Archive for the ‘Body’ Category
4-speed floor hump
The 4-speed floor hump showed up today from Classic Industries. Now I just have to measure twice, cut once and weld. Also, finally picked up the frame side ball stud for the z-bar pedal linkage. Things are getting closer…
Sandblasting
Sandblasted the motor mounts and clutch fork at Ben’s house. After a coat of chassis black on the motor mounts and some POR-20 Aluminum on the clutch fork, they look new.
Decided to attempt to grind off the welds holding the console mounting brackets. The plan is to sell the complete automatic transmission setup as a whole. That includes the 727 automatic transmission with torque converter, the floor section that I’ll be cutting out and replacing with a 4-speed floor, the console with brackets, the automatic shifter with linkages and the automatic pedal assembly. However, while attempting to liberate the brackets, I’m actually doing a better job at cutting thru the floor, so I decided to keep them attached to the floor for now and attempt to make some kind of template to cut out the section for the factory 4-speed hump…
Factory Automatic Shifter Removed
In order to prepare for the 4-speed, I needed to remove the factory automatic shifter.
Steering column & Factory Pedals
In order to install the 4-speed pedals, we (Ben and I) needed to remove the factory pedals as well as the steering column. The gauges were also removed and will be cleaned and ‘restored’ soon.
Driver side front fender stripped
Started stripping the drivers side front fender. Needed to use a combination of wire wheels, chemical stripper and a grinder to get the paint removed. This car has multiple coats of paint and the grinder just causes the paint to gum up and clog the wheel. Also hit some putty in a small dent near the front. At least 6 coats of paint. Primer-Red-Primer-Yellow-Primer-Primer and Red.
