Holey mackerel

[rapidtransitric]

well i pulled this one out of the deep confine's of the shop the other day.i am being prodded to get started on it.this relic... once a beautiful 69 340 four speed formula S drop top air car, it has certainly seen better days.. believe it or not. i will now begin it's resurrection so that it will soon run the roadways in it's glory again. when you see the pictures you may well understand the project name i have chosen for this fish "HOLEY MACKEREL"

 

[Martythetrimmer]

good title to this thread Rick..got some work ahead you there!!

 

[rapidtransitric]

good title to this thread Rick..got some work ahead you there!!

yes i do. this and the lancer

 

[70DartMike]

Cool project. Any pics of it when it was complete?

 

[rapidtransitric]

no i don't Mike. this was dismantled a few years back. pictures were taken then with a throw away camera. and i think that's what happened. LOL

 

[rapidtransitric]

so i'm getting in deeper.. i started the trim out today, not surprised at all. i knew it was bound to get worse before it gets any better.

 

[Abodybomber]

Ouch.....

 

[rapidtransitric]

Ouch.....

oh c'mon.... LOL

 

[prrc]

Yikes. A ton of sheet metal work ahead of you.

 

[rapidtransitric]

Yikes. A ton of sheet metal work ahead of you.

a few days worth

 

[Valiant1]

This project takes a lot of guts!! I know it's rare, but is there any good metal on that car? I'm going to follow this and see what you can do.

 

[rapidtransitric]

This project takes a lot of guts!! I know it's rare, but is there any good metal on that car? I'm going to follow this and see what you can do.

and you will

 

[limegreen70]

that's a Rare fish

 

[rapidtransitric]

that's a Rare fish

yes it is

 

[pyrojim]

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[RedFish]

That one is definitely rare enough to justify the effort. My 67 vert project is very solid but is what it is, a 67 slant 6 build.
I'll be following this thread for sure. Keep us posted

 

[rapidtransitric]

That one is definitely rare enough to justify the effort. My 67 vert project is very solid but is what it is, a 67 slant 6 build.
I'll be following this thread for sure. Keep us posted

i sure will

 

[Demonracer]

Just think, if you hadn't rescued it when you did and put it away in your shop it would have been a lot worse, or maybe even crushed (That isn't even funny!). LOL

 

[rapidtransitric]

Just think, if you hadn't rescued it when you did and put it away in your shop it would have been a lot worse, or maybe even crushed (That isn't even funny!). LOL

could always be worse

 

[rapidtransitric]

the trim out is just about finished. i will leave the wheel houses in until after i have the rear body tied back together

 

[toplscuda]

Wow and I thought I had rust issues rayer:

 

[OldVart]

On the bright side, there won't be much old metal in that fish when you're done. Good luck with the build.

 

[rapidtransitric]

Wow and I thought I had rust issues rayer:

piece of cake

 

[rapidtransitric]

On the bright side, there won't be much old metal in that fish when you're done. Good luck with the build.

stay tuned

 

[rapidtransitric]

alright, all the trimming away that could be done at this point is done. so i loaded what was left up and sent it off to the blaster. it all came back today. now it's time for epoxy primer. ahhhh nothing like clean white metal.