The Jalopy Journal
Fixed some past person’s sins on the front of the passenger fender where the extension sits. This car had a fender bender at some point prior to...
I mean…. But don’t ever go accusing me of being smart… [ATTACH]
Yesterday was a looooong 10 hours non-stop day of applying body filler and sanding it off in an attempt to flatten out panels, namely the trunk...
This morning I was digging around making sure I wasn’t missing anything that needed to be blasted and primed before moving on to blocking when I...
Other than door hinges everything is now epoxied…. I need more room for activities… Time to mix up some body filler and straighten her out....
It’s been a number of days of prep here. Sanding and more sanding and even more sanding. Doors, front fenders, deck lid, stone shield. Started...
And let the festivities begin… took the next week off… we will see how far we get before I run out of steam. I’m a one man band. [IMG]
it’s from Amazon. This one is 14W x 26L x 10.5H. I also bought window filters and the box to attach a blower to and a 3200 CFM exhaust fan and...
Pulled out the big dent yesterday in my trunk lid. Years ago when moving the car here from my old home, an air compressor was being moved out of...
Spent a couple of hours Friday pounding on fenders. Mounting points were all bent up, front bottom mounting point was totally jacked up from being...
Door skins stripped before the rain started to roll in. I’ll get the rest structure sanded snd scuffed and the skins sanded later this week....
Mish mosh of activities on the Cyclone the last week or so. Roll bar arrived last week and the “pro street” bars the following day. I am going...
Took some time yesterday and disassembled my doors to the point where I can do body work and paint them. Basically removed all of the glass,...
While I fix the daughter’s car that is blocking the garage door I figured it would be a good time to audit all of my trim pieces and mount the...
I have both a foot pedal and a torch trigger. For $700 this setup is hard to beat.
Nice ride!
Added some tools to the arsenal today… cage should be here later next month the Alpha TIG is supposed to be the best bang for the buck. We will...
The rear wheels are in the stock location. I have holes in the perch and the shock plate so I can move it 1” back if I wish. Should be OK - rear...
Had to drop one end of the rear springs go get rear wheels and tires in. There just is not enough droop with the Calvert split mono springs and...
Since I was done upholstering until foams arrive and it was 80 degrees outside I took an hour and put my 9” together. I wanted to measure...
Onto the rear seat. Frames were pretty clean so they got a scrub down and some rust encapsulater for good measure. Originally FoMoCo literally...
Waiting on foams for seats I spent my time getting the frames ready to accept foam and covers when stuff arrived. Not sure I was doing anything...
Copied what i did on rear filler panels to make door panels. Was pleased. Then seat covers arrived from NW Classics. Front and back covers and...
On a Sunday in Mid October I got ambitious and decided to try my hand at making interior panels. Mine have seen better days and I have no desire...
Last October Quick Performance delivered everything for my new rearend. They even threw in a lubelocker gasket at no charge that I had inquired...
Working on the seats… anyone need any seat base side springs? [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
When it came time to price interior components it was a bit of sticker shock. if I just bought all new stuff from foams to covers to door panels,...
The upholstery journey… I pulled everything out of my small storage trailer that had been holding parts because I sold it to a friend. The front...
Fast forward to September… I had not worked much on the ole girl since early Summer. Decided it was time to figure out the rearend housing and...
Geez been a minute since I updated this thread… not a ton has happened since last July. I upholstered my seats, created new door panels and...
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