Alright, it's been a while since i've updated. Been busy with school and the car somewhat. I plan to have the car finished by the end of March, but it's only a plan/goal, hopefully i'll get close!
You've seen the car in previous pictures being stripped and put on a flat bed. It was off to my friend's personal shop space/garage to get prepped with body work. It was then transported to his work where the paintbooth is located.
Enjoy the pics!
Here's the car as it first (somewhat) sat in the bodyshop.
While some of the body work was getting done, I had to modify a fender. I bought one JDM fender a while back (since my original one got crushed when someone back into it), and decided to just cut the hole in my other good fender. It wasn't too hard to cut it out with a mini dremmel, but was a pain getting it lined up perfectly (but it was worth it!).
The results of the fender...looks good and aligned!
After the fenders, i dropped them off. My brother and I then proceeded to cut out a portion of the rusted rocker panel, and weld in a new replacement panel. It's not THE most proper way to replace/fix a rocker panel, but it worked.
Another view of the cutout portion...
POR15 was applied to the inside after prep.
Here's the panel we measured and cut out...looks like a decent fit. We had to match the vertical bend towards the rear near the jamb where it meets the rear rocker panel cover.
Here's you can see it's been welded in place along with a thin layer of bondo to smooth things out. (He didn't get finished sanding it yet)
Also worked on the driver rear fender area. The silver/we you see was previous rust bullet I carelessly put on to stop the rust.
Cut out all the "bad" stuff the best I could.
Another view...
Here's the "finished" product. Again, it looks to have a bunch of bondo, but there's not...and he didn't get finished sanding it yet.
Had to do the other side..
And the car after the body work, getting hit with some primer.
After that, didn't get to see the car til a few days later after having it painted.
Bryan