'69 Uncut Caribbean Turquoise Rebuild - EFI 408w Stroker, 35 Spine Axles

[Jarrett h]

Wanted to remove the passenger vent for paint & most the bolt retaining clips broke during removal. The three bolts holding the fender on inside the passenger door had to have extensions welded on so I could remove them. Phillips head bolts...really?! That's the original color on the inner fender, pretty cool.

 

[Jarrett h]

Almost complete patching holes. Next steps will be prepping engine area of frame for paint, then prep engine bay for a few layers of primer.

 

[Jarrett h]

 

[Jarrett h]

Little body mount & fender fix. This had been bugging me for a while.

 

[DirtDonk]

You can definitely call this one a patchwork and absolutely meaning it as a good thing!

 

[sprdv1]

lotta accomplished bubba.. keep it up

 

[raleigh_bronco]

Just curious if you plan to break in that new mill with the headers installed or your old manifolds?

 

[Jarrett h]

You can definitely call this one a patchwork and absolutely meaning it as a good thing!

A little bit of a pain, but I know it it will be worth it in the end.

lotta accomplished bubba.. keep it up

Thank you. The plan is to have the motor in at least sitting on the frame within a couple weeks.

Just curious if you plan to break in that new mill with the headers installed or your old manifolds?

Nope, I'll likely just use manifolds to protect the headers.


First two coats of primer are on, I am going to use body filler on the patch areas & seam sealer around the panels before another two coats of primer. The paint is a single stage Bright Racing Aqua Acrylic Urethane.

 

[Shimmy]

nice work!!!

 

[nvrstuk]

Looking good!!

 

[Jarrett h]

Looking good!!

Thank you!

 

[sprdv1]

Hell yeah.. keep grinding brother

 

[Jarrett h]

Took a piece of the fender to an auto paint supply place locally so they could use their spectrophotometer tool. The mixed match was close-ish…they are working at it more to find the match.

 

[sprdv1]

Took a piece of the fender to an auto paint supply place locally so they could use their spectrophotometer tool. The mixed match was close-ish…they are working at it more to find the match.

good luck

 

[blade]

Nice build so far. Engine bay will look great color matched.

 

[Jarrett h]

Teaser, the plan is to get the engine in this weekend! It's only been a few years

 

[Jarrett h]

Well..shes in boys! I almost shed a tear, this feeling felt similar to seeing my son born. Solo job, it was about 6 beers to gauge the time & I started sipping the Colorado Coolade after things started to get tight!

With that said, I want to thank UNICEF, FJB, & my lovely wife!

 

[DirtDonk]

A milestone!
Hmm, where'd that grease on your hands come from? I don't see any on the Bronco...

 

[Jarrett h]

A milestone!
Hmm, where'd that grease on your hands come from? I don't see any on the Bronco...

Yes!

Haha, the undercarriage still has 50 years of grime!

 

[sprdv1]

Looking so dam good.. good job