Black L78 1969 SS396 300 Deluxe Post Sedan Found

[Postsedan]

Rick - Gets It! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

[AutumngoldL78]

Sounds great.Keep the wheels rolling on this awesome project. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[John]

... Man , this is really coming along. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

.... You guys are great [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/worship.gif[/img]

[Rixls6]

While I was at the MCACN show yesterday, my steel Dr. was hard at work replacing some more rusty sections with pieces we cut from a donor car that Bill Hamel is parting out that had a tree drop on its roof and front end. The car is inside at Wheelhop's shop, so Jim is letting us go and get what we need.
Thanks Bill and Jim for the great metal parts source.

Eric also welded up most of what we had installed last week, so that took a bit of time. All-in-all, some more great progress to get the welding and replacing of the package tray, and having to clean the extra metal from the donor pieces to ready them for the install.
Quarter panels will be soon!
It will be a couple weeks now before he can come back, with the Thanksgiving holiday being part of next weekend.

The package tray area had some fairly serious rot on the driver side that worked its way into the inner structure behind the quarter panel, so we need to replace that before replacing the whole package tray, even though the package tray itself was salvageable. The piece off Bill's parts car is so clean, that we decided to use it long as we're at it.

Outlined area here shows the rust in the structure of the driver side sail panel area.


Clearing out the area to get the section removed.


Removed at the spot welds


New donor piece being installed




Goodbye old package tray








Hello new package tray, oh so much nicer.

[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Wow, lots of progress!

It was great meeting you in person Rick!

Ryan

[Rixls6]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Ryan1969Chevelle</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wow, lots of progress!

It was great meeting you in person Rick!

Ryan </div></div>

Great meeting you also Ryan!
Great job on the L89 gathering at MCACN [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] , and it sure looked like you were having a whole lotta fun. I know I did, and only was there for a few hours.

[miket1]

Rick, it was great to see U again at MCACN, Congrats on the new to you Chevelle,, you said it was rough and it looks a little weathered, but I like it , glad you have it. Keep me posted on the progress.

Mike

[Rixls6]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: miket1</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Rick, it was great to see U again at MCACN, Congrats on the new to you Chevelle,, you said it was rough and it looks a little weathered, but I like it , glad you have it. Keep me posted on the progress.

Mike </div></div>

Hi Mike,
Good to see you again, and with a new acquirement. Neat Z28 having the red stripes against the burgundy paint.
I'll keep posting progress pics on this thread as we get things done.

[Postsedan]

My 5 P's.....Please Post Progress Post Pics [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

Dan

[chevyman0429]

Yes sir I look everyday for more pics!