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1965 Buick Wildcat Convertible Restoration Part 15

February 15th, 2010 · 1 Comment

It’s been quite a while since the last update on this project. In the following pictures more work has been done to the inner rear wheelhouses. The excess metal has been trimmed up and both halves are now tack welded. Also the upper trunk floor has been final welded to the body. [...]

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Tags: 1965 Buick Wildcat Convertible Restoration · Classic Car Body Repair · Rust Repair

1946 Ford Street Rod Part 16

February 11th, 2010 · No Comments

Next up was to repair the rusted out rocker boxes. They were so rusty that the car body had shifted and was in a twist. Nothing lined up, doors or trunk lid. All of the previous patch work on the rockers held the body out of alignment, so the door alignment would [...]

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1946 Ford Street Rod Part 15

January 24th, 2010 · No Comments

Here are some more repairs to the rear body.

This is the right side support for the upper corner of the trunk opening. The bottom of the brace was rusted completely off along with the inner wheel well where it attaches.

The old rusted rear fender cage nuts on the inner wheel well were replaced [...]

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Tags: 1946 Ford Street Rod · Classic Car Body Repair · Metal Working · Rust Repair