Another Effen Shoebox

Last couple shots for today. I have been putting off rebuilding the door hinges for long enough, so I am going to tackle that tomorrow. It is going to ****, but must be done. Wish me luck on that one.

 

sounds great. thanks

 

i like the work being gone her but i have one question why after all that work you didnt clip the front .

and just a heads up on the front end with using stock parts your toe on the alignment will change depending on the height

 

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't clip the front because I don't like subframes - period. When it's all said and done, I will feel good knowing that I have the original bones under my car.

 

Morning fellow hambers. I am happy to say that my door hinges are DONE!!! Thanks to the rodster for writing that great rebuilding tech article. The end result is a set of great looking door hinges that move like ****er.

 

I have also beeen working on getting the doors hardtopped and handles shaved. I figured the best way to get my door patches flat was to just cut away the inner skin so I could work both sides of the panel. That allows me access to grind the inner welds down, and get hammer and dolly to inside and out of doorskin. I am gonna be installing power front windows, so I will be making up all new window tracks, then make new inner door skins once all thats done.

 

More of the door work...

 

I am pretty damn excited to be mounting the doors later today for a test fitting. I went and picked up brand new stainless bolts with allen-heads to mount the new hinges - Thanks Vancouver Bolt and Supply.

NOTE: If anyone is rebuilding shoebox door hinges, you will need 32 total 5/16" x 3/4" x Fine thread (21???) stainless fasteners with the cone-shaped head and allen head drive. You can go with 1-inch long if you are replacing the factory flat nutz with nylock nuts. Be sure to pick up a tube of anti-seize and coat the new bolts evenly.

Once the doors are done, I am going to start work on extending my rear quarter panels. I am stretching the back of the car 6.5 inches. I am also pancaking the rear deck lid and laying my tail-lights back about 30-degrees. More details on that later. Here are a couple random shots.

 

Thats the funniest thing I have heard in awhile. You chopped the heck out of the frame in the rear!


The top looks sweet though, not sure how you will be able to get the crown of the roof back?

I may have missed it in other posts, but you should keep the moon roof!

 

Been following this... Great progress. Keep it up!

 

So what? Cutting the rear frame rails for a step notch and 4-link isn't really "chopping the heck" out of my frame. I am making the necessary modifications to keep my original frame intact and make it low. I am not "chopping the heck" out of my frame by adding some cheap *** S10 clip.

 

Thank you very much. I appreciate the kind words.

 

So nothing.

Disregard the positive comments I made.

Sit back and actually read what I said, not trying to step on your toes. This is good stuff until you reply like that. Loosen up some. It was clearly a joke.

Carry on, I look forward to what you do with the top.

 

DAMN THIS CAR LOOKS AMAZING!!

I WAS AT RCRU TOO! I DROVE THE GREEN POS 54 SAVOY

 

THose are looking good.
My hinges where horrible to get out. Those bolts didnt want to budge.

But they made a world of diff once done.

 

I gotta say Es***, my thoughts were the same as Smarg's about your frame being chopped up. Nothing wrong with it, but your idea of modifying a frame must be different than mine. Looks great, don't get me wrong, I just thought you jumped a guy who was giving you a compliment... as am I.

 

Man, you're putting a ton of work into your car and it's paying off. It's looking good!

 

Hey - Thanks yetiscustoms - I appreciate that. The RCRU was a blast this year! I remember seeing your Savoy - I like those cars. Back in 99' I put together a 55' Savoy wagon that I chopped into a truck cab and put a 55' Dodge truck bed on with a Desoto grille. That thing was a champ with a Dodge flathead 6.

 

Thanks very much. I appreciate it.

 

Thanks - I am sure glad that project is over with. Rebuilding those hinges was a real *****, but well worth the effort. The doors move so easily now.

I also wanted to say I really dig your coupe build. Very nice work you have done there.

 

Well, things are starting to get wacky now fellas. I have started cutting up the back of the car pretty good. My plans are to take the front of a spare roof I have and graph that into the rear decklid. Here are some shots of the start of that project.

 

Here are some shots with the new roof panel welded in. I am real stoked about this part. This modification with a rear stretch should give the car a real fastback look - hopefully.

 

Next up - rear quarter panel extensions to meet the new decklid. I will be finishing up with the quarters today.

 

Looking at those last couple of shots - I must be crazy. I think this is the point they call Balls Deep.

 

I have planned out a 5-inch extension of the rear quarters. Once the quarters are s***ched up I will start working to hand-form the panels to tie back into the decklid. The cool part of this is having the quarters off the car allows easier patch panel work for the rust thats there. The last 2 shots are of the p***enger quarter rust patch.

 

Last couple of shots for the day. Here is my buddies new 23' T bucket that we will be overhauling in the next few months. And 1 shot of my spinner sunbathing in the front drive.

I am stoked about the next few projects on the car. After the rear quarters, decklid, and rust patching is done, I will finish up tying the roof into the back panel. Then - front fender extensions - pancaking hood - and grille install. Have a good day.

 

WOW.. I am digging this !! The extension of the panels have my interest... Can't wait to see the finished work !

 

WOW! Amazing metal work!

 

Holy **** that's a lot of work. Balls deep? More like ankle deep... but you went in head first.