Chevelle updates

[VintageMusclecar]

Only a brief update for this week.

Bodyguy #1 wound up flying solo this week as body guy #2 has been out of town for his work. Still, he (#1) managed to get the pass. side fender done and ready to block out and was hard at work on the drivers side fender when we arrived today.

Here he is blocking out the "Icing" finish filler coat.



Pass. side fender back in place.



Still amazes me how he got these lines back so well.



Bodyguy says the DS fender should be in DP90 tomorrow and he'll be starting on the windshield filler panel repair and getting the hood dialed in next week.

More later.

[njsteve]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: VintageMusclecar</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

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That's an amazing set of stands the car is bolted to. Are they vintage bodyshop equipment or are they available commercially? I'd love to get a set of those. They'd be perfect for detailing/cleaning the underbody.

[VintageMusclecar]

Back at it again.

To wrap up the last update, may I present one drivers side fender ready for final prep.



Bodyguy called today to let me know the windshield channel filler was out and ready for me to photograph. We arrived just as he was pulling the steering column for a little additional working room.



As was noted during the last visit, there was some rust at the DS corner of the dash, but all things considered, this will be an easy repair.





The passenger side was in good shape.



It's so encouraging to see how thorough Bodyguy is when it comes to making sure everything is right. Since he was already this far into the job, he went ahead and pulled the dash chassis all the way out so it can be fully repaired and prepped.



Here are the remnants of the old windshield filler panel, and the new replacement beside it.



More &quot;rust free&quot;...er...&quot;free rust.&quot;



Upon initial fitting, the replacement panel *appears to* fit pretty well.



I'll be calling the glass guy tomorrow to get a new windshield delivered to the shop so the filler panel fit can be verified before they start welding things back in place. Bodyguy says he has 1 1/2 days worth of cleaning to do before anything can start going back into place anyways, so things should time out OK.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: njsteve</div><div class="ubbcode-body">
That's an amazing set of stands the car is bolted to. Are they vintage bodyshop equipment or are they available commercially? I'd love to get a set of those. They'd be perfect for detailing/cleaning the underbody. </div></div>

I asked Bodyguy where he got this unit, and he told me he bought it off the Mac Tools truck back in the mid `80's. He doesn't know if this particular make/model is still being made, but here's the company info tag on the unit--maybe they're still around?



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More later.

[njsteve]

Thanks for the Info on the car caddie but I guess they went out of business a long time ago. Number no longer in service. I cant find any current info on that contraption. Bummer!