70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Wow, that looks too confusing to reassemble.
1969 Imperial progress thread
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With literally thousands of photos, it should be doable ;)
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
Shouldn't they be in labeled Baggies.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
No barcodes? I'm disappointed.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
bluefury361
Old Man with a Hat
Seems reasonable to me for a single car restoration.... For Julian anyways.
My brother has a storage robot in his pharmacy. Hmmmmmmmmm 
Another weekend full of metal work is over again.
I continued to work on the trunk extensions and their supports under the rear panel.
Old '69 extensions vs. new '72 extensions. They are slightly different on top. But I think for good. The old ones had a support (that was not welded to the rear panel) on top, inside the trunk, the new ones have a support box underneath.
And the groove on top of the old ones had no use...
The rear end of the extensions is different as well because the lower quarter panels have a different shape on the '72. But we will adapt that.
Next were the ends of the rear supports itself. They were not salvageable...
So I made new ones from scratch.
They came out pretty nice for my first self made sheet metal parts I think.
I continued to work on the trunk extensions and their supports under the rear panel.
Old '69 extensions vs. new '72 extensions. They are slightly different on top. But I think for good. The old ones had a support (that was not welded to the rear panel) on top, inside the trunk, the new ones have a support box underneath.
And the groove on top of the old ones had no use...
The rear end of the extensions is different as well because the lower quarter panels have a different shape on the '72. But we will adapt that.
Next were the ends of the rear supports itself. They were not salvageable...
So I made new ones from scratch.
They came out pretty nice for my first self made sheet metal parts I think.
And we started with the passenger floor pan. But I ran out of time to finish it this weekend.
The donor car gets lighter and lighter...
But still a lot of nice parts left on it.
But still a lot of nice parts left on it.
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
We're smoking again. Great work Vodka. I was worried for a while.
Sometimes, life gets in the way. But I will always come back and finish this project!
And right now, I'm learning something new every time I'm working on the car. That's nice!
commando1
Old Man with a Hat
I'm probably the only person in South Central Florida that now knows the '69' and '73 Imperial extensions are different.
'72
luigi164
Active Member
Well done Julian ...I remember doing this kind of stuff long time ago when I was restoring a 1951 Cadillac.
A lot of work but at that time I loved it. Specially after a long day at the office and then after work to get your hands dirty...
...I remember doing this kind of stuff long time ago when I was restoring a 1951 Cadillac. A lot of work but at that time I loved it. Specially after a long day at the office and then after work to get your hands dirty...
70bigblockdodge
Old Man with a Hat
Sheet metal ****! I love it.Another weekend full of metal work is over again.
I continued to work on the trunk extensions and their supports under the rear panel.
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Old '69 extensions vs. new '72 extensions. They are slightly different on top. But I think for good. The old ones had a support (that was not welded to the rear panel) on top, inside the trunk, the new ones have a support box underneath.
And the groove on top of the old ones had no use...
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The rear end of the extensions is different as well because the lower quarter panels have a different shape on the '72. But we will adapt that.
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Next were the ends of the rear supports itself. They were not salvageable...
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So I made new ones from scratch.
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They came out pretty nice for my first self made sheet metal parts I think.
And one of the few who can spell CrystlerI'm probably the only person in South Central Florida that now knows the '69' and '73 Imperial extensions are different.
As always, its fun seeing what you've been up to. Nice workSometimes, life gets in the way. But I will always come back and finish this project!
And right now, I'm learning something new every time I'm working on the car. That's nice!
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