68valiantrat
Member
Hey all, My name is kevin and my ride is a 1968 plymouth valiant signet.
The car was my grandma's daily driver for 25 years but sat every winter because she is a snow bird and fly's to Florida. The car has 98,000 original miles on it, and has been off the road sitting for about 4 years... 5 years ago we ripped the motor apart and replaced all the seals and whatnot but used the same internal parts as they were in GREAT condition. unfortunately the body was starting to rust out and it was taken off the road where it has sat until now due to lack of space to work on it!
Now I have the space to start working on this rusty, beat up canvas and im gonna be doing it as cost efficient as possible. Its not going to be a show worthy trailer queen by any means.. I really like the rat rod style with rough lines and flat paint. Its gonna be a winter/spring project and I hope to have it on the road by summer..
The biggest obstacle I have is going to be the body work, the floor on the drivers and passenger sides are both rotten to the core its in bad shape! the rockers are pretty busted too... trunk floor is solid tho... fender support on the passenger side needs to be replaced and there are misc holes around the wheel wells so needles to say im gonna be busy with the body
I look forward to utilizing the resources that this forum has to offer from all of the members knowledge and will post some pics later this week
Cheers!
The car was my grandma's daily driver for 25 years but sat every winter because she is a snow bird and fly's to Florida. The car has 98,000 original miles on it, and has been off the road sitting for about 4 years... 5 years ago we ripped the motor apart and replaced all the seals and whatnot but used the same internal parts as they were in GREAT condition. unfortunately the body was starting to rust out and it was taken off the road where it has sat until now due to lack of space to work on it!
Now I have the space to start working on this rusty, beat up canvas and im gonna be doing it as cost efficient as possible. Its not going to be a show worthy trailer queen by any means.. I really like the rat rod style with rough lines and flat paint. Its gonna be a winter/spring project and I hope to have it on the road by summer..
The biggest obstacle I have is going to be the body work, the floor on the drivers and passenger sides are both rotten to the core its in bad shape! the rockers are pretty busted too... trunk floor is solid tho... fender support on the passenger side needs to be replaced and there are misc holes around the wheel wells so needles to say im gonna be busy with the body
I look forward to utilizing the resources that this forum has to offer from all of the members knowledge and will post some pics later this week
Cheers!
