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Old 02-08-2006, 05:05 AM
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Thank you for saving such a significant car. Not too many people would have undertaken such a job.
Keep us posted on the progress.

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Here here! Thanks for saving another one.

It will be well worth the effort. Anyone know of any other Olds race cars from 68-72 that are out there? You just dont see many vintage Olds drag cars...
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Old 02-08-2006, 05:20 AM
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That was a horror story...I'm glad it's getting done too...
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When I first looked at this, I thought he cut off the top with it sitting on its wheels, not clamped to a frame plate. That would have killed that car.
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Here's a monthly update for anyone who may be interested...should be in epoxy primer by the end of the week...still looking for some Chrome Steel Slotted wheels if anybody has some 15X7 would be perfect...
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Old 03-14-2006, 03:47 AM
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Thanks for the updates, as an Olds lover I enjoy seeing the progress.
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Old 03-14-2006, 05:58 PM
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Great progress! . Nice to see you saved the cowl also didn't clip the car. ~ Pete
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Never knew this was purple top and what looks like Evening Orchid....
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Great progress! . Nice to see you saved the cowl also didn't clip the car. ~ Pete

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The restoration shop that had the car before I bought it was going to do just that, just rebody the cowl. Lucky for us all Kevin put a stop to that. Their next plan was to clip the car with the roof and quarter panels as one piece......Thank God I got it before they went nuts on that idea.

My shop pulled the original roof 100% back into position[window opening wise] before they chopped it off.
When they pulled the roof up where it belonged, the 'buckles' in the quarter panels popped right back to where they belonged from metal memory. A little dolly work and really all it took was a skim coat to cover any dents and not much more to go over the seams which we welded 100% and then ground so flat you couldn't even tell the roof had been off! By doing that the seam should never pop.
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You &amp; your shop really do deserve a for this.
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Great progress! . Nice to see you saved the cowl also didn't clip the car. ~ Pete

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The restoration shop that had the car before I bought it was going to do just that, just rebody the cowl. Lucky for us all Kevin put a stop to that.

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Who's the 'cowl-rebody' shop....and is this a specialty of the house? ~ Pete
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