Didn’t take long to get this far
When I stopped by today, both sides had the fabricated A-Pillar pieces welded on and the holes in the cowl were patched up too. they also had a been coated front and back with epoxy primer, I was told, and…
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General
Fabricated A-Pillar pieces are on the car
When I stopped by today, the fabricated A-Pillar pieces were on the car, well, one side anyway. It looked really good on there, just like it was meant for the car. I tell you, the man that hand fabricated these…
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Coming together slowly
With all the cutting and sand blasting finished up, it was time to start strengthening the A-Pillar structures. They told me there was some rust damage on the inside of the A-Pillars that needed to be rebuilt so they would…
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Cutting and Blasting
With the majority of the rusty spots cut out, it was time to blast the stubborn rusty parts underneath to give the new metal something to hold on to. It was strange not seeing the rusty part of the car…
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Another day, more polishing
With the stainless steel trim for over the windshield polished up I continued by polishing the pieces of trim that cover the a-pillars. The guy at the body shop said he would need them to make sure they fit properly over…
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More polishing from the top down
With the windshield out of the car, I brought home the stainless trim that goes over the top of the windshield and proceeded to clean it up. After getting all the dirt and crud off of it, I grabbed some…
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Shining me on
I talked to my friend Phil again today and he showed me how to get the stainless trim to shine like chrome. So I stopped by the store, grabbed some sandpaper and headed home. Since I already grabbed the buffing…
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Now we’re moving
I arrived at the body shop today right after they pulled the windshield out. I’m glad for that, now I can grab the stainless from the top if the windshield and clean that up while they are cutting and welding…
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The Big Stuff Begins
I called the body shop today to let them know I have all the parts needed to get the A-Pillar skins welded on. He told me to bring it on down, so I dropped My 55 Chevy Bel Air off at the…
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More pieces to the puzzle
The clips and brackets that I’ve been waiting for from East Coast Chevy finally came today. hopefully this is all that I need for now to get working on the A-Pillars.