Of course, you have my attention. Look in the backseat and tell me if there's a plastic toy F-102 stuck in between there. I lost one in the back of our car in the late '50s.
yep- I made it into a 3 window. Ill show how I did it as we go. I didnt find any toys in the back seat of this one-lol
I pulled the front sheet metal and engine and transmission while it was still on the trailer. The engine spun freely, as did the transmission. A gentleman from Ohio came and bought both immediately. The Engine was a straight 8. Trans was a 3 speed manual.The frame was pretty good shape, and at the time of the picture above, the floor looked to be repairable.
Now,....keep in mind that I have owned this car for over 10 years. Ive sat on a 5 gallon bucket for many hours just staring at it, trying to figure out how to make it into the vision I had in my head. Next up-lets start measuring and marking for cutting.
Cut that sucker and post lots of pics. 5 gallon bucket time is good time. The wife asked why I had 3 in the garage, I told het because 4 makes for too much talk. Heck, I'll bring the donuts.
after carefully measuring all the radius' of the roof, and front and rear fenders-I began to lay out the cut lines using masking tape.
after I pulled the front seat and carpet out, the floor initially looked fairly solid and could be used.
it was only after I began to make cuts that I learned the floor was too far gone to re use. The rockers were in horrible condition also. So knowing what I wanted to do I pressed forward with a "solid works" cad program to double check all my dimensions, and make sure the original beltline and roof curvature would meet and look factory when welded back together.
here is the first picture of my initial cuts, and the removal of 14" behind the doors. If you look closely-you can see the chaulk line going at a arch from the B pillar across the roof to the other side. This will be the cut line for the roof later.
In the above picture you can also see my initial thoughts on a radiused wheel opening. I scraped that idea and went with a better idea.
well......somehow I cant find the pictures of the roof cuts,,,, but in the next picture, you can see the body rejoined after the 14" has been removed. I used the original frame as the "bed" to slide it all back together because of the flatness in the area that I removed the body material.
the roof overlap was intentionally left on for the time being, while I made some tack welds along the floor area to hold the car together.
Now I of course see what ya' did. Rusty derelict or not ... the results are down right death defying ... with a ballsy move like that. Pretty damned cool project ... tell us some more please. Then what happened ?