Looking good!
Keep us posted. I love these threads

No work on the car today. I spent most of the evening framing in more attic space in my shop for storage. I'm running out of space to put this stuff

Amazing how much space they take up when they're all apart, isn't it? Add me to the list that envy's your rust free sheetmetal!

A demon build thread is awesome! It's not something you see everyday thats for sure

Spent an hour or two on the car this afternoon.

Removed both torsion bars in a matter of minutes, and without the t-bar removal tool!! I love cut-off tools

Removed the radiator and diconnected the wiring harness, fuel line, battery cables, grounds, throttle cable, etc preparing for the unit to come out the bottom. All I have left is the speedo cable, shifter cable, driveline, shocks, upper control arms and K member bolts. I bought casters to make a dolly for the motor/trans and for the front of the car. May get the motor/trans out tomorrow (if I don't go to my friends house and help him put up insulation and wallboard in his shop).

Radiator removed



Everything unhooked




Can you see what's missing....yep no t-bars

Been sick the last four days so I didn't work on the car.

I feel better today but so I welded up some dollies for the front of the car in preparation for removing the motor/k-member (hopefully they hold )

Ok, pretty boring so far. Hopefully todays work will be a little more interesting, or least help someone out in the future.

Took the motor/tranny/suspension out through the bottom today (first time for me). Not too bad, I think I would do it again for a project like this (of course it really helps to have a lift )


Few pics

Looking good Van! Dont be sad you have a rust free car, those would be a blessing if any east coast guy could find one! Love Sassy grass too, best color IMO. Keep up the good work and im sure you know, take your time NOW because in the end it will be worth it. There are a few things i wish i would have done better but got caught up in giving everyone updates, as silly as it sounds its true

Steve

I just can't believe how rust free!! and the more pictures you take the cleaner that body gets awesome car and awesome project!

Thanks for the advice Steve

I think I do understand...

OK, little more...not much.

Removed hood latches, wiring harnesses, wiper motor, master cylinder/lines, steering column, etc.

Some of you have made very nice comments on how good of shape the car is (thank you to all) but I realized that I have only been showing you the good side of things. Well, I have a few pictures that show all the damage the car has (it's original paint so hopefully nothing is hiding). These pictures may change your mind about this car. In fact, those of you with weak stomachs may want to turn away now.

Dent on left rear quarter



Dent on left rear wheel opening



Dent on right rear wheel opening



Dent on top of car, right above windshield

Got the windshield and rear window out. Not much, but hey, it's Thanksgiving

Still haven't found any rust

Pulled out the stud welder and tried my hand a little body work. I have minutes of experience at body work so this only took me about two hours to complete . Luckily there are only three more dents

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Cool build! My little brother has been building one also. He started out with a mostly rustfree slant 6 71 New Mexico car and we found a 1970 Duster 340 car for parts. After we sold a lot of the parts that we werent going to use off of the duster his drivetrain was pretty much free. Here is a pic from a few years ago:


While you have the body off, you should consider sub frames connectors if you havent done so already. Here is a shot of his before the underside got painted:


Good luck with your project! Take alot of pics and keep us posted!

Couple of more hours doing bodywork that should have taken me 20 minutes. I guess it's a learning experience though

From what I can tell both of the dents I have worked on should take less than .020" of filler to finish off...time will tell.

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After