hummmm

The guy that rebuilt the water pump painted it and it didn’t look right. Just used some lacquer thinner on a rag and took it right off. I will use a Q tip to remove it in the little areas I couldn’t get to.

Making some headway. Front and back glass are in and the engine is mostly assembled.

I’ll second Eric’s estimate. I bought a 62 Jetfire parts car (with turbo long gone) for $900. It also had Flintstone floors.

Is this car located in Texas?

As much as I hate to say it, if it is to the point of needing floors it is only a parts car. There are no body parts available for these cars and if the floors are gone then it will have rust elsewhere. I pick up parts cars for between $800 and $2000 depending on what parts and options are left that are usable.

The passenger side glass is done and the back driver side glass is done. I will get back tot he driver door glass at a later time. I have moved on to the engine because I needed to get some of it cleaned up before cold weather comes. For a year I have been back and forth on if I wanted to do a full rebuild on the engine. I have decided to leave…[Read more]

I never did get back to the driver side. I have been putting it off and dreading going back to it. It has the correct part number molded into the rubber so I think I got the correct one. I used an NOS rubber on the passenger side and fit perfect and seals great. I have had 5 or 6 people now say that the Steele Rubber part fit theirs great so I…[Read more]

Hi Eric,
What has become of your vent window seals? Wrong ones sent or did the finally fit?

The hood and the tops of the fenders were repainted in the early 70’s due to a minor altercation with a truck and a guard rail. I am fairly sure the passenger side fender was replaced as the holes in that fender lip are way bigger than the other fenders and all have speed nuts on the back. Anyway, this is what cracked lacquer paint looks like with…[Read more]

I am having some trouble posting on this forum. Can some one here explain why when I clicked on the ‘insert into content’ option on my photos – the photos did not insert? After clicking that command, the photo ‘file name’ appeared in the document above, everything seemed to be cool: however after posting – none of the photos inserted in the…[Read more]

We have been diligently working away on this car for the last year but all the while I have been waiting for the day that my son would take it away to bring out the best in the paint. Brandon has some amazing skills when it comes to paint restoration

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. . . . reminds me of our trip back…[Read more]

Nice job! Your car’s looking good and I like that license plate.

I need to get back at posting here.
The front bumper, passenger side was bent slightly. Steve had dealt with tweaked bumpers before and was sure he could fix this ‘nearly new’. I was skeptical and worried he would make it worse. Trust in your husband Sandy! He jerry rigged a gadget using bar-stock, vice grips, a pry bar, a block of wood and…[Read more]