1961 Olds 88 2 Dr Sedan sneak preview

[malc]

Heres a bunch of info about chemical rust removal at Hot Rod.
http://www.hotrod.com/techarticles/b...ide/index.html

[NASBackyard]

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out. Well, I got the first coat of Rust Bullet on tonight, looks like some really expensive silver paint right now. My respirator was junk so I'm a little high right now. The wire wheeling and cleaning really sucked but it had to be done, that took a few hours to finish, then I found another hole that I will patch later. The stuff went on really smooth. I'll be doing all the red primer areas on the second coat, I wanted to make sure I had enough. My digital camera is taking a dump so while my paint is drying my girlfriend is going to take me to get a new one as an early Christmas present. Here are some pics, amazing what a coat of paint will do .

[ksj1]

Dayum!!! Ive got to do some floorboard work on the kids truck!

[NASBackyard]

Man I'm glad that job is done! Let's see how it holds up . I guess I'll put the seats back in tomorrow after I do some cleaning to them. Looks like I'm getting kicked out of my own shop this week. My friend needs to drop and engine in an 03 Honda Accord (barf). We made the deal awhile back and he needs his car running. At least I don't have to help him do it since I work nights. It will give me a reason to clean up the shop since it's trashed pretty bad.

Just got a Poloroid 8.0 camera earlier for an early Christmas present

The End........ of that job.

[SuperBuickGuy]

Very nice. Love the POR 15 patches... I learned on a vehicle I won't mention that POR 15 and fiberglass make an excellent patch....

[NASBackyard]

Couldn't leave it alone, detailed the dash, rubber dash pad is perfect, hooked up the antenna and have a working AM radio, only 2 stations though. Ripped out the rotten headliner and bagged a good sample of the material for later and bagged and labeled screws. Cleaned the windows and put the back seat in. All the wiring under the dash looks really good with no butchering. Heater needs to be removed for cleaning and a core later on. This has the low level heater, no vacuum parts to deal with, only cables.

[NASBackyard]

Heres an interesting and thoughtful tidbit of information I discovered while reading the factory service manual. GM left provisions in the seat mounting base and floorboards to either mount the seat an inch forward or backward from the stock location. You drill out the mount through the pilot holes already in there to move it back or drill out and tap the dimples in the floor to move it forward.

[NASBackyard]

I finally made use of these family heirloom, period correct, Hudson Bay wool blankets that use to be on me and my older brother's beds when we were kids.

[DanStokes]

The blankets are great! Buicks had a similar deal on the seat mounts. Our dealership frequently fit cars to exceptionally small drivers. We'd move the seat forward on those cars so equipped and raise the seat with blocks as needed. Given that no place performs this kind of service anymore, I wonder if there is a business to be started doing this.

Dan

[CTX-SLPR]

I've heard of people doing it it but the liability of relocating a seat in a modern car and having it fail in a crash would keep most people out of a professional business of doing it.

Thanks,