The passenger door stuck up a good bit above the body and no amount of adjustment in the hinges would help. I had to sand the top of the door down to get proper fitment. The gap was wide at the front, so i had to narrow it as well.
After testing the effectiveness of the weatherstripping at the top of the door, i decided it was not necessary for this car and smoothed the jambs.
Front half of the car and engine bay in Epoxy Primer.
Took delivery of the SRIII Chassis on October 3rd. Im very happy with the quality of the components and my choice to go with the satin finish instead of gloss!!!
Last edited by Restocreations; 11-13-2013 at 04:47 PM.
306 hours total Body work is brutally time consuming!
It only took around 2 hours to remove the rear compartment and jackwell and temporarily install the new wheels wells and floor to check fitment. Mike's/SRIII rear floor really simplifies things and was well worth the 350.00. I payed 2300.00 to have the old floor cut out and a new one fabricated for my 66 last year. Total time in this floor will be around 6 hours once all is said and done. Cost is 350.00 for the floor and 40.00 for a tube of 3m panel bond.
The official point of no return!
One more thing i dont necessarily want to throw away, but dont have a use for.
I block sanded the entire body again, then applied two more coats of SPI black epoxy. After the SPI black epoxy sat overnight, i applied two coats of Evercoat Slick Sand and then sanded with 180 grit.
One of those small details that eats up time. Hinges rebuilt and coated with SPI black epoxy.
I decided to ditch the fuel injection emblems and go with the early style 63 emblem
After seeing a 63 split window without an antenna at SEMA i decided that i would copy that person's car and do the same. Removing the antenna gives the rear of the car a much sleeker look. I used a Hideaway antenna on a custom Mustang i built last year, so i will do the same for this one.
Two more coats of slick sand and a whole hell of a lot more sanding. I sure hope this thing is as smooth as glass! Oh, and surprise...I ordered SPI black today for the basecoat. I saw a 63 in cyber gray a few weeks ago and it did not look so hot. I thought about switching to silver, but most every 63 restomod i have seen in the last year has been silver, so black it is...straight black, no metallic.
Sure do! Now i see why show quality paint jobs are so expensive. Makes me think the 11 grand i paid for a paint job last year was well worth the expense.
Brian Hobaugh SCCA National Tour June 2014
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