DATE 2-16-09 64 IMPALA SS 409 4SPD CONV............OWNER NICK CETTA....2ND OWNER....THIS IS A BODY OFF RESTORATION.....CAR HAS 33K ORIG. MILES....................CAR LOOKED PRETTY SOLID UPON DISMANTLING , ONLY LOWER QUARTER REPAIR AND WHEELHOUSE PATCHWORK, ALSO UNDER BODY SUPPORT BRACES NEED REPLACEMENT ...COMMON ON EARLY CHEVYS......AFTER CAR WAS COMPLETELY STRIPPED AND SECURED TO ROTTISERIE WE SENT OUT FOR UNDERBODY , FIREWALL AND JAM SANDBLASTING ,UPON RECEIVING BACK FROM SANDBLASTER WE NOTICED THAT FLOORS AND TRUNK AREA WERE HIDDEN BY SOME PATCHWORK AS WELL AS EXCESSIVE RUSTEDED AREAS THIS CAR REQUIRED COMPLETE INTERIOR FLOORS AS WELL AS THE COMPLETE TRUNK FLOOR, NOW WE COULD HAVE PATCHED BUT , I RECOMMENDED TO NICK FULL FLOORS, BEST WAY TO GO .....MORE MONEY , BUT THIS CAR WARRANTS REPLACING.............................NOW WE HAVE COMPLETED FLOORS , ALL METAL WORK AND BODYWORK PRIMED AND MOVED TO SET BODY TO FRAME , THE FRAME WAS SENT OUT BLASTED AND POWDERCOATED AND REASSEMBLED WITH NEW SUSPENSION AND BRAKE COMPONENTS...................THE REAREND WAS COMPLETLY REBUILT AS WELL THE 409 WENT OUT FOR REBUILDING AND THE 4SPD WAS SERVICED.............................NOW THE BODY WAS REINSTALLED TO THE FRAME, AND SET-UP FOR PAINT AND PAINTED......................WE ARE NOW BEGININNG THE ASSEMBLY STAGE AND RECONDITIONING THE ORIGINAL COMPONENTS AS WELL AS ORDERING NEW PARTS.OK NOW THAT WE BROUGHT YOU UP TO SPEED...........................NEXT PROGRESS REPORT IN A COUPLE OF DAYS.
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