1967 ss/rs resto/mod

[Too Many Projects]

We have had a VERY rainy Spring/Summer so far and I finally got the car outside 2 days ago, to get epoxy sealer/primer on the raw dash/instrument panel. Had a few peeks of sun thru the clouds and it was windier than I would have liked, but ya gotta get stuff done when ya can....
Now to get all the seams sealed up.















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[scuncio]

Looking great. How did you weld the dash panel at the base of the windshield - were those plug welds or spot welds?

[Too Many Projects]

Most of it I did with the spot welder, you can see the dimples. The left wiper transmission mount prevented me from getting beyond it and there are about 8 plug welds on that side and I think 3-4 on the far right as well.

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I see I dropped the ball on this last June. I did get the front area seam sealed and in an initial coat of color. Then this got forgotten about and neglected during the busy summer until last week. Winter is coming and we're back in the rainy season, so dug out the wheel well moldings and drilled the mounting holes for them. These are the GM authorized moldings and are well worth the cost over the generic ones. The left quarter skin is an AMD fit to most of the original outer house and the right is an NOS full quarter fit to the original outer house. The moldings fit VERY well, with only minor tweaking. These are a softer, more pliable material than the cheap ones and lent themselves to the little shaping they needed easily. I'll be purchasing a set of these for the '70 Chevelle in the near future. Probably be years before I use them, but I'll hedge my bet that cost will have increased by then...
Realized I needed to locate and drill the holes for the rs panel in the new quarter too. It was nerve racking to drill the first few holes in NOS metal, but it went really well.