Resto/Repair – Page 3 – The Rust chronicles

Scuttle on

Because I am waiting on some panels for the rear I figured I would knock out the scuttle. If you search back several posts to where I cut the scuttle off you might get an idea of why I pushed this off for so long…. Either way I had to take the dive at someContinue reading “Scuttle on”

Right side done…

Yep you read that correctly… I finished the RH side of the car today… This is gonna be somewhat long so I am going to get straight into it. So the last update I had finished the RH door step/post and had the door on looking pretty good. Next task was to get the innerContinue reading “Right side done…”

The pile of panels is getting smaller

I seem to go in bursts with this stuff. I have a really good couple of days then I just don’t want to look at it. Then when I want to work on it I want to do other things… like go mountain biking… which I have done the past two days… and tried workingContinue reading “The pile of panels is getting smaller”

Peeling back the layers….Literally

Feel like I was on a roll today, I decided it was time to do the RH door post and step. I figure I can follow the same path as the LH side as it seemed to work out ok. But before I did that I couldn’t help but grind on the B and CContinue reading “Peeling back the layers….Literally”

Quarter panel is on :-)

Was finally able to get gas for the welder… go figure the place I went to Monday at lunch was out of my bottle size so I had to wait until the afternoon. I found this somewhat amusing because had I tried to get a new tank Thursday or Friday I might not have hadContinue reading “Quarter panel is on :-)”

I ran out of gas :-/

I had hoped to have the LH quarter panel on by the end of this weekend, I was well on track to achieve this goal as well…. Then I ran out of shielding gas for the welder… and all the supply shops are closed on the weekends…. bummer I also had my cheap harbor freightContinue reading “I ran out of gas :-/”

Misc button up and moving onto the next big repair….

So after I got the passenger door post/step done I took a few days off, just couldn’t bring myself to touch the car. Breaks are ok as long as I get back into it, its been a slow start but I feel like I am making some progress. First thing up was to finish upContinue reading “Misc button up and moving onto the next big repair….”

Door post/step/flitch done

My last update I had test fitted the door and it lined up pretty well. So I built on that and got some final trimming of the flitch panel done, then prepped the door post and step for welding. I also painted the backside of the A-post closing panel as this won’t see the lightContinue reading “Door post/step/flitch done”

Getting close with the door

I had hoped today I could get the LH door on today… but plans don’t always work out. I really need to stop saying there are no more can of worms to open on this car… cause I found another one, not too bad but it took a couple hours of my time cutting piecesContinue reading “Getting close with the door”

Door Post/Step removed and some other odd and ends.

Not sure if I should do posts for every little status update or do one for every completed section… Currently I just post whenever I finish something and/or find some crazy stuff. Guess its my blog and I get to decide what to do. Either way made some slight progress, I have decided that ratherContinue reading “Door Post/Step removed and some other odd and ends.”