Street Freak Rambler build

[big gear head]

I'm very sorry for your misfortune, but I thought that it was pretty well known that you can not sand blast body parts without warping them. I've seen several cars years ago that were scrapped because of this. When I was doing my car I had some areas blasted, such as the door jambs and trunk seal area, but told the blaster not to touch the large areas.

[Mr70]

Bought a '70 chevelle deck lid a few years from a seller whose price included media blasting.I told him it wasn't necessary and agreed to meet him at an upcoming swapmeet.Well he went ahead and blasted it anyway and it pretty much ended up looking like your roof.
Needless to say the deal fell through and he agreed to a refund & how I felt about it.

[GMC_Typhoon]

Any updates on this? I hope it can be saved.

[LetsFNgo]

Thank you for asking. It means quite a bit.

It’s savable. I’m not happy about it, but really the roof is far and away the worst part. I’ll have to spend time shrinking all the sheetmetal into shape and it’ll need a skim coat of filler. But honestly the quarters had a little more hiding than I thought. And while I’m annoyed about the doors I think my dad and I can fix them too.

Otherwise I’ve been having an issue getting head studs for the engine and I can’t put the heads on the engine without them lol. Milodon makes studs. But all the lengths are wrong. They sent me the right length, but the wrong size. It’s been about a month now and I’m still waiting to hear about them sending me the right size and length studs.

Also, it’s been brutally hot and sticky this summer. The car is sitting in a wood garage which wicks the moisture away so the car hasn’t rusted at all. I figure in the fall I’ll be able to get the car in primer and jump into the bodywork. Hopefully I can have an update with engine and blower stuff soon.

[GMC_Typhoon]

Originally Posted by LetsFNgo

Thank you for asking. It means quite a bit.

It’s savable. I’m not happy about it, but really the roof is far and away the worst part. I’ll have to spend time shrinking all the sheetmetal into shape and it’ll need a skim coat of filler. But honestly the quarters had a little more hiding than I thought. And while I’m annoyed about the doors I think my dad and I can fix them too.

Otherwise I’ve been having an issue getting head studs for the engine and I can’t put the heads on the engine without them lol. Milodon makes studs. But all the lengths are wrong. They sent me the right length, but the wrong size. It’s been about a month now and I’m still waiting to hear about them sending me the right size and length studs.

Also, it’s been brutally hot and sticky this summer. The car is sitting in a wood garage which wicks the moisture away so the car hasn’t rusted at all. I figure in the fall I’ll be able to get the car in primer and jump into the bodywork. Hopefully I can have an update with engine and blower stuff soon.

Glad to hear. It's a very interesting build not something you see everyday. Good luck.