'68 Valiant 4dr CRUUUUZZZZAAAH
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! This car is in pretty good shape mechanically now, but the body has definitely got some issues with rust that I'm not sure I've ever really going to cure. Luckily it's no in critical places, so I'm fixing what I can and running with it. This is a total budget build, so I'm going to let it look a little ratty. As of right now I have about $1200 into it total.
I've been working on sanding the body to where it's acceptably smooth and then I plan to just clear coat over the primer and run her as is for now.
I rustoleum-ed the entire interior and trunk, layed down some truck bed liner on top of that and then did some 'peel and seal' psudo dynamat from home depot throughout the interior. Cost me $75 to do the roof and floors and improved the sheet metal 'boom' considerably when I close the doors. Next week I think I'll try to get the car on a trailer and to my house so I can get it road worthy (hard to get much done 6 miles from my shop!) The main thing slowing me down right now is the fact that I need to patch the pass. corner of the rear windshield frame, and then I'll get someone to come put the glass in. I've never done it myself, and don't really want to have to find replacements if I screw up.
Some more pics:
Original chrome, one cleaned, one just out of storage.
Before:
After:
Thanks for the warm welcome everyone! This car is in pretty good shape mechanically now, but the body has definitely got some issues with rust that I'm not sure I've ever really going to cure. Luckily it's no in critical places, so I'm fixing what I can and running with it. This is a total budget build, so I'm going to let it look a little ratty. As of right now I have about $1200 into it total.
I've been working on sanding the body to where it's acceptably smooth and then I plan to just clear coat over the primer and run her as is for now.
I rustoleum-ed the entire interior and trunk, layed down some truck bed liner on top of that and then did some 'peel and seal' psudo dynamat from home depot throughout the interior. Cost me $75 to do the roof and floors and improved the sheet metal 'boom' considerably when I close the doors. Next week I think I'll try to get the car on a trailer and to my house so I can get it road worthy (hard to get much done 6 miles from my shop!) The main thing slowing me down right now is the fact that I need to patch the pass. corner of the rear windshield frame, and then I'll get someone to come put the glass in. I've never done it myself, and don't really want to have to find replacements if I screw up.
Some more pics:
Original chrome, one cleaned, one just out of storage.
Before:
After: