69frd 10 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 (edited) Well 95% anyway.......... Still a few small bugs (you might notice the windscreen wiper :whistling:) Just registered my 1970 Mach 1 that I've been re-building for the last 2 years. The car is an original 351 Cleveland 4V car but was in pretty poor condition when I got it, I ended up having to replace the shock towers, rear 1/4 & taillight panel as part of the build. Ended up going a bit of a different route with a few things, pretty much everything was done at home to save on cost to help pay for parts. Haven't taken any completed pics of the interior or engine bay yet so the ones here are a few weeks old. Car has lots of subtle body mods to give a clean appearance. Engine now is a worked 351 Cleveland, 4 spd toploader & LSD 9" (original car) Edited December 9, 2008 by 69frd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Justafordguy 10 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 All I have to say is WOW!!!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
02Lightning 10 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 Very nice, what size wheels and tires? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
opie_803 14 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 looks good, congrats! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flight96 14 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 Very Nice !!! What do you have on the floors ? Sound deadner ?? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grabber70Mach 107 Report post Posted December 9, 2008 Looks nice, on the fifth picture how are you doing 60 with the door open and no one in the drivers seat. :whistling: :tongue_smilie: Do you have a write-up or pics on your gauge conversion? Did you do it yourself? Thanks for sharing. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Burn 14 Report post Posted December 10, 2008 Nice job! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69frd 10 Report post Posted December 10, 2008 (edited) Thanks guys for the positive feedback. Rim sizes are 20" rear & 18" front, probably both pretty close to the limit without modifying clearances, can't remember the tire sizes off hand but if you're really insteresed I can check. Speedo does some sort calibration when livened up, I pretty much copied what this guy did but used a different mounting system for the guages. http://www.geocities.com/kvinkler/gauges/page_01.htm And yep sound deadner on the floors & doors, this pic was before the carpet was fitted. Edited December 10, 2008 by 69frd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coz 108 Report post Posted December 10, 2008 I see you filled the gaps in the front and rear buckets. How did you do that? Bondo/putty or leaded in? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pakrat 1,043 Report post Posted December 10, 2008 Looks nice! Molding in the fender extensions and end caps always makes me nervous though, it looks clean at first but inevitably always cracks at some point. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69frd 10 Report post Posted December 10, 2008 Yeah, really hard to stop these cracking. At fist I tried a few different forms of welding/brazing but nothing would stick to both metals properly, few earlier tries all cracked heavily. Theres also a lot of flex in the front buckets and mounting problems once they are permanantly fixed like how to fix the plastic backing pieces. I ended up fabricating some brackets to support the buckets against the guards in a few spots and expoxying & bolting the pieces together (sorry, don't know if you have a different name in the US). Re-enforced, bolted and epoxied joint was very strong and survived being knock around in the shed during prep & paint; also removed the factory panel joint rubber so the parts have direct contact. BUT!!! these are dis-similar metals and thicknesses and no matter what you do they expand/contract at different rates and will crack, trick I found is to keep this as a minor as possible and mine developed some small hairline cracks only noticable on close inspection. If you simply used filler in the joints you would end up with some pretty big cracks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Grabber70Mach 107 Report post Posted December 10, 2008 Thanks guys for the positive feedback. Rim sizes are 20" rear & 18" front, probably both pretty close to the limit without modifying clearances, can't remember the tire sizes off hand but if you're really insteresed I can check. Speedo does some sort calibration when livened up, I pretty much copied what this guy did but used a different mounting system for the guages. http://www.geocities.com/kvinkler/gauges/page_01.htm And yep sound deadner on the floors & doors, this pic was before the carpet was fitted.[/quote Thanks for the info on the cluster. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Armond 10 Report post Posted December 11, 2008 Great job! It looks very mean. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69shaker 11 Report post Posted December 11, 2008 Car looks great. What brand/color is the paint? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
69frd 10 Report post Posted December 11, 2008 What brand/color is the paint? In Oz its a Holden Commodore Colour Nickel Metal Mettalic, in the US you guys know them as a Pontiac GTO. Local brand here was Concept Paints, 2 pack clear over base system. I was initially going a very white silver with a black base, but this has pretty much the same effect. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
