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how's this great find coming along projectbird? pics of your process?

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how's this great find coming along projectbird? pics of your process?
Progress has slowed with the nicer weather coming up. I've been tied up working on a couple other cars, but hopefully the T/A will be back in the work bay shortly.

Im thinking the next step is putting it on a rotisserie. I was trying to avoid that, but the car really deserves it. Plus it'll allow me to get the bottom painted up and detailed nicely.

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Just got the engine back from the rebuilders. Came out real nice! Got the flywheel resurfaced while it was there too.

Should I use something like a fogging oil to keep the internals from rusting? The engine likely wont be in the car until early next year, so I don't want any rust forming in the cylinders.






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Update:

The car is on the rotisserie. Just got back from blasting, and actually doesn't look awful. There's still metal to weld to, so that's nice.


We have all the sheetmetal. Ordered it ahead of time. There's no shortage of it. lol

























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That looks pretty dang good to me. Doesn't appear to be any major damage, should be fairly straight forward.

On the engine, my suggestion is to add oil, go a quart over, and prime it, turning the crank 90 degrees ever 3-5 min of priming. Tape up the openings of the intake, and bag it. If you wanted to go the extra mile, charcoal in gym socks or on a pie pan in the bag w the engine will help absorb any excess moisture. And of course, make sure it has spark plugs in it.

No, it won't wash off all the assembly lube that was used, it leaves a film on the required surfaces longer than most think.


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Roof looks good, so does the DS quarter on average.. Repairable.. Cant wait to see this one done!

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Roof looks good, so does the DS quarter on average.. Repairable.. Cant wait to see this one done!
The quarters aren't as bad as we thought. The rockers really aren't too bad either. He's not sold on the roof skin.

Right now it's getting braced up in preparation for the floor removal.

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Floor is officially out. So far so good!











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The floor is completely in, as well as the firewall. Getting started on the rear half now.





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Hope you save those quarter parts that were cut out. The one side looked great in person. Looking better every time!
DONT loose that part on the tail panel below the gas fill. That is commonly misplaced when a tail pan is done, and it is Not repoped.
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Progress is moving along after a little break. It's really coming together now. Doing the final fitment tweaks before finish welding.

Also was cleaning up the rear axle, and managed to get a pic of the stamping on it. Slightly hard to read in the pic, but it is: COZ 0312G. If I'm decoding it correctly, it was built March 12th by Detroit Gear and Axle. Pretty cool, as the car is a 03C build.











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Nice work! Did you buy that body cart, or make it yourself?

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Old 08-26-2021, 12:43 PM
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Nice work! Did you buy that body cart, or make it yourself?
I don't know much about it. It looks like most of it was made commercially, but has some modifications done to fit our older cars better.

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Just found this thread and read through it all. Great story! Congrats on this find! What made you go from survivor to body off?

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