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Sorry its been awhile since my last update, the holidays, work and other things always tend to interfere but we haven’t stopped working on it! his a little update of whats been going on.
the main thing is I brought her donor car home, which is one fine car to be chopping up~! lol but it will give her car a great platform to be reliable and comfortable for her.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVCtOrpHSbY
heres how she currently sits and in a week or two will be a rolling chassis!
got a little more cut out, these 66 up cars are loads different in construction as opposed to earlier models like my 62… way heavier and alot more involved in cutting it
got some bracing in so it dosnt folt up
and after a ridiculous amount of time got the middle floor cut out
rocky always checking out progress
anyone interested in a floor? with partial front torque boxes attached lol
well thats all for now…im hoping to have the rest cut out by the end of the comming week!
and for another big fat update!!!!
friday started off getting a few things in order on Katies car then Saturday I went to the Moultrie swap meet with a friends son to pick up a few items that generally appear there cheaper then other places.
got her some blue dot clear headlights, some light blue welt cord and some black woven wire loom cover, not much but this stuff is crazy cheap there. We’ll hold off buying other stuff for a while yet.
then after returning from the swap meet I spent the next 8 hrs romoving the DASH and HVAC unit!!! OMG the 67 is SOOOO much more involved then the 62 its crazy!!!
now down to business, sunday rolled around and with katie taking parts off the donor car I got ready to do some cutting
when doing something like this…some serious blades are needed….seriously one blade will do this car and the donor car, they are that bad!
some much needed measuring of critical points, but mainly wheelbase from differnt points and door gaps for deflection.
now onto the fun part, the 67 is built much more heavily than the 62 so a slightly different approach will be used witch consists mainly on cutting the car in stages. First being the front end!
this process took roughly an hour or so, the metal in which the blade had to cut through was pretty thick but it still went through really easy
and here she is all cut apart and the front coming off!!
here are some pics of the front frame rails just in case you may have wanted to know
and heres a video from the heroin of this story!!
had a slow day at work so I had the chance to do alittle dissembly to the car! more to come!
essential tools for this job
got the drivers outer fender off pretty quickly
alot more to come this weekend!! I cant wait to get to choppin!!
j
told you there was a big update!!
DONOR CAR!!!
2004 lincoln towncar great shape except some driver quarter damage
near perfect interior runs great with under 100k in miles
now its going to get CUT!!
not a whole lot to post right now
got her up on stands
then got the doors off and continued to take measurments,the good thing is even though its pretty beat the main structure is solid and there is zero deflection anywhere in the body.
I also created a GOFUNDME account please be respectfull about it and at least read it please
https://www.gofundme.com/katies67build-com
stay tuned I got a big update to do VERY SOON!
also got my wheels ive been wanting so bad
I think im going to goto a slightly smaller tire with a larger whitewall soon though
and some random pics from my trip to dallas texas
pulled the trigger on something Ive always wanted to do LOUVERS
I ordered two pre punched louver panels and comenced on tearing apart my perfect hood!
just laying on top of the hood
cut out portions
welded in solid….lots of welding!
and even more body work!! ugggg
some black primer
some repair and repaint on the front
repaired the riught quarter where a tire blow out crushed the lower quarter, and also shaved the emblem holes
shaved the left emblem holes as well
shiny!
looks exactly how I wanted them to look!
had a good friend of mine come out for some simple striping
alittle Kustom Kulture on the back
and something simple on the hood
may do some later…but not to worried about it since this is just a temp paint job right now.
did alittle work on making some back interior stereo speaker pods, my next main adventure is sorting out the interior this summer along with some stereo
first fabbed up the backing board and speaker pod and test fit
then I stretched some material over it all and fiberglassed it
got them all smoothed out
then covered them in some temporary material until everything is ready to be done.
and that’s done…next im onto making the door panels next
and picked me up a few small goodies
maltese cross cast covers for my lakes pipes
my little homie rocky approves, said Bark Bark
and some windshield wiper bullets
some new shots of everyday life
just crushing grass
finally got my pump and manifold situated the way I want it, resides behind passenger front tire
just enjoying local cruis-ins
got to take my equally awesome daughter to a Halloween party in the big Linc
just strutting its stuff!
got the pump filled and ready togo in
it was a pig making it fit in… I knew it would be tight in there but damn…lol…beats having it taking up space in the trunk
made a quick template for a close out panel ill get some sheetmetal to make thse out next week
all I got to do now is run my battery wiring and hook up the solonoid and install the front cyls and she’ll be back adjustable again!
