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jestes
Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 20 Location: South Hill
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:20 pm Post subject: '56 Custom Project |
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'56 Custom Project
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This is a body that I rescued from a now closed wrecking yard in Seattle back in 1992. It was hit so hard in the passenger rear quarter that the car was rolled up on the driver side and the rain gutter was crushed. |
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There's a ton of filler in that quarter! |
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jestes
Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 20 Location: South Hill
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject: |
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'56 Custom Project
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First thing to do is fix the inside of the quarter. This was some sloppy work, but what do you expect from an 18 year old? |
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Here you see the old metal all cut out. |
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The new piece is all welded in! |
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jestes
Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 20 Location: South Hill
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:34 pm Post subject: |
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'56 Custom Project
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I got the quarter cut out and found a bunch of rust behind it. The car sat with no windows in the wrecking yard for a few years. |
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The majority of the rust has all be blasted away. It's gonna take some work to replace the soft metal though. |
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The outside portion of the heater channel is finished. I still need to do some work from the back. But I have to pull the body off the pan for that. |
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jestes
Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 20 Location: South Hill
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Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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'56 Custom Project
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The inside is almost finished. You can see a few pin holes in the bottom of the B-post that still need some work. |
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The top side of the passenger heater channel is all finished. |
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ovalback_vw
Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 45 Location: Metaline Falls, Wa
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Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:07 am Post subject: |
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Very nice job, a very sweet oval, be proud of it, be very proud-------chris
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Sprø Norsk
Joined: 24 Aug 2005 Posts: 331 Location: Oly
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Posted: Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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Another Oval back to the street, just do the car a favour and ditch those poor front fenders
What year pan?
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Jeronimo Villalta
Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Spokane, Wash.
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:14 am Post subject: Thanks |
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thanks for the pic......wow
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CustomVW
Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 323 Location: Hillyard off market st. and gordon
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Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:34 am Post subject: |
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Which yard? Brian's?
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jestes
Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 20 Location: South Hill
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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Sprø Norsk wrote: | Another Oval back to the street, just do the car a favour and ditch those poor front fenders
What year pan? |
I like the front fenders, I think they turned out quite well. The pan is a '69.
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jestes
Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 20 Location: South Hill
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Posted: Sun Mar 23, 2008 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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CustomVW wrote: | Which yard? Brian's? |
I think the place was called Alsop. It was in Everett not far off I-5.
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dean
Joined: 23 Mar 2008 Posts: 3 Location: Spokane Washington
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Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 5:50 pm Post subject: |
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Nice ride!
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jestes
Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 20 Location: South Hill
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Posted: Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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'56 Custom Project - Finally back at it!
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As you can see, the new quarter skin has been cut and tacked in place. |
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There is still some work to do on the back edge where the deck lid meets the fender. After that is cut and tacked in, I need to get a piece for the bottom of the quarter and rebuild the door jam. |
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CustomVW
Joined: 13 Oct 2006 Posts: 323 Location: Hillyard off market st. and gordon
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 7:37 am Post subject: |
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Do me a favour, don't call everett Seattle ever again. It's like calling deer park Spokane. Silly willy
But your doing great with the car.....rust repair is never fun.
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vwrus66
Joined: 04 Jun 2008 Posts: 134 Location: Springdale, WA
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Posted: Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:05 pm Post subject: |
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Nice work looks good!
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jestes
Joined: 28 Jun 2007 Posts: 20 Location: South Hill
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Posted: Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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'56 Custom Project
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The entire quarter has now been replaced and everything is tacked in. All that's left is final welding and a ton of grinding. |
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The top edge of the quarter has been rebuilt. Everything is tacked into place and will be welded soon. |
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