72 Gs-350 Convertible Project

[J-rod]

Belongs to a customer and I didn't take picture's of it before pulling it apart, by I think you get the picture by the looks of these............

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick001-1.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick003.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick004.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick009.jpg

[J-rod]

I got my work cut out for me but this is nothing compared to some i've done before............
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick030.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick031.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick029.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick028.jpg

[J-rod]

just few more to show the worst of it...........

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick036.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick044.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick039.jpg

AND ON THE UPSIDE I DON'T HAVE TO TOUCH THE ENGINE BAY HE ALREADY DID WHAT HE WANTED.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick015.jpg

[Len]

Boy, those pictures sure remind me of why I stopped using chemical stripper. :fight:

[J-rod]

Yeah the stuff is a mess but i'm done with that now, and on to my grinding disc. And then my sandblaster to get the rust out. Should be a fun project.

[J-rod]

OK a quick little photo update:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/013.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/017.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/024.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/014.jpg

[J-rod]

Now after the blasting and the grinding was done I sanded and did some cutting:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/010.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/004-1.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/007.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/0142.jpg

[J-rod]

More pix's of progress:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick002.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick003-1.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick004-1.jpg
Butt welding will be in order for this patch.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/MarcLaroucues72GSBuick006-1.jpg

[J-rod]

Same goes for the hood and one of the fenders, strippr and sanding were in order:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/005-1.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/003.jpg

I'm taking a few days off this project because I have some insurance work coming into the shop this week so I will update again when I get back on it.

[carcrazy]

Coming along quite nicely!!

[J-rod]

Well the GS project got put on hold since the customer had to buy a bunch of parts. So hopefully it will be back in the shop soon, not this coming week but the week after.

So since there is no work, because it's dead around here, I brought my wagon in to pass the time. My daily driver.....

Here's a before shot:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/HPIM6495.jpg

And now, it's not done, so I will only tease you:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/HPIM2668.jpg
And one outside for now , more to come............
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/HPIM2675.jpg

[Rustbelttrucker]

A question for you if you don't mind. I noticed on the driver side quarter that there is surface rust present on the inner structure up behind the qtr patch you installed. How will you address this? Won't this continue to rust from the inside out over time? Not criticizing, just wondering what you do.

[J-rod]

Well since the car is still in limbo none of that work has been done yet. Nothing is welded on yet. I always sandblast and epoxy all rusted areas. I will post pix's of what I do once the customer gives me the go ahead to start again.

[tschmitt]

Great job so far. I love all of the progress pics. Keep up the great work jrod.

[Rustbelttrucker]

Well since the car is still in limbo none of that work has been done yet. Nothing is welded on yet. I always sandblast and epoxy all rusted areas. I will post pix's of what I do once the customer gives me the go ahead to start again.

I figured you'd do that with the exposed areas and I see you only cut out what was necessary to make the repair. What I was wondering about was the surface rust that appears to run up around the wheel well and behind the repair. How you go about addressing these areas on repairs like this?

I like your wagon. On first glance I was thinking it was really clean and that you had just polished and detailed it. On my second look I see that you removed the woodgrain vinyl and two-toned it. Looks great! What did you do about the trim? Lets see some more pics.

[J-rod]

Oh I really can't do anything other than once the car is done go back in and spray an oily based product up behind the panel via the trunk.

As for my Wagon I will start another thread.

[J-rod]

Well I ran into some major issues with this convertible and it set the customer into a bit of a loop, so the vehicle got set aside for quite some time.
Now that I am back to work on it this is what I have been doing the past month.

The driver rear quarter had to come off due to the fact that this car was rear ended and everything was out of whack plus they brazed on the quarter so I welded it back on.
The rear trunk panel had to be replaced as well,...... as you will see why in the photos.

The problems showed themselves when I got a new trunk lid, the trunk lid was overlaping the quarter panel as shown below.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/HPIM4170.jpg

But just prior to that I noticed the damage to the rear trunk panle and lower trunk extension, tha car has been rear ended and not straigthened properly.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/HPIM4144.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/HPIM4150.jpg

Due to the damage of the rear trunk panel I choose to replace it with a nice used one in hopes that that would correct my problem.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/HPIM4169.jpg

[J-rod]

Here's a shot of it with the quarter panel off, along with some trouble spots found behind it.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/HPIM4185.jpg
I needed that measurment so I could see how far off it really was, and it was off bigtime and the owner had even put a new trunk floor section in on that side which only made it worst because his welds were holding it back.

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/HPIM4188.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/HPIM4183.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/HPIM4181.jpg

[J-rod]

More random shots of car apart:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/009.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/008-1.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/005-2.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/007-1.jpg

[J-rod]

Random shots:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/001.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/004.jpg

After leveling the car and putting my laser level to work here is what my problem looked like:

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/007-2.jpg

After many hours of pulling and pounding this is what the rear tail panel looked like, I was very happy to get it to this point:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/004-2.jpg

[J-rod]

So I got sick of welding so I did body work on some of the other panels to get into a new groove.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/001-5.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/002-6.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/003-4.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/007-6.jpg

[J-rod]

Some finish paint work on the fenders and doors to give me hope that this car will look good:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/002-7.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/007-7.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/004-5.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/008-5.jpg

[J-rod]

Well this is the passenger side of the car, patch panel heaven.
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/005-4.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/011-2.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/014-3.jpg

And my piece for the lower rear section:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/006-1.jpg

[J-rod]

More patch work pix's:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/019-1.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/018.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/008-3.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/009-2.jpg

[J-rod]

Once I seen how rusted the wheel arch was I cut it out and replaced it with good solid piece's off of a 4 door.
Now all these piece since they are off of a donor quarter,
they all had to be drilled and taken apart so I could put them on the car as individual piece's. (I hate drilling spot welds)

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/002-3.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/003-5.jpg

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/005-5.jpg

This same exact thing was done to the driverside before welding the quarter back on, I just didn't take pix's of it or forgot cause I was to busy.

[J-rod]

More cutting, drilling and welding
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/006-4.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/007-4.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/008-4.jpg
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e360/1967bigdaddy/009-3.jpg

Now just lots of grinding was ahead of me and the other side quarter.

[J-rod]

Oooops photobucket is down for maintence. I'll load more tonight to show you where I am at with this resurection. Thanks for looking.