Looking good!!!:thumbsup:

John

Thanks. No worries about taking the idea. As stated earlier, I took the idea from 72novadriver :D That's the nice thing (and sometimes bad) about these forums...so many great ideas.

Thanks Wayne.

Thanks John.

Not much of an update, but it's one anyways. After looking at where I have the gas filler panel, I thought it might be sitting too low once the bumper was on. I put the tail lights on and measured and found that the bumper likely would have been right at the bottom of the filler cap so I decided to move it up slightly. I also spent some time cleaning up the welds. The area that has some crack/lines/whatever you would call them is a bit indented so I will need to do a bit of mud work there so I'm not really concerned. Next plan is to get some exhaust the same diameter as the filler neck and figure out where I need to drill a hole through the floor. Here's the pics:

You can see how much I moved it up. It's about 1/4".

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000290.jpg

All cleaned up

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000292.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000293.jpg

Nice work Mike!! That will add alot to the overall look of the car. Now get it painted and on the road would ya?:D

Thanks Eric. I wish I could be at the painting stage. It's hard watching the other cars get painted and finishing up. If I hadn't found these websites, my car would have been a long time ago, oh well the wait will be well worth it :unibrow:

The extra time will make the wait worth it for sure.

Thanks Wayne. I think if anyone can speak from experience....it would be you. Can't wait to see your project start the next phase.

Just a quick update...Unfortunately the 'budget' at work has been shot for quite a while now and with the costs of the security of the olympics, they have been very stingy with overtime and as my project name states....I've been relying on overtime to get parts. As there has not been any overtime shifts in a while, I'm going to start working on the tedious stuff....the body work. My plans for the spring/summer are to get all the panels hung and fit, get the car completely stripped and in primer and get the interior painted with some type of rust protection...likely POR15 as I still have about 3/4's of a gallon left. I hope to pick up a few overtime shifts whenever I can to add to the parts list, but I also need to concentrate on getting a few bills paid off. So with no money for parts right now, will get closer to the paint stage sooner than I originally planned. Oh well....not the worse thing that could have happened. Thanks for all the support guys, it is what keeps this project going.

Thanks I can't wait to get it back either. Mike should be back at it soon. Your still making some nice progress.

Body work early? Sounds like a good thing to me. :thumbsup:

Nice job on the whole thing so far Mike. And that you are doing it all yourself is awesome!! I have learned a lot from you and it will all come in handy when I get back on my own dust collector project.:D

Thanks Wayne. Can't wait until you get yours back and see some progress pics.

Thanks Eric. I think it will end up being a good thing getting at the body work early. Atleast the gaps all the tedious stuff will be out of the way.

nice ride!! you have given me some cool ideas for my 70 Nova, good luck with her. Hope you don't mind if i "borrow" some ideas for mine :unibrow: keep up the good work