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I got the patch on the other side fully welded in today, along with most of the trunk patch and several hours of grinding.

Yeah, I never liked those things. I did a 52 Chevy years ago and got rid of that one, too. Just seems like a big dirt and water catcher, plus they take up useable fuel tank space. Glad you like it, thanks!

Sure, let me know when you're coming up this way on a weekend. Other than church on Sundays I'm usually around.

Very nice! They sure put a nice looking grille on the Chryslers in those days.

I'm glad you like it, Cass. These are beautiful cars so it's great to see another one being saved. You should start a thread on yours so we can all watch your progress. We're practically neighbors; let me know if your in the area sometime.

Thanks, Ed. The spare will go up near the front of the trunk with a nice cover over it; I'm going for a bigger fuel tank for longer trips so I needed the length underneath. The old spare tire well is pretty nice, if anyone want it and wants to drive to Festus, Missouri to get it it's all yours. Just let me know and I'll put it off to the side for you.

Now onto the other quarter panel after I get the patch fully welded in.

Spent the day on the trunk; I had several patches that I still has to grind down the welds plus a lot of general cleanup. I also had patches of old undercoating to scape out and I removed the spare tire well and mounting bracket and patched that in.

Very cool! I can imagine the face on the guy in the Lamborghini when this blew past him.

That's awesome, Rodney. What a nice way to spend Thanksgiving eve. I might have to take another ride tomorrow.

Learn something new everyday; i didn't know Mopar made a straight 8. Man, with todays faster cars and trucks and highways with multiple lanes, good brakes are a must. I don't see a thing wrong with making your ride safe so you can enjoy it. The way some drivers are, you better be able to stop in a hurry.

It's funny how when Mike told me he was giving this to me and I looked at it in the garage I thought,"How in the world can a guy have a 40's 2 door coupe apart and not want to finish it?" Man, doing a car like this is nothing like taking some old beater and throwing in a big engine and a cheapie paint job. Even with starting with what I thought was a decent body; the commitment to get 65 year old sheet metal back in good shape to paint is huge. You definitely learn a whole new set of skills along the way. Looking at it as a whole is overwhelming so I decided to divide the body into quarters and concentrate on 1/4 at a time. I know this is going to take a few months to get all the way around the car and get it right so I'm mentally prepared for slow steady progress. When we brought this home from the blaster we ran into rain and it started to rust before we got home so I decided to spray the whole thing down with this green rust inhibitor I got from Advance. It did it's job of stopping the rust but the whole car looks like a giant glazed donut so part of the task is sanding all that crap off. I spent about 4 hours tonight sanding 1/4 of the car, finish welded my patch, and ground down several welds from previous patches. A couple questions: I have some All-metal body filler I was thinking of using to smooth out the joints where I did some patching. Can I just use this right on the bare metal or should I wait for the first primer coat and the use filler on top of that? Also, here's a shot of a factory lead joint by the rear window. It looks fine; can I just leave it or does something need to be done with it before top coating?

Great job! Looks like you had a good, solid candidate to start with, too. That always makes it enjoyable when you're not starting with a total basket case.

That's going to be a cool trip; wish it was me instead of you! Great looking car, she's really held up well.

Got the patch trimmed and tacked in tonight.

Man, I needed a good laugh! Who in there right mind would use a picture like that to sell their car?

Very nice and a driver to boot! That's a really cool project to do with your son.

Thanks! It'll be for sale this spring; you'd look pretty sharp cruzin in this baby!

I'd call that first one a very good starting point. If the bodywork was done right and it's not full of cancer underneath, you could make that into a nice car with a little work.

I hear you about distractions; for some reason I thought an old abandon right hand drive mail truck turned Ice Cream truck would make a neat hot rod/shop truck and a good home for a big block Olds. Here's what I did for the last year.

Thanks; my trunk was pretty good. Floors were gone but luckily I had a complete floor from a sedan. Dropped it right in with just a few patches. Your floor and firewall came out really nice, was that a kit or did you fab all that up?

Very slick; nothing quite as impressive as those massive heads under your hood.

Thanks, Adam. That dolley makes it nice and was really easy to build. I like your Hemi!!

Thanks! I used Rustoleum 3575 Rust-Reformer. I"ve been using it on rusty boiler pipe and chilled water lines before we paint them for several years and it's some pretty good stuff. It dries to a black finish and then you can paint over it.

That hurts to look at that picture! Someone should have thrown themselves in front of the crusher to save it.