Page 4 Bodywork
The A77 on the fender tag above means the car had the Sundance package.
We pulled off the rear bumper to replace both trunk extensions,they were solid but starting to come apart at the spot welded seam on the bottom so I bought new ones.
I started to pull out all the subs and the custom box I built.
Cutting off the lower quarter to replace both the inner and outer skins.
Custom fabed outer quarter skin almost done.
Spot welded back in place just like the actory did it.
Yanked out the grill,ready to pull off the whole front end.
Bumper & lower valence removed.......Passenger side fender & header panel removed.
Drivers fender removed.
Motor out,Engine bay pressure washed,most of the yellow paint came off with out any problem.
I pulled off the crusty old white top.
All thats left to remove is the front and rear glass the rear axel and the rear side marker lights.All the breaks,lines,wires,and fuel lines are out aswell.
Before I used a torch and scraper to clean off all the under coating.
After I stripped all the under coating.Ready to sand and prime.
Started sandblasting,still need to blast both wheel wells.
I'm now removing the small block K-frame and installing a big block K-frame instead of using the Shumacher conversion mounts I bought.
I started to yank out the old small block K-frame so I can finish sand blasting and install the new Big block K-frame.
I bought all new ball joints,tie rods,flex lines,calipers,bushings.Still need new shocks.
I finally got the old K-frame out.The under side of the frame rails are mint.
This is how I moved the car around after removing the K-frame.The front end can be raised up almost 3 feet in the air and locked in place so I can install the motor/trans and K-frame as one unit from the bottom up.The whole lower front wheel assembly can be removed and my tow bar can be installed onto the bumper bracket frame I made.
I took the rocker down to bare metal because I found some light rust at one end and thought I better remove all the paint to have a good look.
All the sandblasted metal has been sanded with 80 grit small dents were fixed.
Engine bay is finally in primer.
