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  • #75485
    Mild Mitch
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    <p style=”text-align: left;”>Hi Michu, I can’t seem to find your email. So, I’ll put this here. Shipping is crazy! UPS would be about $320.00 USD!</p>
    I couldn’t get a quote from FedEx for some reason.

    Let me know if you would still like the Buick spear.

    Mild Mitch

    #75486
    Michu
    Participant

    Hey Mitch, i‘ve just sent you an email!

    #75514
    Michu
    Participant

    The Ford is still hovering above the floor but i can assemble and install the front end/axle now, the blacksmith straightened it. He pressed it (cold) in a 100 ton press. I was watching, with that force the axle bent back so easy like it is made of rubber! Before, the perch bolts had to be removed to remove the wishbone, this was done with heat and a press, they were super stuck but finally came out without being damaged. Also the tie rod was bent, i straightened it today in a small shop press.

    And i made some progress with the grill and frenched headlights in the last weeks, looks good already but more sanding/filler/sanding… is neccessary, i just put some flat black on to see how it will look, i couldn‘t resist.

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    #75516
    Larry Pointer
    Participant

    Excellent!  Don’t weaken, Michu.  It is really coming together.

    #75517
    Mild Mitch
    Participant

    Wonderful progress Michu. It looks so good too. That grille, WOW!

    #75518
    Michu
    Participant

    Thanks Larry and Mitch! Today i started placing the spotlights (they waited on the shelf for five years now so i figured it is time). It was a bit adventurous because when i got the car it had two unity spotlights on it, the holes were drilled in a higher position and it seemed it took the person some more attempts to come out in an acceptible position on the inside, the a pillar has various crude holes. I welded the holes on the outside shut and started on the drivers side and then made a template for the passenger side (the CCC articles were very helpful!). I drilled from both sides (inside and out) because i had no drill guide. It worked fine, for now they‘re loosely in place. Next i have to grind the brackets and fix the spotlights into position.

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    #75525
    Rik Hoving
    Keymaster

    WONDERFUL!

    Enjoy the beauty of Customizing

    #75536
    Michu
    Participant

    Just one more picture, the Ford is back on all four wheels:

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    #75563
    Cruzn Kev
    Participant

    Very nice!!!

    www.CruznArt.com
    1963 Chevrolet Impala Coupe
    Germany

    #75564
    Cruzn Kev
    Participant

    You gonna chop it? Here’s a little preview how it’d look like chopped.. tried to make that pic look “vintage” 😉

     

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    www.CruznArt.com
    1963 Chevrolet Impala Coupe
    Germany

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