Just not enough time to get everything done one desires.
It takes a lot of time to keep up a site on daily progress.
The entire front clip has been assembled and fit. New hood
hinges, bumper and brackets straightened, bumper was
riding against up against the lower stainless trim on the grill.
The doors and hood have been straighten, filled, and block
sanded. The underside of the hood and inside of the doors
have been painted with Por-15 for corrosion protection and
durability.
It was also discovered that the frame was bent on the right
front side.
The first frame of the 4 El Caminos on hand was
also bent on the right rear.
The next frame was very nice and has been cleaned up
and painted with Por-15 and assembled with new suspension
bushings front and rear, new ball joints, new steering gear
box, rear spring cushions, front upper stop bumpers, and
needed only one front mount hole repair.
The body will be set on it the 1st week of April 09 with the
best mount kit from OPGI.
The tailgate will be worked on in the mean time.
Also, thanks to Randy at Wyoming Tech, we have
right and left NOS rear quarter panels. Thanks Randy,
the reproductions that we purchased looked like a lot
of work.
They will be installed with new reproduction outer
well houses.
will be forwarded to a regular web-site soon, the backwards
layout of the blog make it hard to log progess and it seems
to be confusing to new comers.
The site has been started at http://www.freeoldcar.com/.