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think i will have to chose my battles wisely because when i start to take the Buick apart i dont want to have to stop the process because of any outside factors. so ill be stuffing my pillow till i...

finished the sail pan welding and modified the beltline trim to fit the new slightly tighter contour.

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its amazing how much work goes into this what in the end appears to be not much. mean i love the look but its very simple yet so much goes to making it look, simple. things are taking shape and the...

i was way over thinking the lens issue. all i needed was my torch!

simply took a roughly shaped piece of the red plex and used the cut out to form the shape, after heating it up i was able to...

well thought id bore yall tonight with the crap you cant see but has to happen. i made the light bulb holders and played around with some red transparent plexi. unfortunately the upper and lower...

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worked on shaving my taillights.

i worked with the bumperetts until i found a design that best complimented the bumperetts...

well its not done, at all. but here are some pics from yesterday. i took it to the local meet and it was great! some guys didnt know what happened to the car they just knew it looked better. i heard...

got to working on the sailpan. made a template then transfer to metal...

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i used Bass's technique of overlaping, tacking,...

windshield mock up, looks mighty good. seems to have the same gaps all around for the rubber, just need to polish the top...

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so i got to blasting this morning! after replacing the sand and getting a handle of things it was a smooth operation. took me about 3 hours to cut the glass...
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hand formed the inner trunk to bottom of window structure, actually did it with a hammer and a vice. will get painted before the sail pan goes on and later finish welded from inside the trunk...
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sorry for the dark pic, its the inner C pillar, i redid some inner structure and skinned the face. will go back later and blend it as well...
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close up of door top, i had to make the raised area from when i extended the top back...

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close up of door front & A pillar...

got did some minor welding and lots of blending...

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got the driver door far enough for some black spray paint (i will be...

cut the door tops to make them longer. found that there are no pieces with the same profile. so i had to use the closest piece and will later have to add the raised lip to it. should not be to...

its quite surreal to me still at times cause i have owned this car for so many years already. im the 3rd owner! got it with OG paint. so for me to cut my perfectly dry solid car its not easy. but i...

every cut possible i made with a hand held hack saw. my friends ask why? i said cause i want this moment to last...

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cutting...

alright, i know i have not been on here much and i do apologize. work / life has been hectic (in a good way though). so last year i chopped my Buick and i forgot to update you guys! please bare with...

know its been a while, but got to check on the motor and first test just cause was i checked if the fuel pump was still pumping gas??? well its not as much as it should. i start to tap the metal...

excellent. ill go on that. also read through the Holley spec / tech sheet link and there are a few minor things that are not as per the specs. so ill check that too.

thanks, any other ideas?

ahhh more problems!

so the truck has been running and driving great around town. we get on the high way for say 25-30 minutes and it shuts off!? what gives? where do i even begin to look. it...

lesson learned.

so i checked the lines after the electric fuel pump for clogs. nothing there.

so i checked the pump by letting it pump to a bucket. minimal gas pumping.

so i try from a...

ah, good one. i think its not. its got a very tight rubber seal on it. unfortunately the truck did run well 1 day. just after i had changed the points and condenser i drove it to a buddys house some...

haha, yeah that hose. its going to get changed for a regular hose as soon as i get the radiator fixed. funny thing is that hose expands to normal size once the pressure starts to build up. still not...