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First impressions can be deceiving! see pictures below 

This initial tear down gave me an idea of what I had to work with,

Inner wheel well repair

Rear corner body repair

Passenger side kick panel fabrication.

Patching the right rear fender

These are pictures of my repair on one of my rear
doors..SUPER THIN metal!!!!! Hard to weld!!! This one door I had to do three
times!!! And that’s just the metal work, I still had to do the wood work,,,door
latches, door handles, window tracks, etc…

Cowl delete pictures

Top Chop Pictures - Last two pictures are after & before

Pictures of Drivers Side rear Fender Repair

Pictures os the interior wood replacement, there was not one piece of wood that was not rotted

The original door handles were bad so I had to replace them. Went to a local parts store and got O.E. Door handles and got door latches called Bear Claws and just redid everything!! The challenge was to make room for the window to slide down and clear the door rods,so I used a hinge at the bottom!! Works!!!!!

This is the 265 CI Chevy engine was was in the car and while sitting on the ground it actually rusted out the oil pan! 

Running Boards Before & After

Doing body work on the roof chop 

The grill was shot so I had to make a new one, I started with the metal from a yard sign bent it to shape of the grill welded on a couple of flat washers the pieces or stright rods, then covered with chrome tape.

Front Fender Recondition

The hood was in real nice condition as you can see

ReBuilding the hood side Louvers and fabrication of the rear fuel take cover

The car didn’t come with a bracket to mount the front fenders , so, I had to design and make something… I used 1/2” flat bar and a lot of heat!!!!! 

More photos of the rear valance. Tighten up some seams, some more body work. Still have not figured out all of what I want to do, but I’ll come up with something…..

So the time came to start on the motor. It took weeks of research to find what I wanted for motor mounts. I needed to brace the frame where the mounts would go. A lot of work went into figuring out where to place the motor allowing for everything in front of the block. When I have "Free Time" I polish my transmission

I got and went through a Ford 9” rear, polished the rear, replaced almost everything.. and installed…

Disassembled the rear leaf springs, cleaned & painted then reassembled, Rebuilt the rear brakes

So time for the front end. Naturally it came apart so easy ( not) , I dismantled the leaf springs, sanded- primed-painted and reassembled them, polished the front axle, cleaned everything!!! Bought new shock mounts, u bolts. Waiting on new wheel cylinders , then reassemble front brakes,  mount them back on and the front end will be done…