the on going saga of steves 70 2+2 rag

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

RE: the on going saga of steves 70 2+2 rag

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

keeping the camera handy but its a whole lot of ugly right now.

had to make a patch panel for the passenger rear

not sure what to call this location: rear lower where the passenger door ties into the rocker

lower space between the door and the wheel well above the rocker. i didn't do a close up i wanted to see everything from afar

gonna try to complete the wheel well tomorrow. if i get that far i can start doing the floor, moving up from the trunk

-- Edited by Stephenzone on Thursday 20th of January 2011 10:37:06 PM

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

the work your doing makes me feel better about what im doing ,sometimes you feel overwhelmed and it will never be to the put together stage, but your looks a whole lot harder , makes mine look easy

-- Edited by 68sd on Thursday 20th of January 2011 10:44:20 PM

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

be done friday. just didn't say what friday

65sssd · Poncho Master!

I really should post more about some of the outlets I found in the states for front end kits. A full A-body kit with ball joints, tie rods and sleeves, upper and lower a-arm bushings, sway bar links and bushings, idler arm for 179.00 plus 65.00 shipping through USPS. Yes they know the problems we have with brokerageso they ship through USPS. It is www.mattsclassicbowties.com. They will drop ship straight from the wholesaler. I'm in the same state as you right now.

-- Edited by 65sssd on Thursday 20th of January 2011 11:49:18 PM

-- Edited by 65sssd on Thursday 20th of January 2011 11:50:04 PM

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

If this car wasn't so rare. i probably would cut my loses and quit but i'm learning lots. it's also given me confidence to take a stab at my little wagon again. but as i told my wife one project at a time. mind you i might have to take a break from this car in the spring after the body is back on the frame. my frame and suspension is done, i got all my parts from the local napa. if they had charged me full retail i probably would have got my stuff from somewhere else.

65sssd do you have any better pics of your restoration. your frame is looking good. how are you supporting the body? i know of a beaumont convertible that had to be taken apart because of shifting during reconstruction while the car was separated

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

well its friday and i'm not done, at least i got a good start on the inner fender on the passenger side

looking across, everything is tacked for now

427carl · A Poncho Legend!

69-Tin Indian wrote:

Holy mackerel Steve have you ever been flying on your restoration project! And it looks fantastic

Clue us in on what you take to keep your energy level up will you please?

LOL! You're a year and 17 days younger than I and I'd be really happy if I could accomplish half of what you have, in a year let alone a few short weeks or a couple of months.

unbelievable how much work you get done Are sure you were a Cook?

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

showing the patch panel i had to make and the plates i got from Carl

holding the lip together while i fill in the cuts from forming the lip

wife is gone to the mom in laws for the weekend so batching it with kyle. so probably won't be back out to the shop till tuesday

jonathanD · Poncho Master!

so steve wanna come over in the summer lol

gparis7 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Making great progress Steve. Looks like hard time consuming work.

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

keeps me out of the house

69-Tin Indian · Guru

Given your technical skills, YOU would be THE MAN to start reproducing '69-'70 1/4 panels Steve!
Everyone could chip in and buy ya a nice little thump press! A man of YOUR calibre would have absolutely NO problem doing up the tooling for THAT! LOL! I just gotta say though, all kidding aside, you blow me away just that much more whenever I see the next step you've done on this project Buddy! Amazing. Simply amazing.

Pontiacanada · A Poncho Legend!

69-Tin Indian wrote:

Everyone could chip in and buy ya a nice little thump press!

... and ten more pairs of Vicegrips! Great job Steve!

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

no i have enough vice grips. good for wrecking yards and on the road.

thanxs to pascal i now have a complete front bumper. so i don't have to paint them body colour

seventy2plus2 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

I got the turn signal lenses out of that bumper.

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Good score on the signal lights

I only got the bumper outers and the crest from Pascal, the rest i already had. somewhere in the stack of boxes behind the car is a set of signal lights . but they can wait till i start reassembling the car.

one question. the pontiac crest in the center of the bumper, the one i got off the car was red in the grooves but the one i received from Pascal is black. same part number on the back of both. anything to do with american/canadian or on a off chance was mine painted? or any other suggestions.

-- Edited by Stephenzone on Saturday 29th of January 2011 10:02:06 PM

gparis7 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Great progress Steve. Are you plug welding or spot welding?

Pascal is a great source for these cars. I have the gauge package out of the 70 Bonneville, plus a bunch of other small parts.

seventy2plus2 · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Stephenzone wrote:

Good score on the signal lights

I only got the bumper outers and the crest from Pascal, the rest i already had. somewhere in the stack of boxes behind the car is a set of signal lights . but they can wait till i start reassembling the car.

one question. the pontiac crest in the center of the bumper, the one i got off the car was red in the grooves but the one i received from Pascal is black. same part number on the back of both. anything to do with american/canadian or on a off chance was mine painted? or any other suggestions.

-- Edited by Stephenzone on Saturday 29th of January 2011 10:02:06 PM

Both US & Cdn '70 Full Size cars used the same emblem on the bumper, the paint should be kind of a red wine color.

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

i have been making progress slowly but surely. had to completely rebuild the lip on the passenger side top well. also the braces on the underside

making sure the chrome fits

one more bracket/brace to do after supper then that side is done. i've positioned the drip tray under the lip so i will have the attachment point lined up.

Stephenzone · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

convertible top well is done and have started moving forward. took out the rear pan and the brace, cleaned up everything and started installing the rear seat pan and brace. ordered another sheet of steel and going to bills trucks tomorrow to order the middle cross brace

finally a progress shot that makes me feel that i'm moving foreward

68sd · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

wow ,that shot looks good Steve

we should wager a coffe to see who finishes first,
im on the Quarters right now ,got them cut and preped and fitted the other day

cdnpont · Canadian Poncho Superstar!

Nice work Steven.
Great progress.
Looking forward to getting back to mine this spring.

jonathanD · Poncho Master!

cdnpont wrote:

Nice work Steven.
Great progress.
Looking forward to getting back to mine this spring.

i know the feeling

unclebernie · Guru

You have made some serious progress!!!! I hadn't checked this thread in a while and all I can say is WOW....you work fast!!!!! NIce work on the patch panels, they look very nice.