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Originally Posted by Brad_bb

It's good you got the hood and tripower setup. the rust is no problem. I'd take it to redi strip there and the electrolytic alkaline process would blow all the rust off and make it clean. Looks like it was an AC car and you have the parts in boxes. You can save some work and block that off if you want. There are good clean western frames in yards out west. I bought one for one of my 64's. Not sure if I'll use it or not. Original frame is rust free, but needs the front lower link brackets welded back on (someone cut them off), and I'm sure the cross member will be cracked when I get the body off (typical cracking on passenger side form body torque and no reinforcement brackets.

Yeh, I was glad to see the hood was in nice shape. No rust, looks like it had a little bondo in the beak area that will need a little work. We have a redi strip here, I'll look into that. I'll try to get the A/C going again. Hoses will actually probably be the hardest to find, may have to have them custom made. I'd also like to convert it to clutch cycling. After I've gotten it home, evaluating the frame will be one of my first priorities. Then the search for a frame will begin. Thanks for the advice. I'm sure I'll have a zillion questions as this gets going. I'm guessing I'll have lots of "what's this" posts as I rummage through the parts boxes.