70 Chevelle Convertible Resto

[Schonyenko2]

Seems that if they set out for a while, the top rots away. Then they fill up the floor with water until it rots away. Then you have what this gentlman is fixing. I have a 66 not quite that bad, but pushin it.
Nice brace work.

[x Baldwin Motion]

Wow is right. A ton of work there. Are the quarters salvageable?
It looks a cowl and firewall that needs a car, good luck !!

[BlueSS454]

I've been debating on how I'm going to do the car color combo wise. It is an original Autumn Gold with black interior and white top. If I do the white top I have to put white stripes on it to be correct. I don't really know if I like that personally. It will definitely be Autumn Gold with black interior, but I am leaning towards black top and black stripes especially now that I have seen a picture of one [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]. The other debate is bucket or bench seat interior. It's suppose to be a bench and you don't see a whole lot of bench seat 4 speed Chevelles around.

The quarters are not salvageable pretty much like the rest of the car. Here is a list of what is getting replaced...

Quarters
Fenders
Complete floor with rocker panels and braces
Complete trunk floor with braces
Trunk floor drop offs/extensions
Deck Filler panel
Complete rear wheel houses
Tail panel
Hood
Deck Lid
Windshield Bridge
Rear Seat divider
Top Frame Header Bow

I'm not touching the cowl panel since there is the VIN tag issue with the cowl. It's not that bad of a job, I've done one already but I don;t want to deal with the stuff over removing the VIN tag should I ever sell the car. As for the firewall, the reproduction pieces don't have the detail of the original. The A pillars need some attention, but that's no big deal. I have another set of original doors to use. The B pillar braces are kinda shot so I'm either going to have to find another pair of good ones from a parts car or see if they are available new.

[BlueSS454]

Few more pics. Dealing with some rot at the bottom of the door hinge posts. I'm working on fabricating pieces to weld in. This is a very difficult area to reach with cutting tools so it's taking me a little longer than I figured. I'd really rather have a clean parts car to chop this stuff out of but I'll make due with what I have. I also ordered what I hope is the rest of the metal pieces I need which include Inner &amp; Outer cowl boxes for both sides, rear seat divider, windshield frame bridge, front floor sections, and a CI hood from AMD. I really should put a cowl and firewall in this thing too but I don't want to mess with the VIN tag or have the partial VIN stampings missing off the firewall.

[CC Rider]

Wow! Major rot!

[BlueSS454]

Fixed it today [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img] I still have some grinding of welds and trimming to do and 1 small piece to weld in, then the floor can go in.

[CC Rider]

I was wondering when you would start attaching metal to the car!