I figure I would post this here also, Im sure many of you will respect this.

Well my body work is in the process. I do it for a living so if you have any question just ask. It might come along kind of slow considering I also have a bunch of other side jobs. Dont ask how much the materials cost (im borrowing them from work haha). Im doing this all in my garage. Will also be spraying at work. Everything will be coming off the car to spray (moldings, glass etc.)

So far I bought a brand new oem si bumper, lip ALL new body side moldings and rear bumper.


11/06 Wheel wells are 80% welded up. (only have one pic from phone cam)



10/24...small update

I bought a plasma cutter. Cut out ALL the rust on the right side. started making inner patch panels from a SAAB door skin. Ran out of batterys and cant find charger for cam.





This is before I cut it with plasma cutter







Here is the door skin i will be using for patches. I have several more i work



this pic is from moooonths ago like october





























At this point I wont be replacing the entire quarters as it seems it not that bad. But i can still answer any question that you need...

Here is the aftermath after cutting out SOME of the rust. I will be remaking the pinchweld along with innerwheel house and rocker....Other than the previous repair just using filler and screen mesh there doesnt seem to be any more filler on the car which makes me very happy. I wont be putting full 1/4s on anymore now that i know it will be a easy repair.

These are just rough cuts, I just wanted to get a look at the inner panels.



No filler other than covering up rust which is awesome


He is the underside of the rocker/ pinch weld. I obviously will cut out all the rust, fixing the pinchweld will be most difficult, not saying much though






Modified by mike9571 at 6:35 PM 10/24/2007


Modified by mike9571 at 6:32 PM 11/8/2007

 

looking good already in the first pic ill prolly be using some of the things you do in my project so this is helpful.
when you were searching for rust you just ran over everything quicklike with a sander then?

 

Good Luck!

 

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awesome I wish I knew how to do my own bodywork. Then my car might look a little better.

 

Modified by mike9571 at 7:26 PM 10/6/2007

 

what? why?

 

keep it up all worth it in the end.

 

reenforce those welds. youll be alright. im sure someone on here does chassis fabrication and could give you proper advice.

 

What happened to the resto?

 

what?

 

Had a friend come out who has been doing restos for 20 years. I had him look at the stuff im talking about and he said its a tough call. But i am going to be fixing it.

 

dead thread

 

wow.....this is looking all to familiar here lolol....

from one restorer to the next...good luck its worth it! and props to you

 

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Thanks, things are going slow right now.

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this stuff takes time not to mention i have a ton of sidework

 

Good luck man!

 

nice pics

 

Keep us posted. Good luck

 

small update

 

doin it right

 

Got any updates? Looks like you're doing a good job!!

 

dayamn son! What kind of rims is them in the front?? Spare ftw.

In all honesty I think that you're more dedicated than 9/10ths of the people that I know and for that, you deserve a good beer and 8 women massaging your feet daily.

Keep up the good work!

 

in to watch...

 

Well last week I had no time to work on it. This entire week will be devoted though

 

How's it coming along?

 

No worries im still making some progress. I have been waiting on damn patch panels for over a month I couldnt do any patch work until I had them mocked up either.

Also condisering using these seats (formerly in my chevelle)

Also purchased a Nardi Deep corn wheel and some other interior stuff like new shifter, boot, ****.

Any suggestions on wheels? Im thinking of some sort of mesh

Anywho

Here the patch panel mocked up and will in the near future be welded up!

Got em from ebay, Im honestly happy with them except for having to wait so damn long.











Since I plan on doing some autocross i think these will be a good choice (corbeaus)






Modified by mike9571 at 3:45 AM 12/28/2007