Slick 60's

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[/img]

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.

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

Looking good !!!

looks super solid, nice score

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!

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.

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

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..

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

Great start and how's the interior & bed ?

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

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

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.

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.

looks great!

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

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

Looks awesome! Keep those pics comin