Jesse 69 Fastback

Yep. I've been waiting for the ability to directly post pictures to come back. I have a boat-load of work done that I'd like to share with everyone, but I'm not wanting to have to jump through hoops just to share photos. Honestly, this site has so much historical knowledge documented in it, and worried that it's all gonna get dumped one day. I'm pretty bummed that the site owner seems to go AWOL for months at a time.

The latest bot posters seem to be from accounts created years ago. Can we do a scan of accounts and purge/lock ones that look suspicious? Have all of the recent issues with bots posting been from old accounts, or are they also getting newly created? I’m happy to help in any way. I’ve been in the tech industry for over 30 years.

I have a bunch of photos to post on my project progress as well. Anyone know when that will be enabled again?

Highly unlikely. But I'm in for next year for sure. When I finally get the car back from the shop, it's gonna be a long journey to get it back on the road. I'm planning on being very meticulous with the reassembly. Every singe part is gonna be refurbished or replaced. Also, any ideas what's up with not being able to upload images?

Well, a LOT has happened since I last posted an update. When we got the car back from the acid dip in Arizona, it was very clear that bad thangs had happened in this car's 50+ years of life. At some point, the car had been hit pretty hard in the rear, and there was also some pretty decent damage to the front passenger side. Might have been part of the same accident, maybe not. Either way, the person or persons that "fixed it" did not do a very good job. In the rear, the frame had been cut and then "repaired" and very poorly. The front was not much better. On top of that most of the sheet metal was pretty bad in areas, and after a lot of back and forth, me and the shop owner decided to go with new sheet metal wherever we could. I'm still on the fence about if this was a good idea or not, since repop metal is a crap shoot, but here we are. So after creating a jig in the car to keep track of anchor points, the car was chooped up pretty good. Since then, he's been slowly working on getting all the new metal installed. New torque boxes, new floor pan pannels in the front, new passenger inner fender, new core support, new fenders, new hood (that one because the acid dip place dented the crap out of the original, so they bought me a new one). The whole rear end has been rebuilt, and I've decided to install a mini tub kit as well, which should be going in next week. I'd love to share some pics of the car along the journey, and the current status, but pic uploads don't seem to be working...

So happy to see some progress on getting the site online! Thank you so much!

I’m still hoping there’s something we can do to help with this issue. I’m Seems to be happening more and more frequently. This site has such a huge wealth of knowledge. I’d hate to lose it.

Just donated. Hope that helps.

Happened again in December. Is there anything we can do to help?

What’s the monthly cost of the site? What forum software is being used, and what does that cost? I’ve benefited quite a bit from this forum and would like to help keep it going. Can you share some numbers?

It's been a while since I posted an update, and a lot has changed! After sitting about a year and a half on the waitlist, my body shop is ready to start on the car. I stripped the car of every last panel and bolt, in preparation for sending it off to Xpress Metal Cleaning in Phoenix, AZ. There I had it acid dipped to remove everything but the steal. Next week it gets picked up and delivered to the body shop to start the real work! The car did look pretty good before the dip, and people would ask me, "Why are you doing this, the car looks great as it is!" Well, one look at the quarter panels after the acid dip is all I needed to know that I did the right thing! Once we have it back and can look at it in person, we'll determine of the quarters will need to be reskinned. Right now I'm thinking yes. Teardown begins! Loaded up for transport: Squeaky clean after the dip:

Thanks everyone!

Looking for pics and your experiences with different grill covers (aftermarket plates that cover from the back of the grill to the radiator support). I’ve seen products on CJ Pony, Jegs, and Vivid Racing, but they just show poor photos of the product and not installed examples. I’ll be looking to paint mine the body color. Thanks in advance!

Thanks for the offer, but I already picked one up from West Coast Classic Cougar.

There’s an easier way to remove the tar-based sound deadener. Check this out: Regardless, I’m planning on going with Lizard Skin when I get the metalwork and paint done.