 | Right front view |
 | Rear view |
 | Right side view |
 | Interior view |
 | Right door |
 | Driver side interior view |
 | Left door |
 | Gauge assembly |
 | Center dash |
 | Engine compartment |
 | Rear view |
 | Stripping has begun revealing a prior collision that was repaired with lots of bondo. |
 | Another view of the bondo repairs |
 | The inside view of the fender showing that when the fender was pieced back together, the reinforcement was not put back together or even lined up. |
 | Stripping continues |
 | Rear view of stripping |
 | Lower valance shows somw minor bondo application |
 | A close up view of what was hiding under the paint |
 | The front suspension has been unbolted as an assembly. It closely resembles a 49 Chevy suspension. |
 | Rear axle was removed, cleaned and is now in primer |
 | Here is the front suspension completely rebuilt and assembled |
 | Underside of floors and frame are seeing the light of day for the first time in almost 50 years |
 | "X" member chassis cleanup continues |
 | Left front fender reinforcement and repairs begin |
 | Engine compartment gets a good cleaning and sanding |
 | After some fiberglass repairs, priming and painting, the engine compartment looks nice and fresh again. |
 | The underside also looks much better after being primed and painted. |
 | Front suspension has been reinstalled |
 | Front body is being reset so everything is square. Whenever the accident happened sometime in it's past life, the left fender end was just glassed back on without any thought to keeping the front square. |
 | Now that we have the nose squared, we can concentrate on getting the body solid |
 | Front end has nice lines now to the hood. |
 | Work is progressing on the right side. |
 | Jambs and interior portions are being stripped. |
 | Convertible top frame has a broken rivet. |
 | After many hours of block sanding, the primer is applied. |
 | The primer sealer goes on next. |
 | Inside and out, this body is sealed. |
 | A liberal dosage of Roman Red base coat is applied followed by clear coat. |
 | The trunk also has also received the red treatment. |
 | Fitment and alignment of the bolt on panels begins. Here we have the hood installed. |
 | The left door is aligned and installed. |
 | After a final block sanding, we are ready for painting! |
 | Left rear view of the stunning Roman Red body with white coves |
 | Left front view |
 | Front view |
 | Right front view |
 | Wet sanding has begun on the fresh paint |
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