Recent content by Bbodee

Looks like you're doing a great job! Keep at it. Lots of work but you're saving this car, giving it many more years of life. This is giving me flashbacks to my destroyed cowl/firewall. Ugh!

The next order of business was getting some steering and some stop and go pedals sorted out. The original steering column and another from a donor car were spliced together to create the length that was needed to reach the new seating position. (both the shaft and column) A spacer was...

Okay........Time to raise this build thread from the dead. I've got a few years of (slow) progress to bring up to date. So bear with me. Here comes some more posts from the past to catch up to present day. So.. let's see where I left off. I had the firewall reconstruction done and quarter panel...

Hi there, I need a couple (or more) reference pics of a 62 b body. Headliner/Front/rear windows. Please share. Thanks!! My project is a 62 Belvedere, Straight axle/gasser car. My car has the interior/sheetmetal paint all done, ready for exterior paint. Original headliner is hardboard off...

Here it is: If you look at the second picture, you can see where I added a red line. I found it helpful to make a cut there on both sides so you can "fold" the lower section of the connector down a bit to get it fitted in tight. Then once in place you can fold it back and weld the cut closed...

That's great Jeff....nice pix there on the grass as well

Before the front end started coming apart for the straight axle, I installed frame connectors (still a greasy,dirty underside - but not for long) These frame connectors were made by Hammer, a guy on this site and the 62-65 Mopar website. Nice piece and a great guy to deal with. Notice how...

Thanks for the comments so far here are some updates: As the cowl repair progressed, I also got working on some other rust repair. There were a couple spots in the trunk, the lower corners and rear lip of the back window were rotten, and both quarters ahead of the rear wheel were rotted...

There are also shock extensions available- Mr Gasket still makes them- There is a die cast type and a steel plate type for the rear. http://paceperformance.com/i-6102265-rear-shock-extensions-mr-gasket-1288.html

Now we we are getting somewhere - all of the cowl is pinned back together, the welds are smoothed out and the bare metal is etched. Frame connectors, cage, and straight axle swap are coming next! Stay tuned!

So bit by bit the firewall got back together, then some of the outer cowl panels:

So the next thing on this project is getting the rust all cut out, making patches, and getting the sheetmetal all back together. The cowl area was especially tricky because there was the firewall plus an upper and lower cowl panel that covers the firewall. These three parts were all badly...

Carb is SOLD - Thanks

As you can see, the rust repair was going to be a MAJOR project. This was just the cowl/firewall. The window corners front and rear, and the quarter panels had their share of damage as well: Notice the hole THROUGH the cowl panel AND firewall?