but finding the frames bare was a bit of a surprise, so eliminating that repeatable event for whenever it comes about...
Before I put the body on the subframe I had to clinch speedo cable tabs over and 1 was directly behind the heater box, so that had to come out. I had replaced the heater core about 12 years ago and had no intention of removing the heater and was OK with leaving it "as original". Oh, well, such is life. It had a turn in the cabinet and is now in new black SPI black. It actually had more of a Bluish/Graphite Gray color, but I don't have any of that, so it will stay black. Hmmm, as I was typing this, I think I MAY have some rattle can Graphite....now I have to go digging in the paint cabinet and see if I do and spray some out to see if it is closer to original. Dang project creep.

[RPOLS3]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

Dang project creep.

Tell me about it..........I feel your pain

[67since67]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

I had replaced the heater core about 12 years ago and had no intention of removing the heater and was OK with leaving it "as original". Oh, well, such is life. It had a turn in the cabinet and is now in new black SPI black. It actually had more of a Bluish/Graphite Gray color, but I don't have any of that, so it will stay black. Hmmm, as I was typing this, I think I MAY have some rattle can Graphite....now I have to go digging in the paint cabinet and see if I do and spray some out to see if it is closer to original. Dang project creep.

I like this on heater boxes Mitch...

Project creep??? My most recent restoration began as refreshing a 25 year old restoration. Next thing, the body is off....

[dykstra]

Love seeing the progress, Mitch! Lookin good!