67.5 Roadster Restoration Progress Photos Page 1

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This it what it looked like when I first bought it. Pretty rough but I saw potential in the looming project.

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Here is one of the passenger side before. Primered over all of the rust spots. Hub caps are not as good as they look here.

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This is a shot of the rear, which was actually the best side of the whole car. Bumper is not in very good shape but I have another one.

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The front had been banged around pretty good. I ended up getting a hood from a 68 to use on it. Alterations were realtively easy.

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As you can see the interior was pretty well shot as well. This has not been an easy restoration but I enjoy a challenge not to mention the "ride".

roaddash1.jpg

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Actually the best part of the car was the dash. Although it was in fairly good shape, I have opted to replace all of the guages with Autometer. If someone is looking for 67.5 guages, I have some extras. Hint-Hint.

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This is a shot of the engine bay before I started tearing into it.

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This one was taken after I had stripped the car and before I decided to take it to the metal strippers.

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Here is another shot from the side. The new hood\old hood was sent to the metal stripper as well.

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This is one right after we had lifted the body off of the frame.I used eye bolts in the threaded holes right in front of the package shelf.

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One completely stripped frame. I took the rearend apart, cleaned it up and replaced all the seals. Completely went through the front end as well.

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Here is a shot of the stripped shell from the rear. There was a lot of surface rust in the floor pan but no major rot.

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This is the stripped shell from the side. Lots of work ahead of me but I like a challenge.

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Here is some nice brazing around the passenger side tail light. I do not believe this was stock as they probably used lead to fill joints.

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This is the passengers side after I had sprayed it with self ecthing primer, primer sealer, and spotted with black primer. This is an excellent way to guide coat.

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Here is another shot from the rear.

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Here is a shot of the front right. A good start but a long ways to go.

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Here is a shot of the drivers side. Look at all of those low spots I found while guide coating. None of them are deep but left alone would show through my new paint job.

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Here is shot of the front after guide coating.


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