I'm Back!!!

ok as u all know, i have been gone for a while. it takes a while to get enough motivation to fix the computer when u HAVE A NEW CAR TO WORK ON!!!!!!

ha ha, ya thats right, while i have been gone i got a 1987 Olds Cutlass! im in love!!!!

here is some pics. when i got it, it hit a deer and crunched it up pretty bad. luckily i have a friend with the same exact car and he helped me find a lot of parts, i worked on it for 9 hours straight today. tomorrow, i am starting to hang the panels and prep them for paint, black of course.


this is the night i got the car


after i tore into it a lil bit


little bit more


new panels sat there to look at and get an idea


after a lot of hammer work, bending and painting, it looks really good now after a new raditaor support cause the other was completely mangled!

 

ya, i decided to get an 85 nose cause i like the four headlights instead of the 2. it was relly cheap too. i couldnt beleive it but after finding out that it had sat for 3 years, i thought it would require some engine work but after 43 dollars on a new batters, it started right up.

after i get this body work all done and it drivng, i will putting in a system. nothing too crazy but enough to get the job done. this trunk is EFFIN HUGE!!!!!

 

oh, and did i mention, ABSOLUTELY NO RUST!!!!!!! well no rust on the body, i took off the fenders and there was a little surface rust on the inner fender wells.

 

the interior is nearly flawless, it was a little chip in the corner of the dash but thats about it, i will take some pics tomorrow of it and the work that gets done. i intend to making a photo album to go with the car cause i am planning on keeping i forever.

 

i dont care lol i get 7 miles/gallon with the dodge so i wont complain lol

 

yup i will do alll that, i am putting new BFG traction T/A tires i think. i spent another 100 bucks at the auto parts store today, luckily my dad gets discounts at o'reily's thanks to his boss. ill put some pics of what i did today up in a lil bit.

 

interior


put on this much of the body today


nice butt! lol


door panel

today i put in a door pin kit, and boy was that a pain in the azz, put the passenger fender on, reshaped the driver side fender, put some bondo and stuff on the drivers fender, put the nose in place and started to bolt it on, put the new battery in it and drove it to the opposite side of the driveway, put in a new radiator hose.

the only things left to do are finish the drivers side fender, complete putting on the nose, getting grill inserts (which is seeming to be hard, i will call junk yards tomorrow) put new hood on, paint it, and then it will be ready to drive! until i start paying attention to the fine details and putting in a new motor!!!!

 

not going for that right now, lol i have limited time right now and i am focused on getting the body lookin good right now, i will always be working on it, i have worked on it since last tuesday all day. i think i will do the carpet later. as for paint, the guy that is helping me find the parts and is partially guiding me, i hope is going to help me find a guy to paint it. i figure i will pay about 150-200 bucks to paint the drivers fender, nose, and hood.

 

ok well i started paying attention to the faded passenger side of the car today and after about an hour and a half i finally started seeing results. here they are.

 

i used turtle wax red rubbing compound and whit polishing compound then finished it up with a meguires mirror glaze. i used a ellectric buffer for it.

 

it was an orbital, but i just used a microfiber type pad. they for the mirror glaze i used a VERY soft rag and did it by hand. i wanted to wet sand it but i just didnt get around to it.