HAFRODs 78 Aeroback Salon build

[HAFROD]

Started changing out the seat covers on the rear seat. I went and bought a set of new beauty rings and chrome lug nuts today. I stuck on the beauty ring on one of the rims to make sure it fit and that I liked the look. Gonna remove all the triangle trims and buff them. I'll blast the rims but not sure on which color to paint them. Indigo bronze that will be the upper body color or gold that will be the lower stripe color??????

 

[HAFROD]

I just ordered an ARP engine bolt kit in polished stainless with 12 point head. This will help with detail on the engine as it will be body color. http://www.summitracing.com/parts/arp-5 ... /chevrolet

 

[ITh4n4tosI]

you should try some different colors you never know. Body color wheels don't always look the best (not saying they wouldn't look good) but sometimes a random wheel color really makes it pop

 

[DeltaT]

Nice work!

Jim

 

[HAFROD]

Polished up my best 4 of 8 center caps. Put on new decals from ebay.

 

[HAFROD]

Took my ralley wheels to the tire shop and had them remove the old tires, valve stems, and weights. I then took them to a local sandblaster to blast them. It would probably take me a couple hours to do them with my small blaster. I have brand new raised white letter tires to put on them after I repaint them. It's getting exciting because it's slowly becoming a complete new car again. I can't wait to hear the cam through the Flowmaster.

 

[HAFROD]

I'm faced with a dilemma. The only thing left to take the body off is the body mounts and the emergency brake cable. This would tack on a few hundred dollars for paint/prep supplies and a set of new body mounts. I'm just not sure I want to take the extra time and money to do this. The car will be a daily driver and I mean every day in rain or shine. I will show it at outdoor shows every chance I get. At this point, I feel like I'm half @$$ing it by not taking it off the frame. What do you guys think? I can see how easy it would be for me to build my exhaust system without the body.

 

[DRIVEN]

I don't see any reason to split body from frame unless you need to make repairs to mounts/floors/frame.

 

[HAFROD]

I had blasted my battery tray but it had some pitting. I had to reweld on a new nut for the hold down cause the old one was cross threaded. I took the tray to a local spray in bedliner shop that I used to work at and had it sprayed. It should look good for years to come.

 

[Blake442]

Don't feel bad about leaving it on the frame...
Unless there's rust problems I don't see any reason to pull the body off.
However now is the best time to swap the body mounts out while everything is easy to get to...