ABC123 wrote:

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Body shop Guru told me to keep the original hump cut out.

He said "Nobody would believe this is how it was done originally"

Quiet the rough cut !

 

 

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 Don't you love it! Guys just refuse to believe that is off the assembly line that way but it is.

I could be wrong, but I think there were only about 250, 4 speed, B-bodies built in Oshawa that year.

Based on low model experience I had in my career,

"Get a guy to do that off line" the bosses would say.

We had guys who would cut a hole or weld a bracket, anywhere the cops wanted it.

Another member showed me a saved floor section with the same cut, last year, after my car arrived.

As I was concerned that this was a back yard cut 

Wow!  This surprises me as I would have expected there to be a specially stamped tunnel piece for 4-speed cars. 

Were early to mid-1960s cars done the same?  If not, then perhaps by 1969 the market for 4-gear cars was known to be small, so it was more cost-effective to just hack it out, since the customer would most likely never see it anyhow.  Still surprised, either way.

Cheviac wrote:

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Ok, I'll bite, what's wrong with the seat base?

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 It is missing the padding & upholstery, and it needs to be bolted down. If it were a military Jeep, those seat frames would be covered in the cloth from a potato sack and that is that.

 

Is it something to do with the bucket seat mount bracket?

Seeing that torched out tunnel opening makes me think we were dealing with a different time, a time before liability laws were so prevalent. Did mechanics ever wear gloves back in those days? Many U.S. factories built cars with only primer covering the exterior floors, you might get 3 rust-belt winters before deep rust occurs. I guess that high up the tunnel and shielded by the transmission, and possibly even spritzed by motor oil drips, it was not any concern. How many people needed tetanus shots after trying to install a Hurst shifter?

The next part of the build begins

Loaded up a pile of stuff to be blasted.

This project needs professionals so the load went to Franklins in Woodstock. 

These guys are awesome with any blasting.

Everything came back Wednesday.

Build date just off my Birthday.

Everything else came back individually wrapped !

At some point, frame #2 will be for sale but it won't go cheap !

Here is a stumper for you,

The October 1968 frame is 60 to 80 pounds heavier than the March 1969 one.

You have to see it to believe it.

There is no Manitoba Mud left inside the 2+2 frame 

In about four weeks the 2+2 frame will be off for repair,

They will be stored off location until then.

 

 

 

VIN should be on top of the left rear frame rail, but seems to move around. I didn't find anything on the frame I did in 2014.

Phase II is about to start !

4 speed frame is off to the body shop for prep and paint.

Body goes Monday or Tuesday.

The goal is to have the car 95% done by April 2024.

Have a set of both.

Could you not find a set of the "C" illustrated? They were the 15" 69 Standard on the CP B.

 

I am 90% sure I am going with 15-inch rally wheels with small centers but it's nice to have a plan if I change my mind. 

For disc, Eric supplied all the hard-to-find stuff but I will need calipers, rotors, proportioning valve and master cylinder.

For Drum, I have everything including those N.O.S drums Mark gave me years ago 

 

Lets go!