It's been awhile since an update! Thought I probably should. Got some good progress in. On day 42, finished up the door moldings, got the glass cleaned and put them back in so the glass doesn't get all scratched up. Day 43, diagnosed with my terminal disease, Dad cut a strip off the new upper windshield body piece for a little double layer plug weld action. Better and stronger than overlapping or crimping/recessing. Drilled some 5/16" holes for plug welds on the remaining roof above the windshield. On day 44 today, did some taping, grinding and initial welding. It's getting closer! I'm going to submit the Chevelle into my school's yearbook on the cars page. I know a girl in yearbook, and she said sweet, hopefully I'll make the cut! So here's another little video.
Day 41 - 10/17/11
A quick update today, came home from school and helped Dad on an oil change and a tire rotation on the LTD. Awhile ago I found some unused oil filters in the trunk of the car, and wondered if they fit my application. So I called Cost Less Auto Parts (old Dusty's). They told me they aren't for my car, so I'm glad I didn't try to use them. Then a little later today, I took off the rubber/molding on top of the driver door on the outside that holds the glass inline. Probably a month or so ago, I cleaned the side glass with steel wool really good. There was a line of dirt on the outside right where the glass stops when it's cranked up. So cleaned out the dirt down there and we're set. Here's another quick little video:
Day 40 - 10/16/11
Well it's day 40! We've have the Chevelle just a little over 3 months, crazy I know. We got some major progress done today, started to do some hacking on the roof. I'm getting better on the pneumatic tools too! A couple days ago I was on craigslist just randomly looking for car parts and stumbled upon a Chevelle/Monte guy selling dashboards. I called him up to look for other parts because it sounded like he had some. What made it real nice, was that he was located up by WSU. So we drove over there, looking for his house, and he has a 69 Chevelle in the street, a 70 Monte in the driveway, and a 70 Malibu 400 in the garage! I go to knock on the door and there are some bucket seats and a set of Cragars on the porch. I got his attention and went out to the 2 car garage, and he has a 'loft' set up with at least 50 bankers boxes stacked 2 deep, full of all the different parts and trinkets to Chevelles, El Caminos and Monte Carlos. He's a real cool dude, nice and willing to help. I plan to make future trip(s) for more parts. Check out his site, good stuff! http://www.malibu400.com/ At the end of the video I'm stumbling for words, got it in the first take though!
Day 37/38/39 - 10/7/11-10/10/11
It's been awhile since my last update, I know! Made some major progress and moving the project to the next level. I decided to try a video update of what we got done today. If these work, I'm going to hopefully get them out on the day of or day after. In previous days I've been a week behind so I hope they work out. It's my first video, so nothing special. I hope you like it!
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