OneStopRestoration's Special Orange 69 Chevelle 300 Deluxe Coupe

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Originally Posted by chevyman0429

Anything new ?

Nothing really too exciting. Alot of prep work for the different resto process. Cleaned bucket full of hardware readied for plating. Pile of Chrome to be stripped, and the always touch and go pressed out the water pump bearings to accept a new rebuild kit.

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My time is also being spent sanding and filling pits, removing sharp edges, weld spatter............etc. After I get off work I only get a few hours a night. I make most of my progress on the weekends.

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Frame was really easy to work on, sanded twice, and 95% of the light pitting is gone. The nicest frame I have ever worked on. Beautiful morning for some bug and wind free painting.

Moved it to the finish room/paint booth.

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Once i have all the chassis parts smoothed out with no rust pits, its time to press back in the bushings. Ive made some simple tooling over years to help. I use the press as much as possible with the except of the rear end, where they have to be pulled into place.

[scuncio]

Love this thread, good inspiration for my own builds!

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Amongst some of the smaller items to redo i blasted, cleared, and painted the seat tracks. Ive seen variations on if the full foot track is fully black, ends black and in a few instances no black. Regardless of how it came, i dont wanna see my feet once installed. The springs got some color because i get tired of everything being natural finish.

[CamarosRus]

Are you familair with SPI Epoy Primer...........Great Quality Product, Much less $$$
than Big BRand NAmes shipped directly to your door............

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Originally Posted by CamarosRus

Are you familair with SPI Epoy Primer...........Great Quality Product, Much less $$$
than Big BRand NAmes shipped directly to your door............

Im actually not familiar with that product. I tend to keep things simple and purchase products from either the Keystone company for things like lacquer primer and other consumables like lacquer, and then work my way through the ppg and omni or shop lines of ppg for all remaining epoxy primers, topcoats, basecoats, and clears.

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I was curious if anyone could provide some explination about a few things related to the 300 deluxe cars. Upon getting into the car I noticed that there were small twisted shank nails pounded into the floor board area of the car in various spots below say the kick panels, along where the sill plates go, and even along the back edge of the interior where the floor carpet/matt would have ended just under where the seat frame attaches.

The nails look very factory to me, so im curious as to was this a way to hold down some sub insulation? Where these nails used to actually tack down the rubber floor, or is this just a case of something odd happened to the car during its life? Pictures showing some areas where I found them.

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Seems like just about every car I restore someone has butchered the speaker holes. Pretty easy fix. Always nice using original metal as it fits into place with no massaging or mismatching of holes and profiles.