Alright guys got the pillar welded up and on. Put the cowl in and it fits like a glove, lines right up with the spot weld holes i drilled (which makes me feel good)! Its in and its going to need a little more work and then i can weld it in and move onto the cowl!

Those pillars are MUCH improved. You're doing nice work!

Hey guys got a little more work done! Its coming along pretty good. We picked up another crew member, my friend Greg who is also 17...



My welds are getting better the more i weld, they use to be large golbs, i think im starting to get the hang of it...



Ryan took apart the doors off the donor car for the internal parts, which we had none of

Today i got the firewall area that is covered up by the cowl striped and the same with the back of the cowl. Best to stop the rust now! Just have to do a little dolly work to the cowl and its ready to be placed in!

Looking good. Great job

Lookin' great Steve... keep up the good work!

If I remember those doors were clean and complete on that car why not just use those doors??

Got the cowl on about 1/3 of welds plugged up!


Glad i had the cowl off to clean up behind there! Sure looks better than pitted metal huh?


Its starting to look like a car again!

Dude, coming along.. Prom is only 5 months away !! Better get busy !!! Plus, you gottas cruise the Bee to get the righteous chicks...

Man o man, you guys are really moving. I'm about 90% done with my project, and you guys will STILL probably beat me!

Keep up the good work!

Ryan

Nice job guys!

Keep up the great work.

This is so great...keep rockin' young dudes!

That cowl is coming out nice. Welds are looking good too. Like most everything in life, the old adage "practice makes perfect" applies.

"Ryan took apart the doors off the donor car for the internal parts, which we had none of".

It's awesome having help. Just be sure fasteners and small parts get bagged and tagged.

Thanks for the support guys! It really gets us going especially Ryan and Greg! I did a little more today but nothing worthy of pictures, just took out about half the floor. Hopefully ill have the whole thing out by friday since i work tommorrow and dont friday!

Hey guys got the floor out today! The rails are actually good in all areas much to my surprise and im very thankful for that! Its much easier to cut the floor away than to try and drill the whole thing!





I'm going to have to trim the new pan for the 4 speed first but where can i get the template and a 4 speed hump? Anyone got a spare?

Hey guys, im 17 too and like what youre doing. If I were closer Id give you a hand but im not. Im a Mechanics guy, not body. Thats why im selling my car to buy a car thats more solid. Im parting a '67 Satellite though with 10 inch drums and an 8 3/4. Dont know what you guys need but I'd give you some parts if you can use anything I have. I'd like to have a car in nice shape by my senior prom too!

IDK if you guys need an engine, but I think I can hook you up with what should be a strong running 440 for 800 bucks. Would have to go to VA though.

If you get an engine close to you though and cant get her running, I'd lend a hand if youre not like 7 hours away. I went 7 hours for the GTX and never again unless its for a four speed car lol.

I have a section of floor you could use as a template.

GTX MATT - Thanks for the info, we got a 383 that runs from a 70 C-body (date code correct ) Well see what she looks like with a basic overlook, and if comes down to borrowing the 440 i sold my dad we can, its a strong runnin 600hp motor

scatpacktom - Thanks but i just remembered that at the local yard there is a 4 speed hump in whats left of a 70 challenger ragtop. Im gonna snag that this week! I also forgot to get back to you on the frame rails, my dad actually is going to be using them for his car so sorry! But thanks a lot!

Here is the damaged area on the drivers lower A pillar


This same area was rotted on the donor car so i took a piece off the old pillar and did a little fabrication to make it fit, looks decent, not perfect by hey, you gotta use what you got


Cleaned and then primered up the frame rails while the floor was out!


Since i replaced the whole front end and the lips were bent when removing the cowl i put the dash in to just make sure it was flush and in line, all turned out good so i guess are measurements are good!


I'm going to add a project summary when we buy/sell parts for now on to keep you guys updated on the budget part...

Expenses:
Car Cost - $1500
Deck lid (thanks to moparmarks) - $100
Front Grilles (thanks to moparmarks - $50
Sidemarkers (4) - $60
383/727 combo - $300
Parts Car - $300
F/R Bumpers - $75

Total - $2385

Sold/unused items:
Front Frame Rails - $500

Grand Total - $1885