'64 Fury Pro-Touring

[68GTX440]

Looking good bob, glad to hear you're doing good and got the all clear! Man looks like with your skills I may have to get some assistance with fixing my quarter panel on the GTX haha.

 

[747mopar]

Great job on the quarter replacement, looks like you did an excellent job fitting it .

 

[usaroadrunner]

Congrats on getting back at it, quarters look great. Any plans on taking it on a auto cross track. It would be awesome to this on the track. Glad your all good. Take care....usarr.

 

[Satans Fury]

Looking good bob, glad to hear you're doing good and got the all clear! Man looks like with your skills I may have to get some assistance with fixing my quarter panel on the GTX haha.

Hey Josh,

The quarter replacement has been a learning experience, and pretty enjoyable, so if you want some help and give it a try just let me know.

 

[Satans Fury]

Great job on the quarter replacement, looks like you did an excellent job fitting it .

Hey 7,

Thanks much, but I'm realistic about the Fury; it will be a 10-footer when it's done. Even though I used a chassis plate the car had SO MUCH rust damage nothing is within factory tolerances. That has lots to do with my level of experience, equipment, etc, but it'll look good and I'll be proud of it.

 

[Satans Fury]

Congrats on getting back at it, quarters look great. Any plans on taking it on a auto cross track. It would be awesome to this on the track. Glad your all good. Take care....usarr.

Hey USA,

Thanks for the kind thoughts.

I have never done any auto-cross but after watching some at MATS I know I'd like to try it. With all the suspension goodies, engine set-back, strengthened chassis, fuel injection, and light weight body panels, I'm counting on this crate performing well.

 

[Satans Fury]

Had to take some time off for a tradeshow but over the weekend I got some time to work on the Fury and the quarter panel is now 100% installed with all the welds cleaned and ready for body-work; I am REALLY pleased with the results!

Here's a shot showing the seam after cleanup:

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Once I got the quarter work sewn up I figured it was time to re-install the rear suspension and make sure everything fit, so the next series of pictures show the suspension at full compression with the tires and rims mounted. HUGE thanks to Larry (Khan-vertible); if he hadn't mentioned "de-humping" the new wheel well I would have been in huge trouble because there is NO WAY my 335 would have fit without the "de-humping". As it is it's a tight fit but if I compress the suspension this far I'm probably in trouble anyway!

Next step in the process will be the body work on the quarter, some other welding clean-up work, then on to re-installing the window mechanisms in the doors, and on, and on, and on...

 

[Satans Fury]

BTW - am I the only one running in circles trying to figure out how to make a post (with pix) in this new software? Obviously I figured it out but I have no idea why the pix in my previous posts don't show :-(

 

[68GTX440]

Hey Josh,

The quarter replacement has been a learning experience, and pretty enjoyable, so if you want some help and give it a try just let me know.

Will do, and will probably get in touch with you when I try because my dad was trying to teach me how to weld before he passed. I was getting it a little, but never got the full hang of it.

 

[Satans Fury]

Will do, and will probably get in touch with you when I try because my dad was trying to teach me how to weld before he passed. I was getting it a little, but never got the full hang of it.

Hey buddy,

Look forward to hearing from you; happy to help.

 

[747mopar]

Hey 7,

Thanks much, but I'm realistic about the Fury; it will be a 10-footer when it's done. Even though I used a chassis plate the car had SO MUCH rust damage nothing is within factory tolerances. That has lots to do with my level of experience, equipment, etc, but it'll look good and I'll be proud of it.

Don't kid yourself, you know your going to be picky with the bodywork after all the work you've done. Looks great to me!

 

[super-bee_ski]

What a STANCE!
Holy Cow!
Looking great.

 

[Satans Fury]

I got a couple hours to work on the Fury so I took some time to assess what I need for the rear suspension (various bolts, spacers, etc) then dove into the body work.

I mixed up some Evercoat filler (love their stuff and HIGHLY recommend it), layed it on, let it dry, and began shaping...and it happened: I didn't rough up the surface enough and the filler pulled away. Oh well, better now than later so I ground it all off, roughed up the surface with 36 grit, and re-layed the filler. Below is a pic after using a cheese grater and 36 grit

Next step will be applying more filler, smoothing it out, shoot 3 coats of Matrix 2K High Build, then block it to a seamless finish.

By weeks end my new rear shock mounts should be here so I'll get them installed along with finishing off the rear suspension.

 

[Satans Fury]

Over the weekend I spent a good amount of time filling and smoothing the seam between the new quarter and the existing body, and I'm really happy all the way around. I then shot the bare metal with some self-etching primer and decided to give it a few days to completely cure. Here's a shot of the quarter in the base primer:

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Waiting for the primer to settle in gave me time to make some adjustments to the rear suspension; during the install a couple weeks ago I found the coil-overs were going to come into contact with the differential, so I ordered up some new shock mounting tabs from Welder Series (great stuff and terrific people) and set to work moving the shock mounts back about an inch. Below are some shots of the rear suspension, completely installed and centered in the chassis. Now that I know it all fits correctly I'll be pulling it out and finish welding the new shock mounts.

I love this shot since it shows the entire suspension system in place, including the coil-overs, and how it all fits. I'm actually pretty proud of all this since I did it all myself.

I wanted to get a closeup view of the Watts Link. Yea, I know there's no nut on the Watts "Butterfly"; I have one but I must have mucked up the threads because it didn't want to spin on.

This shot shows how close all the pieces fit together; there's not a lot of room between components, but they all function cleanly with no interference.

WoooooHooooo, gotta love those big floater hubs! Yea, they're a pain in the *** when it comes to a parking brake so I'll end up using a pinion mounted one but for strength and ease of working on they just can't be beat.

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After I get the new shock mounts final welded and remove some of the left-over original mounts I'll get back to body work. On a personal note, my wife is now actually pushing me to get the car done; she figures the money we're wasting on the shop would be better used elsewhere so I need to finish the car!

'Til next time...

 

[HYRDGOON]

Man you have been BUSY!! Everything looks awesome and loving that underside shot of the car with the coilovers and watts link as well

 

[69 GTX]

What Goon said!

 

[Satans Fury]

Thanks fella's!
Work and such has kept me pretty busy but I'm trying to get at least a couple hours a day and all weekend to work on the car, so I'm hoping for some decent progress in the near future.

 

[Mocajava]

I did the wheel barrow trick on my 55 Belair when installing the LS 3. Worked great and saved a ton of time. Do your layout and cut sections out of the center of the tub (in a vertical mode) to add or subtract material to get the right width. Look around at different tubs to get the steel thickness and configuration that best applies to your needs. I think I paid about $38 for the tub and it worked perfect for my configuration.

 

[Satans Fury]

I did the wheel barrow trick on my 55 Belair when installing the LS 3. Worked great and saved a ton of time. Do your layout and cut sections out of the center of the tub (in a vertical mode) to add or subtract material to get the right width. Look around at different tubs to get the steel thickness and configuration that best applies to your needs. I think I paid about $38 for the tub and it worked perfect for my configuration.

Hey Moca,

Thanks much but I bailed on the wheel barrow idea and fabbed up the entre firewall from sheet steel.

 

[conv67bdere]

WHOA ! ! ! Looking good CarnalSupply ! ! ! WOW . . . so that's what a panel is supposed to look like when the bodywork is done and it's in primer . . . boy does that look GREAT ! ! ! ( I'm trying to get life matters out of the way and get to MY bodywork too )

Keep up the great work . . .