subfloors in the coupe

subfloors in the coupe

The dash is...the front shocks are in...and subfloors going in again

When I got to dad's on Sunday he'd already got the dash in...love it!

Gonna take some work to get it all smoothed out though

Today he started getting the floors in again

Got the calipers off the rear end

New water pump

He used the f-100 shock mounts but instead of putting them on the frame corners we bolted them to the suicide perch after heating them and bending them outboard. Different!

Going to have to move things around a bit to get our fan in there

57 Olsdmobile Dash Progress

I stopped by dads over lunch today to see how things were going. He'd got the olds dash completely blown apart, media blasted and cut down to fit in the coupe. It's gonna be kool!

 DAD GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS WITH THE DOTCO

BLASTED AND CUT DOWN

 LEFT OVERS

radius'd roof corner with the shrinker

radius'd roof corner with the shrinker

3 more to go

57 olds dash going in the coupe

the jag rear end gets a little more comfy in its new home

we're exhausted

we're exhausted

independent rear suspension & disc breaks...does that make it a streetrod...gasp!

jaguar rear end finds it home

Front End, Motor and Firewall check

We got the firewall set for a test fit


Engine clearance seems alright

Transmission crossmember setting about right

nice to see the firewall hole filled

  

Future home of the rearend :)

Yes the grille will go down...we just set it up there before we set the body back on the frame

A Little More Frame Work

Spent a few hours at Dad's this weekend end. He finished welding the rear Z's and I spent some time with the 4" grinder. Took a lot of pix so here you go.

FIRE GOOD!

This shows the pinch on the front frame horn tacked

unboxed rear kick up of 8"

front kick up of 4"

union negotiated break?

Security patrol

cardboard template for rear kickup boxing

rear kick-up's all nice and boxed

I also took a bunch of pix of the body as it is right now. You can see I've done some patching here and there on the cowl and got most of the top welded up. I did most of this work last winter and sprayed it all down with Gibbs to keep the rust from coming back. Haven't done much of anything behind the doors yet. The driver's side door is still off the car and needs to have the lower 4" section patched but otherwise in pretty decent shape.