Very good stuff... makes me feel terrible about the lack of progress on my Nova haha. :thumbsup:

Looks great Mike!

Hey --- don't forget --- a rookie mistake (LOL) --- is to fit things up WITHOUT the rubber seals in place --- so before you go wracking the sheetmetal around too much -- make sure you have the "wubba" in place and then check fit. Use your old stuff if it's still around... but check the size against the new -- I've found some of the new stuff is "thicker" and or "thinner" than the OEM. *
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We need an update!!! More pics!:D

I should have some pics tomorrow or Thursday. Won't be anything too exciting through. I got most of the paint stripped and almost ready for primer. When I started to strip the windshield channel, I found some ugly spots so am in the process of cutting out the bad and putting in new stuff.

Well I'm not as far along as I was hoping to be, but thought I'd post an update anyways. So I started stripping the window channels and found some ugly areas. For anyone that has never replaced sections of a window channel...what a pain in the *****. Each section probably took me about 2 hours if not longer.

All the areas with black on it I decided to cut out

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000649.jpg

Cut the first part out

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000650.jpg

I used 18 gauge sheet metal and found out that the cheap metal brake was exactly that...cheap. Didn't work at all with 18 gauge. So I had to use my vice and a hammer.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000663.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000651.jpg

The first part was pretty straight forward. You can see in this pic part of the new piece that was put in. The second part had a curve to it so I had to make some relief cuts in the new metal

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000652.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000657.jpg

New stuff in place

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000658.jpg

Here's a close up of the rest of the areas I got rid of

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000653.jpg

I'm not going to show each section as you get the hint. The windshield channel took quite a while as there were 4 or 5 sections to replace.

Onto the rear window....more rust.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000665.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000666.jpg

Out with the old

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000669.jpg

New piece fabbed up

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000670.jpg

And in place

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000671.jpg

Once I had the rear window done I started doing a long list of other things that I have neglected or forgot about

Did the sail panel gap

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000675.jpg

I wanted the trunk/quarter welds to be cleaner, so I added some filler

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000676.jpg

Other things I got done:

Finished welding the quarter panel at the door jambs. Most of the welds were there, but had to finish a few more and clean them up.

Had to weld the quarter panel to the rocker panel. This was done where the rear window sits in the back seat area. What a pain that was.

Finished welding all the plug welds on the driver's side wheel housing and trimmed about 1/2" off the fender lip, just like the passenger side. Gave me some extra clearance for the tires. I think I have enough room now that that when I burn the 305's up, I'll be sending my rims in to be widened and get some 315's or 325's.

Finished stripping the rocker panels. Thankfully didn't find any rusted areas.

It seemed like everytime I got doing one area I haven't gotten around to, I would realize there was something else I didn't do.

I was planning on getting the car into primer so I cleaned it all with PPG wax and grease remover.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000677.jpg

Started masking the car. I wasn't too concerned about masking the inside as I will cleaning it up and putting in some POR or Zero Rust.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...9/P1000678.jpg

I got my spray gun out and was going to lay down the first coat of primer but I could not find my gun regulator anywhere. It was getting late in the day so I thought I would wait till later this week to get it done. Good thing I have two 220v heaters to get my shop nice and toasty as it's starting to get pretty close to zero Celcius over night.

I also thought I was going to have to get new primer as mine sat in the shop since last winter and it got down to -20 degrees Celcius if not closer to -30 a few times. I called the supplier who said it should be fine. He said if it was water based primer, it would likely be no good. I'm using BASF RM line EP569 and EP769 (one's gray the other is black). So the next update the car will be in primer.

Looking really good Mike!

Nice......

It looks great your making nice progress.

Hey Mike its Steve down here in Toronto Ontario I bought your upper and lower control arms.Man the car is looking great. We are around the same stage.I am having more fun now as the end is coming closer.:thumbsup: