68 GTX Resto

[dfarmercse]

Tomorrow I will be starting the outside resto of my 68 GTX. I need to replace the lower quarters and repaint. I will post pictures tomorrow.

Dave F

 

[Propwash]

Good luck on your project Dave. Looking forward to the pic's.

 

[dfarmercse]

Hope to get started today, yesterday put the r&r steering column back in car.

Dave F

 

[dave5237]

Hi Dave. If you need any help let me know. I got pics of my 68 GTX after replacing every nut and bolt after 9 years ( FULL RESTORATION DONE ). Put it back to all stock except for some color changes. I started it up last summer with the help of this site ( need to put the front and back glass in and done ).

 

[dfarmercse]

Hi Dave. If you need any help let me know. I got pics of my 68 GTX after replacing every nut and bolt after 9 years ( FULL RESTORATION DONE ). Put it back to all stock except for some color changes. I started it up last summer with the help of this site ( need to put the front and back glass in and done ).

Thanks for the offer Dave, may have lots of questions, had a 69 GTX vert after High school. Mine is not a # maching car, so I am not going to try and do a restore to orginal. Car is running with a 78 440 and 727, 354 sure grip rear. Have change all the wiring and everything works. Have rust in lower quarters, but the rest of the car looks good. Won't really know until I get the paint off. Car was white and repainted to red sometime back in its life.

Dave F

 

[dfarmercse]

Here are some pictures

 

[dfarmercse]

Well I started stripping the paint on the passenger quarter and there is 3/8 inch of bondo on it. Looks like I am going to have fun

DF

 

[Propwash]

Hey Dave.............It starts with one thing and ends with a hundred. LOL. Welcome to the game.

Just a hunch, but besides your quarters, i'm guessing you'll be replacing the rockers from the rear wheel to just past the rear jam as well as the outer wheel house lips and a healthy chunk of your extension panels. How's the trunk pan and the floors?

 

[Ron 73]

I wish you luck Dave, Your going to have a great car when shes done, looking forward to the updates..

 

[detmatt1]

Looks like a great project. I agree with Propwash, that rust didn't start on the outside! How is the metal around the lower corners of the rear window?
BTW, `68's are my favorite!

 

[Donny]

A good project like this deserves a good media blast -- its money well spent! Good luck, and post more pics!

 

[dfarmercse]

Won't know about wheel houses till I cut the 1/4. Haven't found any rust on the floor pans, trunk pans or around the back window. Trunk, hood and doors are fine. I think at one time, maybe when this car went from white to red, everything was taken care of except the 1/4s. But you know how it is, when you start looking, you find all kinda things. No media blast available around here and not able to pull the car completely apart right now. Maybe after I retire I will have time to do a full resto.

Dave F

 

[dfarmercse]

After stripping down the 1/4 there is a lot less rust then you think. Most of all the cracking was the 3/8 bondo on the fender from a dent about the GTX emblem. The lower 1/4 are gone, but around the wheel well only the crack you can see in the picture from on top of the wheel forward about 5 inches is rust. The rest was just painting cracking from bondo shrinkage.

DF

 

[dfarmercse]

Well here what I found. Lots worst then I hope for.

 

[Ron 73]

Dave, just a suggestion but i would tend to agree with Donny, If you have it blasted you'll know just where your at. Going from there keep thinking of what you will have when its done, its a car that is right up there in worth, With me its always just owning it, look to the future, after the old girl is going down the road with you behind the wheel! what a feeling that will be!! Don't give up man..

 

[Mr4Speed]

take a deep breath and take it the long way; get it blasted; i did the same with my savoy. It was waaay worse than the seller told me ( He also sold me a max wedge block with 8 cracks in it... )I slept bad for a few nights, looked at my bankaccount and started from scrap. Now i am happy i did. I will have a perfect car when it's done
( and no money in the bank, but what the heck! )
cheers from the Netherlands, Marcel

 

[hunt2elk]

I agree with the others about media blasting this car. It will be money well spent in the long run. Looks like a great project.

 

[dfarmercse]

Update, talk to the sheet metal man and we are going to replace the 1/4 skins this weekend. Pictures to follow.

Dave F

 

[Donny]

Skins are a cheap way to replace the qtr, but, once you get the skins done, then there's the trunk water channel, package tray, duchman panel, and underneath supports, wheelhouses, trunk floor, trunk floor extensions. Wait, you're in Louisiana, not too far from me in S.Antonio area, bring it to me, give you a good deal! I've done a LOT of B Body's and know where the rust is.

 

[dfarmercse]

All the rest is rust free. I won't know about outer wheel houses for sure till the panel is removed. you would have to work free since all the people that are helping are friends and doing it for free. Any metal for the WH or anything else my friend will make at his shop. Wish you were closer, would of been nice to blast it.

Dave F