Alright kiddies, here is what has happened since I put the car in hibernation last year. Screw the rollbar and anything else, I needed to see the car with the 4-door stuff completely gone. So out came the sawzall and then out came the 4-door remains. Then I threw the doors on it and and broke out the sharpie to freshen up the "lettering" so to speak.
This car has been inspired by Shirl Greer's "Tension" Coronet since day 1. Now that Shirl has passed on, I figured it'd be a good time to do a little something more for him.This lettering was drawn on the door last year, but it needed to be freshened up.
I got a little more done recently. Ya; very little. I trimmed-down 1 of the old 4-door b-pillars and fitted/positioned it to about where it should be for the 2-door status. Still not real sure that it's right, so it's just tacked in real light. Everything is eyeballed. Obviously the convertible/hardtop doorjambs are a little different than the sedan jambs at the top edge and therefore will have to be reconfigured a little. Anybody have any input?
Did a little more welding and got the passenger side doorjamb darn close to done, and finally....... SOME PRIMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got started on fixing up the pillar on the driver's side. Starting to look like something now; or atleast so I'm told.
Finally got around to (starting to) finish off the passenger side wheelwell. It was seriously in need of a cleanup. So I figured out the radius I needed and drew it on the quarter; hit it with a cutoff wheel, then split and folded the inner wheelwell (in about 75 places) out to meet the quarter skin.
Oh no... lookout!!!!!! More primer on the way.
Oh, and uh.... some Magnesium Halibrands and Americans.
The 12.00-16 M+H slicks on 10X16 Halibrands stick out a touch over an inch when the wheels are just resting against the studs because the boltpatterns are different. So when I get the boltpatterns to match, the slicks will suck right in and leave the "tread surface" of the slicks even with the quarterpanel skin.Only the sidewall will protrude.
Moved to the nose for a little change of scenery. Used 2 fenders to do this relocation, since I had 4. Probably will end up with 'glass fenders instead of replacing all the rot in the tin that I have, but oh well. Atleast this gives a tangible idea of what it'll look like.
Back to the rear section. I got most of the driver side wheelwell finished off and did a little with the doorjamb conversion.
Good thing I took 20inches out of the tail. Now I have room to walk around the back of the car to take pictures of it.
The work below will probably be it for this year, getting too darn cold to work on it now. Snow will be falling soon. Worked on the driver doorjamb a little more, pinned the decklid, and put the roof-to-wheelwell brace back to the way it should be on the driver side. Finally got sick of the quickie brace that I had put in there when I was putting the car back together.
I'll get the brace boxed in a little probably after this rotten cold weather passes.
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