Dirtleg
New Member
Well the time has come for me to once again try and get moving on my 65 Sport Fury.
I acquired it in 2002. Drove it for many years and for the most part it was a good looking and driving car.
Was actually used in a Collective Soul music video in about 2004.
It's a 383 with an automatic. Rebuilt transmission in 2003.
Was originally a California car but as I learned that does not mean rust free.
It started with a bubble on the rear drivers quarter in about 2008. As I investigated I realized the quarter had been poorly repaired with bondo and fiberglass.
As I removed more of it I decided it was all coming off and I would go back with new metal as both rear quarters had been done this way and were swiss cheese essentially.
From 2006 through 2008 it had to sit under a cover while I worked out of town. The rain and Virginia humidity were hard on it.
I started working on it and found rust in the drivers side floor, trunk pan and drops as well. I guess I'm a bit OCD and did a complete interior teardown. Was shaping metal for the rear quarters and
fixed the rear floor when my now ex and I split up.
Car sat in storage from 2012 until January of this year.
I finally have a shop again and can work on it. Work will be slow going due to time availability but I'll start a thread on here soon and update as things progress.
Greg.
I good pic and a bad one.
I acquired it in 2002. Drove it for many years and for the most part it was a good looking and driving car.
Was actually used in a Collective Soul music video in about 2004.
It's a 383 with an automatic. Rebuilt transmission in 2003.
Was originally a California car but as I learned that does not mean rust free.
It started with a bubble on the rear drivers quarter in about 2008. As I investigated I realized the quarter had been poorly repaired with bondo and fiberglass.
As I removed more of it I decided it was all coming off and I would go back with new metal as both rear quarters had been done this way and were swiss cheese essentially.
From 2006 through 2008 it had to sit under a cover while I worked out of town. The rain and Virginia humidity were hard on it.
I started working on it and found rust in the drivers side floor, trunk pan and drops as well. I guess I'm a bit OCD and did a complete interior teardown. Was shaping metal for the rear quarters and
fixed the rear floor when my now ex and I split up.
Car sat in storage from 2012 until January of this year.
I finally have a shop again and can work on it. Work will be slow going due to time availability but I'll start a thread on here soon and update as things progress.
Greg.
I good pic and a bad one.
