Day 48 - 12/20/11

So we got the A pillars said and done, well almost. Today we did some more alining and fitting of the upper windshield piece before welding it in. Already it was pretty close but we just made sure it was in the correct spot because once it's welded in, it's in! After welding and mega grinding, Dad ground off the molding tabs on the new pieces because they were kind of loose. I went digging through Dad's many coffee cans of screws and found about 40 of those little tabs, trying to save a buck were I can. Plus the new lower package tray body piece didn't even have those. Got the heater running in the background there for awhile to heat up the place.

(I filmed this new video on the 21st, before the next day of progress. But actually the work we got done was on the 20th.)

NEW!

Day 47 - 12/19/11

We're all on Christmas break so time to get some progress done! Got the old A pillar body pieces cut out and the new ones fit and tacked in. It's looking better already! I managed to cut my wrist so I didn't do too much contributing today, but I'll live and learn. Next step is to get the top and today's progress to flow together. That will be a project for tomorrow. My goal is to get the windshield body work all done by break and at least start on the rear glass area. I believe we can achieve that goal as long as we work on it everyday!

Update! 

Day 46 - Combo - 11/27 & 12/4/11

Today is the 5 month anniversary of picking up the Chevelle! (12/9/11)

It's been very cold! Not as fun to work on the car as it was during the summer. We got the kick panels off and the new video talks about that. I didn't mention this in the vid, but I started to drill out the welds on the A-pillars to splice and dice the 'new' pieces in from the Monte Carlo. Over Christmas break we plan to get really into the body work and get this rig running!

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