Looks to me like your a pretty good body man and a even better dad ! This calls for 2

Looks good but I think you got the stripes crooked. Also, Is that a Shelby is spy?

Joe

Do your stripes match his, or visa-versa...

Why do you need to use so much boddy filler. The photos from December 12 look like the body was warped all over. Was this car hail damaged? Was it in a fire? Talk about a bondo wagon. Would'nt it be better to just paint the bare metal?

I'll jump in here, the body, for the most part, is pretty straight. The roof has a large patch from the sunroof removal/repair, the hood was grafted from a later e-body hood, the fender is a combination of two fenders. Both doors, and both quarters have very minimal filler. The passengers side fender has very little filler. A lot of the pictures show bare metal with some prior tan-ish primer that is in good shape with no need for us to strip off, and should not be confused with filler.
I think the car was a pretty typical transportation vehicle for a great number of years and just wracked up some minor dents and dings, but as far as we can tell nothing major. Both quarter panels are original as well as both doors.
The goal is just to have a decent driver for Mike's daughter, which will be a daily driver, and not to spend too much money or time. So far I think were into it for 8-10 days labor and Mike will have less than $1000 into it for body work beer and paint.
Seeing the car in this stage has given Mike new life for the project and may have already ordered all the parts to rebuilt the front end and do the v-8 swap after paint.

Wurd...

As Rick mentioned, I think you are confusing filler with the color of paint we left on the car. There were 7-8 layers of primer and paint. The only areas we took all the way to metal were the hood and roof. Other areas we got down to smooth paint and left it. The only filler we have used was on the roof, hood, and Frankenstein driver's fender...and it was only used to cover welds. The lower rear quarters also have patches welded in, so there's a little filler there too. There's less than 1/16" in the deepest areas. The rest of the car is straight and rust free. The only rust we did find, Rick filled with lead instead of plastic...did a damn fine job too, I must say. In the days we have spent, there were some surprises we uncovered when we began stripping. Those surprises have been addressed and we're no worse for the wear.

Thanks all for the encouraging comments. Hopefully by March we'll have it in paint. I know my daughter is getting excited seeing it all in primer now. I have more plans for it than my wallet can handle, so little by little it will be taken care of. No front end parts yet...

All those layers of paint would certainly give it that look of a leopard as you are trying to get the body ready for paint. It looks like your hard work is paying off.

Your car is in great shape compared to my project. The rust has really taken its toll on mine. I wish I had a vehicle as solid as yours.

My girl received a new steering wheel for Christmas...put it in today. Also, a couple of pics of the car all in primer now.

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All in primer!

Looks like all the and is starting to pay off.

What kind of wheels are you going to put on it?

Awww, I liked the tuff wheel!

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It looks like your hood stripes dripped off the edge of the hood, and down the street.

Haha, I thought they were rubber laid down by a pegleg burnout when I first saw them!

Parked in the bike lane too?