hemigeno's Daytona restoration - a few more tweaks... again!

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Some pictures of the floor pan area - sorta weird to be looking at it from that perspective.

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Some shots of all the spotwelds that were made when the frame rails were installed, and a few shots of the firewall

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More firewall, framerail and clutch bracketry closeups

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An inner fender shot and a couple showing the backside of the radiator yoke

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Two shots of the underneath side of a Daytona-only piece that was spot-welded to the radiator yoke.  This piece was pretty pitted up on my car because it was unfinished on both the top and bottom sides.  Normally this piece was painted black on the top, but my car's piece was totally unfinished on both sides.  I'm sure I'll hear about this "discrepancy" sometime down the road, but that's the way the car was.  The last two shots are some front framerail shots.  Apart from being a little pitted up, the front framerails are really solid.

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Underbody shots showing where they are working on finishing out the pitted metal.

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More of the same...

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More underbody shots

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Still more

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I took lots of pictures of the underbody since it's not often you can see the underneath side this easy... 

[hemigeno]

Yep, still more of the same - sorry!

[hemigeno]

Some closeups of the trunk seam that they are still working on a little.  When it's done you won't be able to see the seam from the repro trunk floor installation.

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More shots of the welding work on the trunk floor seams

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Some pictures of the rear valance/corners

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Some detail shots of the trunk extensions.  The first one of each perspective is from an NOS extension I was able to find/buy, and the other is a reproduction piece.  There are slight differences in the two, and I'm going to see if they can do a little more work to replicate the NOS stamping's contours on the repro piece.  Details, details...

[hemigeno]

Some lower control arm shots showing the original date codes.  Dave H. (the former owner of my car) was able to provide me with some non-pitted control arms dated within 4 days of these original pieces - that was a very cool find!  The last two shots are of the inner window channel showing the extra screw holes from the A pillar wind deflector screws.

*whew* That's it for now...

[hemi68charger]

Geno,,

Man, she's lookin' awesome !!!


Troy

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

I was going to ask about that trunk seam but you answered my question.......they are doing some top notch work Geno......that bottom is going to be as smooth as the top!

[PocketThunder]

These are all very nice and everything but when are we gonna see some paint!!!!!!!!                            J/K

[hemigeno]

Thanks guys, it is slowly making progress. 

These are all very nice and everything but when are we gonna see some paint!!!!!!!! 

Not soon enough for either of us, believe me...  It might be a while before I can make it back up, so maybe they'll have it all in primer and ready for the paint booth with the next batch of pictures.  Strange how I can let the car sit for years without worrying too much about it, but once the resto gets going I get anxious for it to be done.

Speaking of wanting to see paint on some fresh sheet metal there, PT...         

[69_500]

So Gene when is the next planned trip to Michigan? I'm still hoping to hear back from Vance about the possibility of getting together with the other gentleman, who has a lot of info. Would love to set up an interview with him.

[hemigeno]

Danny, I don't know exactly when I might be going back up.  Maybe Memorial Day weekend?  The whole month of May is really clogged up with weekend activities, so I am scrounging for enough free time to head north.

I'll send you a PM on the possibility of interviewing that other gentleman...

[daytonalo]

Looks like a 40-50 k resto !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hemigeno]

Looks like a 40-50 k resto !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Going this route was slightly cheaper than the cost of renting a big enough time machine to zip back to 1969 and take this car off the showroom floor.  What can I say, I'm a tightwad...   

[69_500]

Not a tightwad, or at least I don't label you as one. Frugal is the word that my wife prefers to be called, and she is definately a tightwad.