83 cutlass cruiser build.

[Longroof79]

Give it hell, man. You're doing a bang up job....no pun intended.

 

[mikeselky85]

Havnt updated in a while, I’ve been busy and on vacation a little bit. Ordered a sheet metal brake and managed to start fabrication on the inner door repair sections. Also got the inner wheel well finished up, but have to figure out an outer wheel well to fit.

 

[mikeselky85]

Well got the rest of the door repairs done. Now I just need to fab up a quick lower sling patch and move on. I would like to start finishing up the cargo floor soon as well.

 

[Longroof79]

Nice work on the door repair. Good to see you making headway.

 

[mikeselky85]

Picked up two 4’x8’ of 20 gauge steel. Some is for a hutch my pops wants me to build for his work box, but I’ll be using some for the wagon. Fabbed up a full lower skin and crimped the edges. A little more prep and it’ll be finished up.

 

[mikeselky85]

Double update cause I forgot to update on the door from last week. Decided to start on the rear floor panel. Still gotta run a strength bead in the middle panel, but got a lot done for today.

 

[DJHull]

Okay so this morning I removed the fuel tank to check the floor and the rear frame mounts. Looks like all 4 rear frame mounts are trash for the most part. Also found a little bit of rust in the rear gate/ hatch area that will require some work. I looked on the inside and it’s all still solid, so it’s just outer rust.
Also got the time to assess 3/4 doors (drivers wasn’t pulled yet). Looks like they will all require inner door fabrication and repair. It’s strange cause the skins are in great shape, but I will remove 2.3-3” from lower skin and patch it anyway.
seems like all I keep doing is finding more and more rust, but on a good note I actually melted out the undercoating on the drivers tire well. Let’s just say I’m very pleased with the small patchwork I have to do. the wagons have a very unusual wheel well on the driver side due to the fuel filler, so I won’t be able to source a new piece if it was rotted. But for the passenger side I did order a coup inner well, and may order an outer well just to do it. It’s not a direct fit, but it will be my little secret haha.

Rust never sleeps!