My 327 sounded great with used hearders, 2 1/2' pipes and cheap turbo mufflers.

Ok I got the car up on the hoist. Started making some progress.

There's a lot to do and welding up above is proving to be really challenging for me haha. So for now I will tack everything until it's all fitted in.

I got the rear lights and grill out.

Patched a few things inside the trunk.

BIG ground to cover up here...





This was my first piece overhead. Struggled with the welds, reAD UP online and figured it out. had to change heat settings, angles, etc...

So much rust to work with .







Made a dead man for this piece.








Should be an interesting week. Will have to fab new gas tank mounts and some body mounts.

Greaser wrote:

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Sorry to say, but all your photobucket links go back to this thread....

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 Thanks. I copied the wrong link, fixed it now!

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Hardtail wrote:

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Greaser wrote:

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Sorry to say, but all your photobucket links go back to this thread....

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 Thanks. I copied the wrong link, fixed it now!

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Pics are there now.......boy, are you working for your Poncho.....great progress.

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 Well yes sir I am. It's about time after the car was neglected for a year. I really enjoy the work though. It's difficult working overhead with no clamps on certain pieces, so the dead man comes in handy from time to time. The welding is something else on these pieces when directly above you. Not sure if it's my welder or my technique. Most likely my technique. Now that it's in the shop gonna be able to put a lot more time into this during the week.

Just found a 327 corvette motor in scarborough, stock 300 hp. waiting on the guys response, lumpy cam may go nicely with that and a good exhaust, etc.

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Good luck on the motor.

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 Thanks mac. No response yet.

So I got just over an hour in today. Here are some pics.

Weird thing with the welder. Was running a bead in then it just stopped. The gas will come out but no wire feed or electricity. Turned it off for 5 minutes then it started to work again. Anyone have an idea of what this might be?

Hoping to make some good headway this week.

macsleuth wrote:

Shot in the dark here but..
Had an old stick welder that worked only so many minutes out of 10.
Depending on how much juice I was using, more juice, less weld time. Forget what it was called.

 Hmm must be something similar. It's done it a few times now even welding normally and not overhead. I'm going to get a Licoln or a Miller soon I think.

I've been busy...Hope you guys like how the trunk is turning out.

I placed a 2x6 in the middle and beat it with my hammer to shape the crease.

Don't want to burn through so I tacked it all the way through, lol. Going to grind them down later.

Finally got the seats out.

Lots of tin repairs.

Started cleaning the pan up, lots of glue and undercoat. The grinder wasn't doing the best trick so I switched to using a knife.

Slit right under the shifter.

Body mounts and rockers??

Now here's the 5 window coupe PONCHO that I will be finishing after this Parisienne is saved. 

I don't have enough metal left to do full pan work like I did with the trunk but I will probably start doing some patch work on the rockers and mounts tomorrow. 

REALLY enjoying this work...think I want to take a fabrication course. Hopefully I can paint this car too! 

Hope y'all enjoy the pics...

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Lots of hard work being done........just looking at the pics has me sweating.

Good stuff.

 

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 Thanks Greaser, tell me about it! Are carpets for these cars hard to come buy or can I get an aftermarket one that is mostly universal? Just wondering incase I have to salvage the one I ripped out of here.

The pan on the inside shouldn't be too difficult to put together, been going over my plan of attack. Should roll from door to door and then solid piece to where your feet lay. Can't wait to have it back on the frame...this time with body mounts :P

Working on a 454 motor and 400 turbo. The corvette engine didn't work out.

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Greaser wrote:

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Lots of hard work being done........just looking at the pics has me sweating.

Good stuff.

 

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 Thanks Greaser, tell me about it! Are carpets for these cars hard to come buy or can I get an aftermarket one that is mostly universal? Just wondering incase I have to salvage the one I ripped out of here.

 

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I would check with NOSreproductions.com  they will tell you what's available for your Poncho

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 Interesting, thanks Greaser. So I cleaned up the floor pan a bit more and inspected further. I don't think I will have to go about rebuilding the whole thing. Should be able to have a solid floor with some minor patching. The repairs the previous owner did with the rivets are still very solid. Looks like I will grind them down and just tack them to the pan. With some primer and undercoat it should be brand new. 

Got my plan of attack for underneath the car but I want to finish the inside first. Anyone experienced with installing the body mounts? How do I go about identifying the mounts? Do the bigger ones go on the back of the frame and the smaller ones on the front half?

Hope this is OK having a triple post here...not trying to break any rules but this is more of a journal at the moment....

Began working on repairs for the front mounts.

I stopped working inside the front to go underneath. It looks like once I fix these parts up I will have more of a foundation to attach the welds to from the inside.

Thinking about using washers for the body mount holes. What do you guys think?

More pics, enjoy.

Got the 305 out of the frame today!

My new Muncie M21