Why stop there? - New Rear Floors

Yeah..well..once you get started..it is hard to stop. The rear floors were a bit weak as well - and I had a pretty good idea of how I was going to do it..so the next day - out they came. Spot weld were drilled out and I left enough flange on the original floor to weld to. Came in handy.

Step one - cut out the old floor - only 25 spot welds

Step two - make patterns

Step three - weld them in

New Front Floors

I just couldn't look past the rusty front floors and think to myself.."put in all this work..then try to weld front seats to that...so they had to go...two days and alot of fitting...all said and done..not bad for my first time.
Step 1 - cut out old floors

Step 2 - pattern new ones and bead them up

Step 3 weld them in.

Major Update - The body is BACK

Well...after the shifter being put in..and knowing what I have left to do on the body..I figured it was time to get the body back on the frame. I have the bushings for the body, and the rest is ready. So, on monday my buddy jeff, (who also helped me take the body off the frame) came over and helped put it back on.

There was one hitch..with the new rear suspension, I was going to need to rework the rear floor..so a little cut cut and it is done.

Also, with the bags all the way down it will ride about 7-8 inches off the ground. The top of the car is only 60 inches high. The ride height will be around 11-12 inches.

Thank you Lokar - Shifter installed

In June I attended the NSRA in York PA car show. There are always vendors there selling the latest and greatest car parts. I was looking for a quick easy solution allowing me to use the existing column shift to shift teh new automatic transmission. Lokar makes a kit but everywhere it was about 60 bucks. One vendor had it for 45 I picked it up. With some slight modifications (hand bending the rod) to make the shifting work. It is now able to shift through all the gears - P-R-N-D-3-2-1.
Pretty quick and easy. It may look wrong..but it shifts perfectly.