More Photos!

Holy Smokes! Where's The Car?

Making great progress on the right rear quarter panel, more details soon! Note Annie the guard dog in the last photo as she keeps an eye on the Fastback! Viewings by appointment only and be sure to bring a few dog treats!

Preparing For The Really Big Shew.. (Ed Sullivan)

This week's work involves removing the lead seams in preparation for replacing the right rear quarter panel with original FoMoCo sheet metal from a donor car.  More details soon!

Ssnake Oyl

I saw my friend Craig today and he brought me some goodies, thank you Craig!  Snake-Oyl is a fabulous company that restores seat belts and provided the under carpet insulation pictured above. Their work is superb and the concourse level details are unbeatable!  The top photo is the under-carpet insulation (jute) that is just like the original factory.  I bought a full sheet, but it also comes pre-cut.  I will probably go a little overboard, but want to add insulation in the floorpans as much as possible to eliminate road noise.  Snake-Oyl also restored the seat belts pictured below and they look fantastic! Check them out at http://ssnake-oyl.com/

The Driver's Side Door Never Looked So Good!

Shane the welder continues to make great progress!  Although there's more work to finish this up, hopefully the driver's side will be completed by this weekend.

Beep-Beep!

The Horn Works! The Horn Works!  Okay, I probably could have replaced my horns with some aftermarket ones, but these are original to the car.  I tried for the longest time to get one side to work, but nothing happened.  Recently I read an article where Gary at the Horn Works totally disassembles and rebuilds the horns using factory correct rivets.  The best part is not only do they work, but they are even louder and now in tune!  No more squawking! Check out www.classiccarhorns.com

Shane is in the House!

Went by the body shop today and Shane the welder is making great progress! He has already fixed the A-arm support and has the rocker panel back in place! Oh yeah!

Progress Pics!!!

The photos above may not be very clear, but you can make out where the leading edges of the fender apron have been repaired.  Previously this was missing and now there is some meat to weld the radiator support back into place.

No termites haven't started chewing on the car, we have removed the A-frame and rocker panel on the driver's side. They were smashed in and now we are hammering them back into shape. No wonder the door was always binding and wouldn't align properly...  This weekend I will go in and clean up the car (more caked on baking soda from when we stripped the car) and prime the inside of the rocker panel  before it's re-welded (appears it was never primed or painted on the inside from the factory as I found stenciled date codes on bare metal). 

I Got a New T-Shirt!

My friend Dave at CJ Pony Parts has done a great job keeping me organized with all my questions and needs and recently he sent me an early Christmas present!  It's a cool design and good looking shirt.  Thank you David!