66 Formula S project

[4spdcuda66]

I've been working on this car on and off for a couple years now. A friend of mine brought it back to Iowa from Alabama back in the late 80's. It hadn't been driven much once he brought it here, but he stored it outside under big trees. :wack:Needless to say, the car's condition suffered from that storage arrangement. I fabbed both front floor pans and lower quarters, pass. side trunk extension and welded in a spare tire well from a 68 Valiant. Other than that, the car's frame rails and the rest of the sheet metal are really solid, thanks to heavy undercoating.:cheers: Well, I hope the pictures are o.k. If not, I'll resize and get back to you. The whole project looks about like my current avatar.

 

[71dodge]

in deed needs some work will be a nice ride when all done keep them pics comin

 

[65BCODA]

I remember those days oh to well.

 

[memike]

Keep at it :cheers: you are saving a great 66 8) welcome to this great site if I missed you.:happy10: That's some good looking work you have dun already :cheers:

 

[pettybludart]

Welcome to the site,and glad to see another 66 saved!A formula S to boot!

 

[4spdcuda66]

Thanks guys, here are a few more.

 

[DRENO]

She's looking good and the pics are a good size.Nice work.8)

 

[4spdcuda66]

She's looking good and the pics are a good size.Nice work.8)

Thanks, I just figured out the sizing for the photos.:cheers:

 

[slantscamp]

lookin good. where did you purchase your floor pans?

 

[4spdcuda66]

lookin good. where did you purchase your floor pans?

I made them out of some old filing cabinets. The driver side is three pieces and the pass. side is made from seven pieces and all welded together to make one piece. Too many contours to do it in one piece. (Well, unless you're Ron Covell). I have a bead roller to roll the beads. Before I cut the old floor out, I made patterns from large water color paper to transfer to the sheet metal. Not concours quality, but good enough for the driver this car is going to be.

 

[4spdcuda66]

Here is a picture of the trunk extension I made. Again, I made a paper pattern based off of the rusty original. You can see it's made from three pieces of steel. The wheel lip section was a 1"X1" 90 degree and formed with a shrinker/stretcher, then the angled transition piece and finally the main section with beads rolled into it. It took a lot of fitment trials before I got it right, but it fits great. You can see it's not finish welded yet in this photo, but it is now. Again, not concours, but pretty good for a hack!!

 

[daves66valiant]

Keep it up. Always glad to see another 66 on the road.

 

[Johnny Dart]

What do mean by another Dave ? lol :clock:

Very nice work Cuda !

 

[4spdcuda66]

What do mean by another Dave ? lol :clock:

Very nice work Cuda !

Thanks, I also voted for the AMERICAN!!!

 

[Johnny Dart]

Thanks, I also voted for the AMERICAN!!!

Roger that...:thumblef:

 

[4spdcuda66]

Here are a few pictures of the trunk extension and the lower quarter. The trunk floor section of the extension was in good shape, but as you can see the lower part was toast. The photo is the old rusty piece next to the rough work of the new piece grafted to the floor piece connected to the hip bone, oh, sorry. The outer quarter is two pieces as shown in the mock up photo. Hope you like what you see.

 

[alsdemon]

thats sum nice work keep it up 4speed car sweet .als

 

[mpgFanatic]

I particularly enjoy your photographs of the removed rusty pieces arranged in a jigsaw puzzle to indicate where they came from.

Really nice work on rolling your own beads on the filing cabinet pieces.

- Erik

64 Valiant, 170 3-spd
82 Volvo, 5.0 5-spd

 

[4spdcuda66]

I particularly enjoy your photographs of the removed rusty pieces arranged in a jigsaw puzzle to indicate where they came from.

Really nice work on rolling your own beads on the filing cabinet pieces.

- Erik

64 Valiant, 170 3-spd
82 Volvo, 5.0 5-spd

Thanks, I'm constantly learning new stuff by just rollin' up my sleeves and giving it a go. Some of those projects took a few tries before I got the results I wanted, but after a while perseverence pays off.8)I'll keep the photos coming as work progresses.

 

[PapstXX]

Very nice work Cuda !


Uli

 

[4spdcuda66]

Thanks PapstXX. I sure do try!! Well fellers, winter has set in pretty good here too. I've been spending more time trying to get my shop insulated so I can work out there than I have been working on the car. I did get the doors hung and temporarily have the fenders on too. Since I've got the shop such a mess, the Cuda has also served as mini storage. Here are a couple recent photos. You guys have really gotten me motivated to get out in the shop and get at it, all your resto pics are very inspiring, keep 'em commin'!!!:cheers: Thanks, Drew

 

[PapstXX]

however, there I am glad that man to himself motivates mutually with the photos.

What do you have for a business?

I fell trees!

Kind regards
Uli

 

[4spdcuda66]

I weld 4x4 end loader frames for that outfit known for it's green agricultural equipment.

 

[fstfish66]

john deere green huh,,,, nice project, you do nice work

 

[topnotch66]

4spd cuda,I've been working on my 66 for 2 years now 340,727,mini tubbed,narrowed posi 8 3/4,custom paint,I am getting close. got all the glass back in and just started putting in a ron francis wiring kit.Stay with it. It will be worth it in the long run.