1990 country squire resto/lowrider in UK

[andyfanshawe]

Finally got my shed/workshop up and finished!

Here's as it was a couple of weeks ago..





and here it is now!





Thought this was a nice touch! Although my lovely Wife didn't really agree!



Now I can actually get on with the car!

Andy.

[gadget73]

Looks nice. I like the V8 "keystone".

[andyfanshawe]

Put the drivers door on the hood (on top of foam before anyone moans and groans!)


Bent the bottom lip back to reveal....guess what?.....nothing! almost zero rust.





Then rustproofer sprayed in from inside and outside



and then heated up to make it run into all the crevices



Here it is hung up slightly to get the rustproofer down where it should be



This is never going to rust out!!

Andy.

[gadget73]

Not rusting is a good thing.

[andyfanshawe]

Got a week off this week so I have every intention of doing quite a few hours on it.

So, started at 7:30 this morning..........

Plan was to finish the drivers door prep. Since I recrimped the base of the door, it wasn't quite straight anymore. A few wobbles so had to be panel beaten flat again and a skim of filler over the top. You can see it here





After using my favourite long flat bed hand sander (no machines for me!) and a coat of hi build primer, here we are



Since its cold in the UK still (is it ever warm?), this is my heat source directly above the door. It's a G clamp on one of the ceiling joists and an old hair dryer hung from it!



Here's a view of the prep where the mirror and the door handle used to be (good riddance)



Then door turned over and the panel I welded in to get access for the spot welder filled level and all seams sealed.



While all that is drying/setting its time to strip the wood grain off the drivers fender and start welding all the trim holes up.

Fender light removed first, but a bit of rust present



so had to grind one bolt off.



This is the last time its going anywhere near the car! I'm going to weld the hole up.



And here's a satisfying view of all the wood grain coming off the fender



And a casual view of my Lincoln Mark 8 patiently waiting for its new fuel level sender!



And here's all the wood grain vinyl on the floor rather than on the fender! Result.



Loads more to come tomorrow.
Andy.

[andyfanshawe]

A few decisions have been made on the car!

Firstly the colour has been chosen. I pulled up at a supermarket the other day and saw a Viper metallic Green VW Scirocco parked in the sun. It looked absolutely stunning.


Going to cause a lot more work, but when its sat on the floor on 20's or 22's with black glass, no handles or locks or badges or fuel filler doors or anything else that could stick out, I think it will look awesome!

The second decision is to go with a custom built 68 charger type front end where the 5th gen camaro headlights are buried behind a black grille, with the headlight doors that open. The bumper will be widened and smoothed and colour coded.

Another leap of faith eh?

Andy.

[gadget73]

See, I'd rock that color with woodgrain. Maybe not that vinyl shit that it came with, but proper painted-on woodgrain in the stock locations.


The ditch lights I find interesting. People that have them often don't want them. People who don't have them decide they need them.

[mercurygm88]

See, I'd rock that color with woodgrain. Maybe not that vinyl shit that it came with, but proper painted-on woodgrain in the stock locations.


The ditch lights I find interesting. People that have them often don't want them. People who don't have them decide they need them.

I love my ditch lights

[andyfanshawe]

See, I'd rock that color with woodgrain. Maybe not that vinyl shit that it came with, but proper painted-on woodgrain in the stock locations.

That would remind me too much of Chevy Chase's National Lampoon adventure! And that's been done!!

Andy.

[andyfanshawe]

I love my ditch lights

Thats a fine, clean looking machine you have there!

Andy.

[1990LTD]

I would keep the ditch lights for sure.



the color looks great...makes me think of the new camaro, i've seen a number of them in that color.

[marquisman]

That would remind me too much of Chevy Chase's National Lampoon adventure! And that's been done!!

Andy.

you are gonna have the wagon, that clark actually wanted!

[87gtVIC]

I think the color will look awesome.

[MrMarquis]

I'd love to see something done with the front end. The idea sounds awesome.

[andyfanshawe]

Primed reverse side of door this morning





and then stored it in my shed!! I now need the space to perform surgery on the fender.



I love the view of a totally smooth door



Here's the drivers fender stripped of the wood



Now I need access to the back of the fender when welding the holes up, so inner fender needs to come off. Needless to say, I'm sure some fasteners will be seized.

Here it is before



and here it is after







Now its welding holes up time and then fender removal for media blasting

Andy.