Recent content by 66valiantconv

the rear seat area and the trunk are both rusted where the frame rails and torque boxes meet them... i guess the frame rails just rotted from the bottom up.... i think i might be able to remove what's left of the rail and torque boxs and then patch the floor (i'll still need a new trunk...

got it, looks just like the other side :)

REALLY leaning toward fixing the vert and parting the 4 door.... i got the top off and just looking at the metal under shows me just how good the top half of this car is..... there are a few holes in the rear corners where the frame rails sat, but it's really solid where the top sits..... i...

wish my camera batteries weren't charging.... someone "repaired" a 18 inch by 6 inch strip on my pass quarter between the fender and door..... with a rivet gun and bondo..... yep... i no longer have to weld this puppy.... woohoo... rivet gun here i come! :) also, i never really looked to see...

i'm not sure if i'm following this one as easily..... i should use the rockers from the vert on the 4 door even though the 4 door rockers are less rusted... couldn't i just reinforce those rockers?.... also, the 4 door floor is patchwork so it will have to be replaced regardless but the...

i'm flying you down :prayer:

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good point.... i wonder just how much of the car you have to have there to use the vin from it..... i guess it's all in the disclosure because you do want the title to match the vehicle's looks. but i'm WAY far off from that to worry yet :)

i did that with my hands and tin-snips :P my torsion bar seems to be in good shape, it's the outer rails that are trash.... the donor car i have was molested by a "do it yourself" floor shift and they cut the torsion bar, so if i do use the 4 door, the torsion bar will have to be swapped.... i...

more crusticle pics :) and removed some floor.... like that was hard.

and they have a 90 day moneyback guarantee :P yes i have the 4 door title, but i would definitely like to keep the vert vin.... from everything i have read, the 66 valiant (the last year it was produced before the major redesign and they stopped making a vert) changed the look of all the sheet...

i knew that the 65 and 66 have different sheet metal in the rear quarters as a design change, but i didn't know about the conv to coupe.... i don't know which way i'm leaning yet, but i kind of think as i strip the convertible it'll tell me :) i do know that i can take my fenders and hood and...

They are both 106 inch wheelbase and all width and length are same. Only difference is is the rear quarters...... haven't measures inside yet.

well, i'll probably be slowing down the closer i get to actually needing to do some work to this thing..... i took out the rear vert section and found out why my top wasn't working.... the pistons had been unbolted because the passenger one went through the floor :) also, the rust killed my...

thanks for the thread name change Joeychgo... i think it fits better :)