1965 Satellite Convertible from Finland

[jensgt4]

Hi it is god time for som uppdate pictures of the work i have done on the satellite the past months. the front floor was in real bad shape so i started there. enough talkin..the pictures:

and of course we had our foreman with us the whole month loking that everyting went well.. :icon_wink:

more to come when i get them upploaded. have a nice day every one!

 

[Ron 73]

Good luck with it, lots of work but cool cruising around in a top down machine!

 

[detmatt1]

Nice work! Keep the pics on your progress coming. What is your foremans name?

 

[jensgt4]

I got time to uppload more pictures.. The frame is ready now and started to weld some floor panels in. im doing all the panels from scratch with 1mm sheet metal and the frame from 3mm sheet. just to save som money because im on an budget.. :-/ lots of work but after a cuple of beers quite fun.. :-D

did take the top of to an gess what... more rust.. :-(

Thats it for this time.. pleas comment if you are wondering somthing or want to teach me something. :-D

 

[70Fish]

Who's the worker drinking Fosters on the job?

Looks like lots of work that you have completed! One suggestion is to brace the body on a convertible when you start repairing some frame/floor pan sections.

 

[jensgt4]

The "worker" that drinks on the job is my best friend that helps me with the floor panels.. he is the best one i know with the sheet metal beating. and one of the reasons I dont sit next to the car drinking beer and wondering where to start. :-D and dont worry im drinkin som beers too. ;-)

When I cut the frame, I supported the car with jack stands at eight different locations and released the tension on the Torsion bars.
but it did flex quite a bit before allready so i dont know if it was bent then.
the doors are working nice and the door slots looking nice.

 

[moparstuart]

welcome great car and a great project