She's finally all one color

[tmaleck]

Three or four more block sanding passes left, but it's looking good. We'll do all the mechanical before final sanding and sealing. Then HOK Organic Green here we come!

 

[Ironbuilt]

Looking good, congratulations.

 

[///Matt]

Looking good! What’s the other car? Thought for a second there we had a similar combo.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Great progress!
Keep posting updates
Cant wait to see finished1

 

[tmaleck]

Looking good! What’s the other car? Thought for a second there we had a similar combo.

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It's an MGB GT. 73 I think. It's the body man's car.

 

[Officer Higgins]

Three or four more block sanding passes left, but it's looking good. We'll do all the mechanical before final sanding and sealing. Then HOK Organic Green here we come!
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Looking good remember those body lines well, back when i didn't need glasses.

 

[showard]

Looks great and smooth!
I love those 68's.

 

[Car Nut]

Looks great!

 

[tmaleck]

We've been working on the mechanical a lot lately. I ended up with a QA-1 front suspension including the K-frame. Not the original intent, but that ended up being the best solution. I'm going Pro-touring anyway, so what the hell. Since the QA-1 front sway bar is bigger, I added the 7/8 ADDCO to the rear. I upgraded the rear diff to 3:23 Sure Grip. The original aluminum slots won't clear Wilwood calipers, so just rotors for now. I have the new 17 inch Cragars, but I'm keeping them in the boxes for now so they stay nice.
I have the engine on a stand in my garage, I've been finishing up the headlight and grill issues before rebuilding the motor. Hopefully it won't be too bad inside. I'll have pictures of the process once begun.

 

[tmaleck]

It's been a while since any update, so just a couple pics. The body is in final block. The billet hinges fixed the hood alignment issues, so the shot lines are looking good. On the mechanical side, the crank is back in the block for good. I'm running Clevite full groove bearings and ARP main studs. Even at 110 lbs torque, crank is smooth as silk. More progress to follow.

 

[tmaleck]

More progress on the prep work. We're getting ready to do the jambs and all the other interior paint work. We did some firewall smoothing to go with the Vintage Air kit. All the repaired metal has been seam sealed, primed and finish sanded. I'm impressed with how nice the inner fenders are condition wise. They looked pretty bad with all the previous paint and neglect. Hopefully final color starts soon. I'll do engine build updates in a separate thread.

 

[tmaleck]

More progress as the car moves to block sanding part 2. The interior floors got cleaned and Por 15 sealed. The interior firewall is stripped and prepped for the Vintage Air system. The smoothed engine bay looks so much better in person. Seeing the battery tray out makes me consider battery in trunk, not sure on that yet. Color on the jambs and underside surfaces starts soon. I'm starting to feel this project may just get finished yet.

 

[showard]

Floor pans look great!

 

[tmaleck]

Floor pans look great!

Those are the original pans. After what the trunk looked like, I was happily surprised.

 

[showard]

Wow! If your original floors were good that means your car probably had little rust anywhere else.