The Roach

[dadsbee]

whats with the brace in the trunk?

Board holding the hinges and torsion bars down..

 

[chargervert]

Is your friend in a wheel chair? Meet a guy this year with the same car and he was in one.

Fortunately he is not!

 

[Richard Cranium]

Now it’s starting to look like something.

 

[Mopar Hunter]

Coming along nicely.

 

[chargervert]

Looks like Cinderella is getting ready for the ball!

 

[Richard Cranium]

The last of the rust removal is finally done. This patch panel just needs to be welded in.

Hump extension for the 5-speed.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Latest pictures from today. It’s getting closer.

 

[Kern Dog]

The green colored firewall patch....

I'm guessing that is a modification to accommodate the modern A/C from the 6.4 setup?

 

[Fran Blacker]

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Latest pictures from today. It’s getting closer.

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All that red lead covering small dings, why not do it before priming. My answer would be to cover bare metal to keep it rust free?

 

[Richard Cranium]

The green colored firewall patch....

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I'm guessing that is a modification to accommodate the modern A/C from the 6.4 setup?

Yes, this car came with factory AC & the Classic Air kit comes with a metal panel to place on top of the firewall to cover all the factory holes. I didn't want the plate to be on top of the firewall, so I had him cut out the old metal and weld the Classic Air plate in place.

 

[Richard Cranium]

All that fed lead covering small dings, why not do it before priming. My answer would be to cover bare metal to keep it rust free?

Once the primer goes on, you then can see all the minor flaws and scratches in the body filler & as such, the spot putty is always on top of the primer. There will be a couple more coats of primer laid down and sanded to get the flaws out.

 

[Kern Dog]

The red patches look like spot putty to me, a common thing when addressing small imperfections.

 

[Richard Cranium]

Two coats of epoxy primer on it now. 3-4 coats of gray primer going on tomorrow.

 

[QuickBpBp]

The red patches look like spot putty to me, a common thing when addressing small imperfections.

Nitro-Stan.. That is old school product for filling fine scratches in bondo typically. Most use spray poly these days but I would guess this guy has been doing body work for decades and simply has his own ways of doing it and is sticking with it. It's amazing how many times a car get gone over to get it perfect.

 

[Budnicks]

Two coats of epoxy primer on it now. 3-4 coats of gray primer going on tomorrow.

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closer

 

[Richard Cranium]

Some more imperfections filled.

Trunk and passenger compartment floor are cleaned up and ready to be primed.

One last minor patch to be put in the rear seat area.

 

[Don selleck]

looking pretty sweet to be called the Roach.

 

[Richard Cranium]

looking pretty sweet to be called the Roach.

It's getting there, but scroll back to post #1.

 

[Don selleck]

i saw it, your guy is doing a great job

 

[Hey-O]

When that body makes its way back home and joins up with the rest of all those parts you have, watch out. This is going to be the very best of two worlds coming together!! After all these years of playing with cars, for me anyway, this is power, reliability and old school at it's finest. Can't wait!