NoCar340
The Original Partstitute
When I bought my '70 Swinger 340, it came with another nearly-complete, never-hot-rodded '70 Swinger with a Slant Six and AC. There's very little rust on the parts car: Excellent floors, trunk & extensions, rails, wheelhouses, etc. The driver's side quarter is already off, which I have. They removed it at the spotwelds except at the roof, where they sawzalled it. Grrrr... it was a perfect quarter panel.
Anyhow, I want to use anything from the Slant car that I need for the Swinger 340. I'm trying to avoid reproduction sheetmetal. I have no room to store the parts car for any length of time, so my plan is to dismantle it completely. That means cutting nearly every bloody spotweld on the car so that anything useful will remain so. What I need, I'll keep. What I don't need will be sold to save other cars. Yes, anything and everything will be posted in the classifieds at some point, including the underhood complete AC system minus the missing condenser.
Has anyone else ever done this? If so, have you any advice to pass along as to the procedure? Yes, I realize how much work this will be, but good original sheetmetal is well worth it for my car and others'. I'm guessing "start at the roof and work down" but if someone's already done this, I'll gladly listen to any advice or tips they might have.
Anyhow, I want to use anything from the Slant car that I need for the Swinger 340. I'm trying to avoid reproduction sheetmetal. I have no room to store the parts car for any length of time, so my plan is to dismantle it completely. That means cutting nearly every bloody spotweld on the car so that anything useful will remain so. What I need, I'll keep. What I don't need will be sold to save other cars. Yes, anything and everything will be posted in the classifieds at some point, including the underhood complete AC system minus the missing condenser.
Has anyone else ever done this? If so, have you any advice to pass along as to the procedure? Yes, I realize how much work this will be, but good original sheetmetal is well worth it for my car and others'. I'm guessing "start at the roof and work down" but if someone's already done this, I'll gladly listen to any advice or tips they might have.