I agree with gy3. If you block sand the panels separate from the car the joints have a tendency to curve away from the panel joint. This is because the block is not guided across the joint and the edge of the panel gets sanded more than the rest of the flat or curved body lines.

You especially see this when the car is painted and reassembled where a sweeping bulge appears away form the joints. I have seen it many times where the panels meet the doors. I agree that it is easier to do the work with the car disassembled but the results should be the first concern.

I would insist on getting this done right from the start as after the car is painted and paid the bodyman gets amnesia about your car very quickly.

I kind of wonder if your affordable bodyman is worth it.

Got the transmission finished up today. As soon as I locate a driver side 340 Motor Mount, I'll get this joined up with the engine. The bad thing is that I had a motor mount on another 340 engine and forgot about the driverside being different. I sold the engine with the motor mount on it. DOOHH!

Also picked up the springs today after being Re-done to T/A specs. They painted them for me and they are OK, but I think I may work on them a little and try to make them look a little nicer.

Hi Joe, Where'd you end up getting your springs done at?

Tav

Hey Tav,

Ended up getting them done at American Spring Distributors in Knoxville. I told them that I wanted them T/A Spec and they re-arched them and added a leaf. They also installed the front and rear bushings and painted them. Their service includes one free "adjustment". If the car does not sit the way I expect or want it to sit, I can take the springs back to them and they will adjust them at no charge.

How is your car coming along? Looking for some updates..

The hood looks good in the pic. Did it come out to suit you?

Because I like for things to be absolutely perfect, I can be a hard person to please. That being said, It turned out pretty well. It looks nice.

Right now, my biggest problem is that the garage is a wreck. With the unseasonally warm weather, I have bee cleaning and painting things like crazy. They are spread out all over the garage and I have to get them put back together and put away before the car gets back. Right now, there is no place for the car to go.

Sounds like a good problem to have! When it gets back....if you'd like a hand getting it back to rolling on its own 4 wheels, just holler at me and I'll run down and help you one day. I think we could easily do it on a Saturday. Heck....Alan does it by himself in about 30 minutes!

Joe,
Looking just awesome! I sent you a PM
Tom

Thanks Tom and JD, both of you guys ROCK...

I may take you up on the offer JD. You and the MRS. can come down and spend the night. I'll cook some good food for you guys. Of course, our guest room and bed may be filled with car parts but we can boot one of the kids out of their room for ya.

CONGRATULATIONS TAV on the engagement. Looks like you're making some great progress on the car. It may be hard to get anything done with all the wedding arrangements... .. But hang in there.

Just a quick update on my project. I had posted that I was needing a 340 Motor mount bracket and Moparts member FINOKE was kind of enough to send me one from his personal stash. He's a good guy and that was an awesome thing to do. Thanks again Tom.

I cleaned up the mount bracket he sent and some other brackets and engine pieces and painted them this week. It was really cold so I brought the parts in the house to warm them up as well as paint. Then I suspended them from wire and ran outside and shot them really quick. I opened the cabinet doors in the kitchen and hung them from the handles to dry and cure some. Good thing the wife was out of town or there might have been some

Also, checked on the car on Saturday and it's going well. Painter was hoping to be done by New Years but he told me Saturday that it will probably be after the first before he can get it wrapped up. Before sending him the car, I noticed a problem with the spoiler not fitting the trunk lid well. There was a gap on the right side between the bottom of the spoiler and the top of the trunklid. When I got there, he was bolting the spoiler on to test fit it after some metal work was done on the trunklid. The spoiler now fits flush as it should and looks great.

Good deal on the decklid! Sounds like it's really getting down into the short rows with the paint. Good thing he didn't want to paint it this week. It was so cold here this morning....I saw two Beagles with jumper cables trying to get a Rabbit started so they could chase him! Oh....and word on the street is, that 2 little girls in Knoxville are asking for hush money to not tell Mommy about the stinky black thingies hanging off the kitchen cabinets!

Probably, they are pretty crafty. I'm not sure though. I think I was worried more about the CATS than the wife. All those dangling things looked pretty inviting to a cat. Fortunately, they did their CATNAPS while I had them hanging. So, no clawmarks in the paint.

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It was so cold here this morning....I saw two Beagles with jumper cables trying to get a Rabbit started so they could chase him!

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It is cold. We had 1-2 inches of snow yesterday. Since we usually don't get too much we don't have a sled. So, I got creative

I stopped by to check on the progress of the car. He had the body, rear valance and trunklid straight and in primer w/ guide coat. Here are some pics.

Hope everyone has a great Christmas.

Trunk Lid

New AMD Trunk floor.

I need an update! We're both racing to the EK2 finish line

I'll give you an update if you give me one.

I spoke to my painter last night. He said that he would probably be ready to paint next week. Meanwhile, I have been trying to get the garage ready for when it gets back. I still had the old MCyl and brake lines sitting on some plastic. I was going to buy new brake lines but mine were in good shape other than being nasty. So, I decided to try and clean them and see how they would turn out. I did a little test and was happy with the results so I'm going to re-use them. I'll try to finish cleaning them this week and finish organizing the garage.