Category: 68Cutlass

08 Dec

Fender flares on a 68 Cutlass?! Let the flaming begin!

Fender flares on a 68 Cutlass?! Let the flaming begin!
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19 Nov

A Pillar & Underbody Repair

As part of the ongoing restoration of the Cutlass, I repair a badly rusted A pillar and passenger side floor pan.
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01 Apr

The biggest panel replacement yet!

The quarter panels on my Cutlass were, unsurprisingly, some of the worst hit by rust on car. As you can see from the pictures below, they were completely eaten through
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27 Mar

Drivers floor pan repair

My drivers side floor pans were in pretty horrid shape. You can see from the above picture that the drivers side was swiss cheese, and what you can’t see is
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14 Mar

Drivers rocker

Note to anyone else out there doing repairs: do not try to graft in a new section of the rocker. The replacement panels do not have the exact same curve,
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15 Feb

Shoulder rust repair

This week I tackled the first of one of the hardest rust repairs on the car, the front lower shoulder area. Unfortunately both sides are toast and rusted through everywhere,
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23 Jan

Core Support Repair

Next on my project list was to fix my rotted out core support. Like a lot of these, the mounting holes were totally rusted through. My also had the luxury
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17 Jan

The first body work

After getting the windshield off, one of the first things I noticed was how bad the lower windshield channel was. It was completely rusted through to the interior in some
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11 Jan

Built a rotisserie, and body’s off!

It’s been a bit since my last post due to work and other commitments, but I managed to make quite a bit of progress these last few days. I made
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26 Dec

Top and trunk

I was fortunate enough to have my parents in town for the holidays, and my Dad helped me get the convertible top and trunk lid off. Would definitely have been
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