Yankee Express RestoMod Project

[Brandy]

Cool, look forward to seeing the finished product.

I just got the torque shaft, arms, and linkages in the mail yesterday and they are being cleaned up. I still need to reassemble the valve body as well for the 727. Once that's done and buttoned up I can then set the trans in the car and begin to work out the linkage lengths and all.

 

[Brandy]

Here's the rough product before finish shaping and sanding. Also need to make and weld in place the hips below the handle bottom. Black Walnut wood.

 

[5.7 hemi]

For some reason I’m thinking “Forged in Fire”. Great job Ghost!

 

[Brandy]

Not too bad for a first effort...

 

[Brandy]

My garage smells like shop class!

 

[5.7 hemi]

Get the belt sander going, it’ll be in shape really quick.

 

[Brandy]

Finally got over to Maine and picked up the 67 Charger hood that I bought. It's in better shape than I expected. Great buy at $125 bucks.

 

[Brandy]

Ordered two 66 T Bird tail light trim pieces today so I can cut them to fit the middle spaces on my set up. Then they will match all of the way around.

 

[Budnicks]

Finally got over to Maine and picked up the 67 Charger hood that I bought. It's in better shape than I expected. Great buy at $125 bucks.

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I like the scoop choice
looks like a pretty decent hood too

good luck

 

[Brandy]

ordered this...

 

[5.7 hemi]

Yeah, that trans piece is kinda important. Looking good on the hood/scoop!

 

[Brandy]

Ordered FatMat sound deadener 50sqft 80 mil.

 

[Brandy]

Got the T Bird trim and the Fat Mat in the mail yesterday.

 

[Brandy]

Cut the T Bird trim to fit in the gaps and it looks natural like factory. I'm liking it! I'm so smart....lol. Installed the billet steel apply band strut.

 

[Brandy]

Trim set up in place but not screwed down.

 

[Budnicks]

looks good on both accounts

 

[Brandy]

Frame connectors in the raw...

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shrink tubing...…

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Finished shifter....

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[Ugk]

Sweet, Nice job

 

[Brandy]

Tomorrow it goes up on stands while I take everything apart. I have worked out all of the fabrication that needed to be done before bodywork and paint so the time is nigh to get it back to a shell and get the body ready for paint. I want to drive this critter so I need to get going on getting it painted so I can begin to put parts back on for good.

 

[Brandy]

It's up on stands. I removed everything but the dash/console. I bought some 3/16 x 1 1/2 steel angle and fabbed up a tray for the fuel cell to rest in and used a heavy wire to make a model of the trajectory of the filler hose down and around from the pop up filler on top of the quarter. 1 3/4" OD on each end. Took the wire down to a local garage ( Randy's Garage) lol. He will fab up a metal tube from my wire form and I will trim it to fit and connect each end with a rubber gas line hose 3" section. I have not yet welded the tray in place till I get the filler tube back. Next is removing the rear axle and installing new wheel cylinders after it's finish painted. Followed by the entire front inc K frame rolling out from under to be disassembled for paint. Then it's on to bodywork finishing and paint. Also need to make a template of the floor bottoms to cut the connecting frames to fit and install them.