Blood Sweat and Tears.. 67 Build Thread

[Fatherof3]

Originally Posted by Possmguts

I had Chad go ahead and do some renderings for me. I really do think Im going to see what I can do to build this C/28 he dreamed up... But as far as color and the Yenko style stripe goes, I think he nailed it... Not sure on wheels yet. These ones do look really cool...

Maybe have him do a rendering were the wide part of the stripe at the back starts out like shown but then the top tappers down following the the body line as it goes towards the rear.
I'd do it for you if I had the skills.




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[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by Fatherof3

Maybe have him do a rendering were the wide part of the stripe at the back starts out like shown but then the top tappers down following the the body line as it goes towards the rear.
I'd do it for you if I had the skills.




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I hadn't thought about that.. maybe the front part of the wide section should go to the body line and then let the rest of it taper down with the body line?

[Possmguts]

I think I found the door panels I might go with.. this guy is pretty darn good and does a few different styles for our trucks... Im in talks with him to do a matching glove box door and also something with the gauge bezel to match... If you're interested hes on Ebay and has a FaceBook page

[jlsanborn]

Here's some pics of my front sway bar. Same 1-1/4" dealio you got. I did get the "lowering" brackets with the bushing kit. I've also done the LCA re-locate modification for additional caster angle (fwd 0.075"). If everything shakes out good, I'll saw that much off the ends of the bar. I've got 2-1/2" spindles and 2" springs. Like you, haven't had it assembled yet to see what ride height will actually be and am already thinking I may have to go to a 1" spring. We'll see. I don't foresee any clearance issues so far. You can tell by all the dust and sh!t that I haven't been messing with that end for a while now

[Possmguts]

Today I started trying to salvage the passenger side fender... It is a 68 fender, and the PO, or his "body" guy, I use the term loosely, had once again used about a half gallon of bondo in his handy work to fill and cover up the side marker. I still have to get all those holes welded up and get the bottom corner patch ordered... Pics for your enjoyment... in hind sight I probably should have just cut out around all the holes and used a bigger patch maybe...

[flashed]

They were just trying to prevent further rust since bondo dont rust ,LOL. I cant believe what some people think is a proper repair or patch .Your patch looks much better .

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by flashed

They were just trying to prevent further rust since bondo dont rust ,LOL. I cant believe what some people think is a proper repair or patch .Your patch looks much better .

Thanks.. yeah this guy is the Bondo King... If you remember the part about how the front roll pan was made and the front corners of the fenders were done (Very start of this build thread) and how the tailgate was smoothed with nothing but bondo (it weighed like 200 lbs I swear) There was a bunch hidden under the bucket wonder called bondo...

[flashed]

I had a 68 Malibu I was planning to restore for my wife that the previous owner must have bought bondo by the 55 gallon drum.Once I realized how much rust he covered up with bondo I sold it at a huge loss and was just thankful to be rid of it .He did some very creative sculpting on that thing .I really enjoy following your build and always look forward to your updates .

[Possmguts]

How much work is Too much work to have to do to a fender to salvage OEM steel? I think Im figuring that out on this one....

[Possmguts]

More fender love.. Ill finish this one up tomorrow.. pulled my back out bending over. Sucks getting old...

[swamp rat]

Keep up the good work! And i feel the pain myself on occasion too.

[Possmguts]

Well, I finished up the patching of the fender today... but I'm not happy about what I had to do to get that lower patch panel to fit... Ill let the pictures do the talking...

[lower50's]

Wow it's crazy that most of the patch panels are so far off. Looks good tho.

[Advanced Design]

Does look good! Patch panels probably get sloppy over time as the stamping dies wear out.

[Possmguts]

Door bottoms are on the menu for this weekend... we'll see how that goes...

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Does look good! Patch panels probably get sloppy over time as the stamping dies wear out.

Thank you.. coming from someone of your caliber that means a lot...

[Possmguts]

Got started on the driver side door bottom today... More pics tomorrow...

[Possmguts]

Working on that door again to try and get it under some primer this weekend... but first I went ahead and finished the work on the 68 fender I patched the side marker light, did a rear lower patch and replaced the lower front on...

[Advanced Design]

Good progress on the fender! It was a good shop day today with doors open over here.

[Possmguts]

Originally Posted by Advanced Design

Good progress on the fender! It was a good shop day today with doors open over here.

Thanks.. same here. I think it was around 65 and full sun. Perfect day

[Possmguts]

Driver side door is damn near almost done and ready... Now that its under primer I can see a few spots that need a weeee bit more work...

[Possmguts]

This re-pop fender is gonna cause some headaches when it comes time to get all the gaps right...

[RRR18]

keep at it man....lookin good!

[lower50's]

Great job the fender and door look new.

[Mcmour67]

Great job so far!!! I just joined and started my build thread. I'm in the same boat as you, don't let it get you down. I'm sure my build will take twice as long!! Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see it when it's done.