Millwright71's 66 Chevy panel

The Beast Within!! Sounds Awesome. Nice Work! I'm thrilled for you Tom!!!  

Thanks a lot Vanny! I appreciate the positive vibes! Not much to see on the progress front. I did get the lizard skin sprayed on, and am moving toward doing the Bedliner on the floor. Hoping to have the major interior coatings done this next week. Then on to finishing the bodywork.

Got the lizard skin sound control, and ceramic insulation sprayed on.


Prepping the floor for spraying the bedliner, probably tomorrow evening. Quite difficult to stay focused and not take it out on the road and drive the hell out of it.


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You're that much closer to getting on down the road! Keep the faith, you're almost there!!!

Looking Good Tom.  You do the inside of dog house too. Need to come over & check out your progress. I get Shotgun on frist ride(seat or no seat-windshield or no windshield   )

wow...great project

Got the floor all covered in bedliner!


Next order of business is to high build prime the doghouse and dash, then satin black on both! Getting there one step at a time!

Looks like you were busy after I left on Sat(Thank's again) Pics dont do all his work justice, & how quiet the spray has made his van.

Thanks for the compliments Tom, I am having a blast building it for sure.

Moving along, slowly, but moving.  Got the interior painted today. Planning to put the weatherstrip on the doghouse lid tomorrow, and install the seats.



Looking forward to getting back on the exterior bodywork.

lookin good!

Got the steering wheel installed, Decent mix of new and old with the gauge cluster.

Drivers seat is in, tried out all new high output LED bulbs for the running and turn signals. Time to go back to work, more to get done next time off.


Tom

Love the wheel ! I was wondering if you had any tips on making the panel fit in the old Dash bezel? I want to do something like that and have carved one out but kind of stumped on the insert part?

Great Job on the "Steering Wheel" and "Gauges" you will be cruising around in no time...  .

Digz, I trimmed down the insert until it very closely sat on the first "ledge" of the bezel. Then, used two -part epoxy to secure the panel to the bezel. Sanded the epoxy smooth, and painted. It turned out really well. The stuff I used was a JB weld type material. Hope this helps.

Okay I must be on the same page then, Wasn't sure about using epoxy. Don't know why I use it for everything else.

Hellofa job Tom ! Looks great,bud.Always look forward to your progress as you move along.
Awesome set up on the cluster.

That is the ledge! It worked out really well. I plan to slide a couple speed nuts over the top locating pins when I final install the cluster. Right now it is held in pretty tightly by the two screws on the bottom. Thanks for the words of encouragement Nighmoves! I am having a lot of fun building this one for sure.

No real pics to share, body is a little over 75% block sanded for the first round. Hoping to have it painted by the end of September. Post pics later of progress so far.

This is a quality project

Took this pic last time I was out at Tom's working on the 67(Thank's again Tom) Hes been on 8 day straight of nights,and sanding on his 66 before work(I know you can only see the front of his van). Going to be Sweet & a Tire Fryer
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That looks like a great line up!! Love the dedication and hard work!

Been away from posting on here for a while! I have been block sanding the crap outta this thing. Finally got good heat installed in the shop! Savage (Tom) and I ran gas line last week for a radiant tube heater, got it running last evening. Plans are to finalize the bodywork on the rear doors, then electric power steering mod, then A/C, then maybe the interior. Hope to have her finished and at the Nats next year!

Heat is a good thing ! Finished: meaning that's enough for now, time to play. Look forward to seeing it in paint with all the time you have into it.

Been away for quite a while! Got the body block sanded out to 320 grit. Installed the electric power steering unit and got it operational!

Thanks to panhead58 for the information, it is awesome to drive!
The winter has not been good to my progress at all, too cold for sure even with the heat in the shop. Tom (Savage) came over last weekend and helped get the doors aligned properly. I put seam sealer in the gaps around the hinges. Ordered a new Holley 302-1 muscle car oil pan for the LS as the original truck pan hangs way too low. Hope to get it and my better second gen crossmember installed next weekend. Plan for now is to get the door jambs painted Victory Red, then cover the body in epoxy primer sealer, install the glass and drive it for the season. Cannot wait to fry the tires for the first time! Tom has called shotgun for the maiden voyage.

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