More Body Work

Nothing very exciting to post.  Been doing more bodywork for the last couple of weeks.  I did get the glovebox installed and the power trunk actuator in place.  I hope to get some primer on it this weekend or at least get the bodywork done enough to head into a deep prime.

3 Days of Body Work

Bob showing me how its done

I managed to spend half a day on Friday and all of Saturday and Sunday working on the car.  Friday I got all the plumbing finished for the intercooler water pump.  In typical fashion, the motor runs, but doesn't move any water.  I am assuming the impeller is hosed, I hope my supplier will warranty it!
We finished blocking the car and I used the magic dent machine to pull up all the low spots.  Some judicious hammering on the high spots got me ready for filler.
Today I wiped the Rage filler on all the low spots and broke it down with a DA and some 80 grit.  Hopefully Brett has some time this week to help me block it all out and see what we have.
Bob suprised me this morning and came by to do a bunch of metal work.  He welded up the emblem holes in the rear quarters, cut out and patched the passenger wheel well lip, patched the driver's quarter tip, and completely patched the trunk seam corners that were wasted.
I finished off the day by liberally filling those corners and grinding out the factory lead in the door/body seams.

Interior Sneak Peek

Snapped a few shots of the front and rear seats for the car.  Jaime's work is top notch and very affordable.  I took a couple of pics of the stainless mesh he used for the rear speaker grille.  It was a scrap piece from Brian's Biscayne and I wasn't sure if Jaime could make it work or not.  It turned out beautifully!  He is now working on one of the rear wheel well plastics so that we can build the rest of the door panels from there.

Quick Video

Quick Video of the car doing a burnout and popping the boost hose

Intercooler Piping and Sealer: Done

We got the tub taped and sealed this week and got the fenders done too.  I got some guide coat on them so I can start blocking and see where the bad spots are.  This weekend I'll get the doors, hood and trunk done, along with the skirts and some small pieces.

Danny came by today and Jason helped him get the intercooler piping all done.  It is sweet.  As you can see in the video, I definitely need to bead the piping to keep it on.
My front and rear seats came back as well.  I will get some pics up asap.

Ready to Seal

I am probably going to regret this in the morning, but I spent the whole day with the DA and a grinder and got the ENTIRE car knocked down with 80-grit. Have I mentioned before how freakin' huge this thing is? WOW. I guess I should be glad it doesn't have a roof.
I included some pics of the pristine NOS hood that Kevin sent down. All I had to do was scuff it up and its ready to prime.
Got some nice pics of it in the sun too.
Hopefully Brian has some time one night this week so we can wipe it down and shoot some sealer on everything. Then I get to put it all back together, throw some guide coat on it, and get to blocking.

Burnout Complete

Last night we rigged up some piping to get boost to the motor so that I could cruise it around the parking lot a little. Of course that required a mandatory first Burnout to..ahem..verify that the Posi works..yeah, that's it...
It works. And the motor is pretty snappy given it still has stock injectors and no tuning. It made boost fast enough to blast one of the boots in half.

OK, back to real work now. Getting some of the panels in primer this weekend.