Digz's 65 panel

Van looks great ,man that is a lot of work youv'e got done on it.I bet it was exciting to hear it run. Bill

Joe looks great, It has that gasser look that I like

Thanks ! Yeah Bill, kinda got a wth at first, I had crossed the #6 and #8 wires when I was fitting them with ends, so dbbl checked tdc and dist, np there, then re-checked the last thing I had messed with, hit the key and Wham! other than some lifter noise it sat there and ran fairly smooth sorta, was hard to tell with open headers LOL, My brother said it looked like I had an orgasm!
It was the first gas engine that wasnt in an old tractor that I had went thru in years.

Digz, My van went to the body shop for a little work and kinda got out of control .early on we did the full blown V8 conversion ,was in the body shop for another 18 months till it came out.During that time in the shop Myself and everyone else did not have the heart to put exhaust on it .Some times we would just fire it up and run her for a while uncorked WOW what a feeling. Bill

very nice job

Joe you have to be getting close to paint now????

We have 1 side door to wrap up, and a couple body lines to straighten out.
I want to get the inner wheel wells blacked out also before paint. Speakin of wheel wells I need to lower the front shock mounts yet. running into problems
finding longer shocks that dont get fatter, tried some ranchos but they hit the sway bar linkage because of thier diameter. Still going with orange but may incorporate some other color into it , have my daughter and Randy playing with some alternate color schemes. But, Yeah ! I can can see it in my head now ,, it's been a long road to get this far and still aways to go.

Joe you got ALOT of work done in a very short time. You should be Very proud of all your work, your son in law & evrybody that helped along the way.

I can still hear the sound of an uncorked small block in my head!!!!! Bill

Got the lowered shock mounts done today.

My clearence is a little close on the right side ,but easily remedied if its a problem.

Made them out of some 1/8" plate I had on hand, used a band saw to kerf the lines to bend it easier and then rewelded the corners.

Filled up one hole...

Opened up a couple others.

After seeing what some of you guys have done with the dash , gonna play a little to .

Joe it really comming along now, that has to have you pumped

question what is that on the inside of the wheel wells????

3/8 locknuts from the shock mounts, started out with the idea of welding them in place and may yet sometime, but the wheel wells are galvanized steel and dont like to be welded without grinding it to death first. Might incorporate them into some of the bracketing for the seats , see how it plays out.

they don't look bad and really would never be seen just wondering what it was

Got the jambs blacked out yesturday with primer and got some steel cut for the seat belt hookups today and finished shaving some shag carpeting I hadnt gotten to yet

My helper today doesnt care much for welding and torches so I called it an early one

Wacth out for those pom poms they are sneaky they trick you into liking them and giving them treats I know this all to well. Bill

Shot some Orange today.

Rolled the dice and only got 1 qt, it wasn't quite enough.. will need some touch up in spots and I see my masking job under the dash left alot to be desired

The color is 1976 Orange Flame oem code 70 used on vettes,, looks redder with halogen lights more orange with flourescents and the flash.

looks great Joe!!! With the masking use alot of plastic and cover everytime. Did some painting on a bumper years ago and got paint on the wifes car 15 foot away. (she wasn't happy)

Nice new shiny paint!!! Looks great Joe!!!!!

I stood in the backdoor and stared at Ester buried in the snow.

It was 80 here today!!!

Its 50 here, for a high..sucks but its comming your way Florida !! I have cars parked 100 ft away and i can find overspray. Clay or reducer will take it off. Looks good hurry up you have a Dodge to start on !

Yep, Talkin 50's for a high on Sat. Should huave most of the parts van stripped by Fri.
Maybe spend Sat in the garage sorting out what I want to keep and sell.

Dan

Waa WAA Waa It was 13 this mornin with a high of 20 with wind to match.
I did do alittel parts fitting in the dash this AM, but vacated when my bro was gettin ready to shoot some green on his Ol truck. Sharing a shop with another project has its drawbacks but we help each other out alot .

His bodywork is going fast, only a few small rust repairs and some dents so far.
I helped him with his king pins and bushings last week.

Hopefully will have a windshield in the van by the weekend.

Still waiting on the windshield so playing with the dash and cab area.

Still have to see what I can do with the steering wheel and arm rests