Family Tradition

[northerndave]

Holy moley! She's looking very car shaped these days!! Awesome work!!!

 

[Propwash]

You bet Dave..It's nice to see a Plymouth again in my garage instead of the living dead..

Gonna try to peg away at the RR tonight a bit if I don't waste too much time boondocking in the back 40. A few feet of snow and a sled...Almost like a jet ski!

 

[northerndave]

Our snow is junk, it melted down, settled in a warm up then crusted with a cool down.

pretty crappy riding for us.

 

[Propwash]

Our snow is junk, it melted down, settled in a warm up then crusted with a cool down.

pretty crappy riding for us.

Not too bad here Dave with the 14" of fresh white stuff last week.. About another 1/2 a foot in the next few days i'm hearing. Still icey corner's here and there with the melt down we all got a couple week ago.



Not too exciting news but got the extentions fitted in.. Went in pretty good.

One thing I did notice on the drivers side extention was the lip at the trailing end that tucks down and secures to the fill panel was mangled up and pretty much nonexistent. Ended up cutting off that garbage, cutting some donor metal off a chunk of the left over rocker and welded it on...Pretty easy stuff.

Other than that, everything went pretty smooth..... I'm ready to rock and roll with welding in the back..

 

[MarPar]

I'm still lurkin' this thread, Will...:lurk:

Doin a damn fine job, as per usual!

She'll be rollin out and doin donuts before you know it!!!

 

[Propwash]

Thanks Mar. Appreciate it.... I'm shooting for paint this summer. Hopefully anyways.....


Not much, but little bit of an update.............

Passenger quarter is pretty much welded on 100%. Extention is fully welded in.

 

[roadrunnerman]

Amazing,amazing,amazing.

 

[Propwash]

Amazing,amazing,amazing.

Thanks Roger! That's exactly what I say when I stare at my empty billfold..LOL



Putz'd around a bit inside tonight. Got the newly rechromed parts of the window vent area/frame put together an installed newer seals. Bit of a pain of the *** getting the framing a part/put back together, as well as reinstalling the seals, but well worth it.

 

[northerndave]

Very nice.

 

[roadrunnerman]

those window vent frames turned out really nice. how much more parts do you have that need rechromed?

 

[Propwash]

I thought the same fella's. I was more than happy when I got them back. That should pretty much do it for the chrome work. Got a real good place not too far down the road that does the work. They do a lot of 50-early 60's era stuff. Even do the old school nickel plating. Real nice folks.

 

[Finallygotmine]

All I can say is WOW. I'm new in here and started reading this thread from the beginning last night. This thread should be a book and I must say that i have never come across such an informative cache of information. Propwash, you are something else. Not only are you a genuine artist, and I mean that, but you also provide great pictures of the progress and even some action shots of you actually doing the work and explaining in great detail!! Great stuff!! The job you are doing on that car is nothing short of artwork. When I got to the pictures of the quarter panels actually on the car, I got a lump in my throat. And all the members on here cheering you on and wishing you well through your surgery and the general concern for you when you were absent for a while, made for great reading. Very compelling. I will be tuned in for all the progress. If I read correctly, you are in Oshkosh. I am in Marquette Mi. When you get ready to fire that thing up, I would love to be there and help if you ever need an extra hand. I would consider it an honor to watch you do your thing. My nephew and Niece live in your neck of the woods and I get down there once in a while. Let me know. Now I will go into sponge mode and try to soak in some knowledge.
Daryn

 

[Cevidicus]

Great thread. Thanks for sharing all of your hard work with us.

 

[Propwash]

Daryn & Martin

You know when you were growing up and you had a car, a "Dream Car", you just had to have no matter what? The 1969 Roadrunner was mine. Growing up and wanting to fill the shoe's of my dad and his glory days with his 1969 roadrunner as well as being surrounded by these great cars, I figured out very young age exactly what car I just had to have. Now that I have it, I don't care what blood, sweat or tears it takes to make it perfect, exactly how I always imagined it.

Ever since I've had a license, I've had a mopar. The great mopars that i've owned have undoubtedly help mold me into the person I am today, and for the better. Some might think i'm a bit crazy in the head, but I feel it's up to me to pay back this debt of gratitude in the manners of respect and putting life back into them. It's not just a machine, a piece of tin and rubber. It's my car, and to me, well...a friend..a companion and a legacy that will be around long after i'm gone. So when i'm striking an arc or fitting in a panel, it's not just me trying to put wheels on the road and maybe spin a buck, it's respect, love, and passion for this great American car.

I'm glad you enjoy the thread and really appreciate the kind comments. I'm also very thankful for the great comments and motivation friends and other members on this site relay to this thread. I've met so many great guys on this wonderful site they call FBBO and have learned tons myself. It's great to see other people take something positive or useful from this thread and apply it in one way or another for themselves. If it inspires someone else to follow or find their dreams, well......mission accomplished

I'm actually just a tad northwest of Appleton Daryn. Anytime you're down in this neck of the woods, please feel free to look me up. I would be more than happy to meet up with you. I'll be looking you up when it comes time to put fire back in her lungs, hopefully not too far down the road. Again, thanks for the great comments and I hope to be adding more to story here shortly.

Take Care,

Will

 

[MarPar]

Will's da man!!!

All I can say is WOW. I'm new in here and started reading this thread from the beginning last night. This thread should be a book and I must say that i have never come across such an informative cache of information. Propwash, you are something else. Not only are you a genuine artist, and I mean that, but you also provide great pictures of the progress and even some action shots of you actually doing the work and explaining in great detail!! Great stuff!! The job you are doing on that car is nothing short of artwork. When I got to the pictures of the quarter panels actually on the car, I got a lump in my throat. And all the members on here cheering you on and wishing you well through your surgery and the general concern for you when you were absent for a while, made for great reading. Very compelling. I will be tuned in for all the progress. If I read correctly, you are in Oshkosh. I am in Marquette Mi. When you get ready to fire that thing up, I would love to be there and help if you ever need an extra hand. I would consider it an honor to watch you do your thing. My nephew and Niece live in your neck of the woods and I get down there once in a while. Let me know. Now I will go into sponge mode and try to soak in some knowledge.
Daryn

i've had the pleasure to be following this thread...(and detmatt's and donny's threads) since their inceptions, and i gotta say, i've learned more with these three guys than i ever would have otherwise. i can't wait to finish my current project (the building for my biz)... and then tear into a nice b-body with a big ole' stroker beatin' under the hood...

Will is one of the top notch (and nutty lol) guys on this board and a freakin wizard with tools in his hand. MAGE:

sit back, and soak it up, Daryn...

 

[detmatt1]

Propwash...WINNING!

 

[Donny]

Winning!!!!!! Lmao!!!

 

[northerndave]

oh man that's funny!! WINNING!!!!

But in propwash's case actually true... sheen... not quite sure...

LOL!!

 

[Propwash]

LMAO!!! Hilarious...

Thanx guys!

Looking forward to you getting your next B-Body Mario and joining the ranks of the Rotton Rustbucket Ressurection Club. Dave's Initiation is already a go.

Here's some wise words of wisdom for the day from Mr Charlie Sheen.

"Rock bottom -- that’s a fishing term."

 

[Propwash]

Few shots of the welding going on with the drivers side quarter.... Quarter #2 is pretty much welded on 100%.. I do have some problem areas that require a little special attention.

-Lip on quarter where it drops into gutter/needs relief cut to drop
-C-Pillar on quarter that drops down into window frame, had to cut (too tall) need to weld back.

I'll be posting up some pic's of the repairs soon