Billenglish

Uber hookers is a thing? LOL

SuperBuickGuy

first, make holes (aka void warranties)




weld a bit of aluminum


dang, the appearance I know what I'm doing....


fit an Astro top


(I love these things)

SuperBuickGuy

what happens in Vegas and all that.... how shall I say this.... her car wasn't bad

SuperBuickGuy

Brakes
Today I received the bolts for the front calipers.... time to finish this up

first a bunch of milling on what I welded yesterday

I resisted the urge to sharpen the carbide (I should have but it worked)

then drilled the holes




wow, it works, errr... well that's no surprise that it worked just like I planned


Installed new upper ball joints


for the life of me, I can't figure out why this is an issue now - but one bolt should be shorter to attach the hubs.... thankfully, Mr. Cutoff wheel came to the rescue



and look, the rear


and the front - to be honest, I don't know of a 14" rotor for this application (the C5 uses a 13")...


Getting close to final assembly

and the rear

SuperBuickGuy

didn't have a lot of time, but enough to put the wheels on



and drill holes for the pump

SuperBuickGuy

a little further

SuperBuickGuy

so I've been waiting on some parts to arrive so I can finish up the frame
such as rebuild parts for the C6 front suspension


it was cheaper to buy this as a kit then individually... and hate on Chinese (like I do) but they put lube points on all the moving points... I guess we got too smart for that?

and fuel line....

which I bought twice not knowing that aluminum is advised against by FItech.... ah well, it was really cheap and I'll use it for other stuff... new brake line is under that stack too


Got around to removing the seats and carpet for the next phase


what I wasn't waiting for was more metal work inside.... this is why I like up to 75... no metal floors, or speedholes in the metal floor


I'll get on fixing this Thursday... ah well. This year finish goal was more of a hopeful guess.


hopefully the readers enjoy the faster loading - I'm using "huge thumbnail" it loads light years faster at the expense of clarity.

SuperBuickGuy

extent of the problem




passenger side is fine




Needed bench space so put the tank roughly in place


so the plan.... at $300 plus shipping, there is zero chance I'm not building a replacement part(s) myself for the floorpan...

SuperBuickGuy

onto floor flixes, first treat the rust on the passenger side




this will need something a bit more substantial

CAD


now in metal

Rescue Rogers

I did the same thing for an early 70's Jeep I had to rebuild. Welded in nicley and it was thicker and stronger than the original....

Good job

SuperBuickGuy

Foretaste of the Buick wagon that's coming next




cut hole, remove undercoating


remove metal from flange

spray with weld-through primer first to mark the edges


eventually I'll weld this on both sides, but this is a start



and finally another project in the wings

initially I was/may weld this - but the cap retainer would need another solution

PainfullySlow

love the innovation and attention to detail here. I really enjoy following your thread. Keep up the good work and that billet cap looks amazing =)

SuperBuickGuy

Finish up the floor detour

a few notes.
1) the floor is going to get the ceramic coating that the FJ40 got - it's 1/4" thick so those seams disappear as does the rust pits on the other side
2) underneath it gets undercoating so the patch will fully disappear (like it did on the '40)
3) FOR THE LOVE ALL THAT IS HOLY STOP BLOCKING WINDOW CHANNELS WITH ADHESIVE WHEN YOU HAVE A LEAK... damn fools, GM designed the windshield system to allow the water to run under the molding then away from the car. The molding keeps water from being driven into the windshield frame. This car had a leak, and they plumb filled up the channels with window adhesive.... the leak is in the valley (below the window) .... just remember this, if I see you, Bubba, doing this I pray for your eternal soul to be damned to a hell where you do nothing but try to weld up pinholes, naked, and over your head. Prayer works, so you are now on notice there is an 11th commandment.

onto cleaning the body so I can complete the color change



and rebuild the rear floor... I think I'm simply going to raise it to clear.... there's little reason to give it huge luggage space and it's far easier to just bond it back 2" higher.

SuperBuickGuy

more.... I spent most of the day on honey-dos, so I had 2 hours tonight to get further....
doors are off


I knew pulling the booster was a pain, double the pain for a true 4 speed car because there are more bits in the way


however, I won

ish.... I still have to put the other back in


ah well, having brakes that will suck the tailights through the gas tank will be awesome.

doorgunner

"Ahhhhhhhh…..the thrill of restoring C3 Vettes.....it has to get real ugly before it gets real pretty"

SuperBuickGuy

not really restoration, the center of the frame is similar to stock and the top of the car, from the fender edges up is stock..... except the gas fill.... nose and tail are not.... lights won't be, hood is an idealized version, interior may have one or two bits... motor, not at all... trans is, for the moment stock.... but how bent and beat this was, this is the best use of it.

Hydraboost




cut on the line


bright side is the plate fits, down side is the hole is too high

by an inch


unthread brake pivot


verify thread pitch


cut and thread




verify distance

I've had this Corvette style MC forever, it has the right internals, but the thread pitch is completely wrong for anything I've had before... more likely it will continue to be a test part... but it's nice to have one to check before I buy.

other end, using the right master cylinder


not the right one

caskiguy

Nice work guy !

SuperBuickGuy

another bite of the elephant

SuperBuickGuy

it feels slow from my chair... but thank you, I appreciate the compliment

I didn't get much done today, but a bit did get accomplished
like making a hole bigger


ground on this then painted it


goal here was to set the height of shelft


once I finish the booster, I'm pulling the body off again to glass the shelf, the inner wheel wells, and the inner fenders, then, of course, plumb the frame. Hopefully when done with that list the body goes on for permanent

SuperBuickGuy

oh what a pain this is....


necessary tools to install


necessary tools for the brake, clip clip


this one was the hero of the evening


installeded