61 Unibody build aka "The Beast Build"

Beast · Post by **Beast** » November 21, 2012, 12:53 am

This thing sat motionless in a old barn for 15 years. Now to bring the beast to life!

Started by pulling it out. Well I should say dragging it out, as two wheels were locked up. [img

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Beast · Post by **Beast** » November 21, 2012, 1:05 am

Beast · Post by **Beast** » November 21, 2012, 1:19 am

Old 292 pulled and front body pulled off. We sand blasted the frame and fire wall. Put some rust reformer on there and painted it up.

Beast · Post by **Beast** » November 21, 2012, 1:24 am

Also got some like new wheels and tires on the low. They'll work out for awhile.

olliesshop · Post by **olliesshop** » November 21, 2012, 3:12 am

Looking good !!!

slickmainer · Post by **slickmainer** » November 21, 2012, 9:41 am

looks super solid, nice score

Beast · Post by **Beast** » November 21, 2012, 12:16 pm

Thanks guys! It has held up pretty well over the years. There's only a few bad rust spots but they're fixed now. I'll post more pictures later today. Stay tuned!

Beast · Post by **Beast** » November 21, 2012, 5:48 pm

Ripped the grille off and polished it up. It polished up real nice. Sanded down the inner fenders, wheel wells, put some rust reformer on them and painted em up.

therealjoeshmoe · Post by **therealjoeshmoe** » November 21, 2012, 6:03 pm

I WOULDNT EVEN PAINT IT, ID DRIVE IT LIKE THAT, THAT THING IS SAAWEEET!!!

Beast · Post by **Beast** » November 21, 2012, 6:05 pm

Now lets get to the good part... The Engine!!! Now the engine wasn't running right. We weren't getting enough compression. So we yanked it apart to find the rings lost their stiffness. They were stuck to the pistons and bent off like bailing wire lol. So here's the engine rebuild..

Beast · Post by **Beast** » November 22, 2012, 2:46 am

therealjoeshmoe wrote:I WOULDNT EVEN PAINT IT, ID DRIVE IT LIKE THAT, THAT THING IS SAAWEEET!!!

haha thanks man! The patina'd turquoise has actually really grown on me. I hate to see it go but I can't stand pulling up to a car show in it and being next to all these nice fully restored cars. It's kinda funny how the whole engine and bay is all freshly painted tho. People are like woah I didn't expect that when I pop the hood lol

totten · Post by **totten** » November 22, 2012, 8:22 pm

Great start and how's the interior & bed ?

Beast · Post by **Beast** » November 22, 2012, 11:02 pm

totten wrote:Great start and how's the interior & bed ?

I'll post some pictures as soon as I'm back in town. It's lookin really good

turbohunter · Post by **turbohunter** » November 25, 2012, 9:45 am

You should put that 292 on a diet.
It seems to have gained some weight.

Beast · Post by **Beast** » November 25, 2012, 11:24 am

turbohunter wrote:You should put that 292 on a diet.
It seems to have gained some weight.

Haha nah it just grew up to be a 460.

Beast · Post by **Beast** » November 26, 2012, 2:12 am

totten wrote:Great start and how's the interior & bed ?

I'll jump ahead a bit. Here's the interior. I've done more just haven't taken any new pictures yet. The bench seat has new foam and leather by Teocal in Ft Worth. Oh and I painted the seat arms with some sort of hardened paint. Made a new glove box out of an old home ac unit's metal.

slickmainer · Post by **slickmainer** » November 26, 2012, 12:15 pm

looks great!

bird55 · Post by **bird55** » November 26, 2012, 7:51 pm

great glove box! Why would anyone ever buy a cardboard one after seeing that.

Beast · Post by **Beast** » November 27, 2012, 3:12 am

bird55 wrote:great glove box! Why would anyone ever buy a cardboard one after seeing that.

lol thanks. I wasn't gonna pay for a peice of cardboard

1965fordf100 · Post by **1965fordf100** » November 27, 2012, 6:11 pm

Looks awesome! Keep those pics comin

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