South Deerfield restoration project!

[JimL65]

My cart makes it so much easier to move the shell in and out of the barn/shop!

[JimL65]

I am going to be using the Wolf Steel lower rear repair panels for the rear quarters.

[elagache]

Thanks Jim for the update and the fresh pics! . . . 

Cheers, Edouard 

[GS66]

Nice progress Jim! Thank you for the update.

[red65gs]

Good Inspiration, thank you!

[WkillGS]

Does anyone have any wheel well arch sheet metal on they're parts car they could spare??? Right side

You may be able to splice in repair sections from a front fender...

[Robk]

Walt is correct.

My friend who did my body on my car spliced in some front fender sections on my car with good results.  There are photos on my restoration thread on this site from about ten years ago which is titled "Restoring my Rusty 65 4spd convert from start (and hopefully) to finish".  If you scroll through the posts on that thread you will see photos of an unpainted section of a front fender which was spliced in.  I would move the image to this thread but that is a bit over my head from a technology standpoint.

Good luck with the project.  It looks great.

Rob K

http://65gs.com/board/index.php/topic,312.15.html

[JimL65]

Thanks Walt and RobK

I do remember seeing your photo's Rob. I actual made a template of the rear wheel arch and compared it to the front fender and with a little tweaking looks pretty darn close. But I will still need the sheet metal to do this as I do not have extra fenders...yet

Thanks for your help guys
JimL

[cwmcobra]

I have a 4-door parts car that has decent wheel well arches.  I think they are the same as the 2-doors, but not sure.  I'll send pictures later today.

Chuck

[Loren At 65GS]

I have a 4-door parts car that has decent wheel well arches.  I think they are the same as the 2-doors, but not sure.  I'll send pictures later today.

Chuck

Yes they are the same.

  Loren

[JimL65]

Trunk coming out reveals a Pandora's box of other problems...UGH

[JimL65]

Wheel wells. My plan is to replace the bottoms of the wheel wells

[JimL65]

Trunk Drop Offs
I have a friend who has just done a 1965 Chevy Chevelle. Looking at his drop offs looks pretty close. I'm going to try a set of those. With a little cutting ,bending, grinding, cussing, etc it will be better than what is there. Any advise, suggestion, insults, welcome from those who have "been there done that" are welcome

[JimL65]

Inside of lower right tail light panel.

[Loren At 65GS]

Wowsers Jim, You certainly have opened Pandora's box there. Best of luck with the metal work.

  Loren