Ready to move

Chris called yesterday, and said Ron wanted me to come by the shop today to see the car and answer some questions on the fender. This week he started fitting the fender on the car. He still needs to trim the front edge an inch or so to where he has the bonding strip.

Rear view of the fender. The new fender will bond to the stock bonding strip.Test fitting a bumper, looks like it's a relatively small pie that will need to be added, but pretty certain the bumpers will be customized to match the fenders.

Side view of the fender. After Ron gets the other fender prepped and fitted, he's got to build up the bonding strips with duraglass to space them out sufficiently to meet the fender flare and provide a watertight trunk. Not sure if I'll be able to talk him in to the rotisserie for that operation so he won't have to fight gravity.

At home today I cleaned the engine block and got a coat of paint on the block. There's still some paint required on the top of the heads and the valve covers, and the back of the block. Once the paint was dry, I bolted the tranny back up to the engine, and dropped the engine and tranny back in the chassis. Now the chassis is about ready for the move to the new house in the next couple weeks.

Front Suspension

 Last weekend I got all four wheels back on the car again. The free action bearings are in the upper and lower control arms along with new ball joints. I installed new poly sway bar bushings.

Left front suspension. Same deal - free action bearings, new ball joints, new sway bar bushings.

RIght Rear Fender Removal

Ron is now back on Mutt, working on the right rear fender.

 He's using a midyear bonding strip at the top of the fender to bond on the new flared fender.

Behind the door jamb Ron is using  sections of the old fender to create a bonding strip.

 The stock bonding strip is across the middle of the wheel opening. The center section will be cut out so it doesn't interfere with the wider tires and wheels.