Black L78 1969 SS396 300 Deluxe Post Sedan Found

[Bill Pritchard]

Very interesting stuff! you and the Doctor are doing a great job, Rick [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[chevyman0429]

Rick,
Coming along great! Since your sheet metal doctor has got the whole rear of the car dissected how does one know that the new panel is welded in correctly was there a vertical measurement taken off the floor at the tail panel. If it's off a half inch up or down could cause issues later on. Sheet metal work like this is very intriguing to me and I'm always trying to learn something is the only reason I'm asking.

What's the plan with the old tail panel? I need the two vertical braces on each side of the trunk latch. Interested in selling them?

[Rixls6]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: chevyman0429</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rick,
Coming along great! Since your sheet metal doctor has got the whole rear of the car dissected how does one know that the new panel is welded in correctly was there a vertical measurement taken off the floor at the tail panel. If it's off a half inch up or down could cause issues later on. Sheet metal work like this is very intriguing to me and I'm always trying to learn something is the only reason I'm asking.

What's the plan with the old tail panel? I need the two vertical braces on each side of the trunk latch. Interested in selling them? </div></div>

We took some measurements and did some scribing as to where things originally were.
We won't do any welding until there is a trunk lid in place to use as a fit guide as well as mocking up the quarters.
This is all a first time for me, so I am surmising some of this, and will defer the actual procedure to my &quot;Dr&quot;.
I'll take pics again as he goes about the final fit.

I have to admit, as Kurt said, that this is fun to learn as the car goes through a nearly complete restructuring.

The 2 vertical braces off my old tail panel may not be any good as it was pretty rotted back there, but if there is a good one or both I'll let you know.

[Postsedan]

The Doctor knows what he is doing....She will be just as good as the day she rolled off the assembly line, if not better [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

[AutumngoldL78]

Looking good Rick.Keep chipping away.

[Rixls6]

Thanks for the kind words of support by all. Much appreciated!
I'm excited to eventually see the car look like the one in my signature, but the full size version. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif[/img]

[Postsedan]

I will be very happy to see you drive her..... perhaps next summer [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/burnout.gif[/img]

THEN YOU CAN BRING HER TO THE NOCC in summer of 2016 [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

[AutumngoldL78]

Rick.Have you decided on side stripe or not?What tires?

[Postsedan]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AutumngoldL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rick.Have you decided on side stripe or not?What tires? </div></div>

Rick knows what I would say - but whatever Rick decides is good with me [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

[Rixls6]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: AutumngoldL78</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rick.Have you decided on side stripe or not?What tires? </div></div>

I found no indication that the car had a side stripe when I stripped some of the added paint off the quarter panel.
My plan is to build the car pretty close to how it came originally. I do like the bright side window trim on a black car, but this one didn't come with it.
I like the correct small white-lettered Goodyear Wide Tread, that would have been used in `69.