out with the new and in with the old. (build thread)

[1967eleanor]

since the weather was shitty I did more interior work and rebuilt the fold down rear seat assembly. I stripped off the old nasty faded carpet and polished up the trim.

new carpet from cj pony parts

old rear floor before

after removing the trim

after removing the old carpet

new carpet cut and glued on.

trim before

after a little mother polish and elbow grease

rear floor assembled

now for the actual fold down seat (in the down position)

before

old carpet removed and new carpet cut ready to be installed.

more trim before and afters

seatback part all done

stripping the front part was a PITA, the guy at the ford factory in 1967 must have done this after lunch on a Wednesday because it has a ton of glue on it.

new carpet

more trim work

whole assembly all done

 

[1967eleanor]

These were on back order but finally got these in the mail today.

buttons installed and the new cover ready to go on.

all done

whole assm

put a fresh coat of paint on the back while i was at it

 

[nate71velly]

Looks outstanding:thumbsup:

 

[MPRT_H8R]

holy crap! that is so amazing. i wish i had the skill to do things like. your work is awesome. please keep us all updated.....i cant wait to see more!

 

[5spd07gt]

awesome build, very impressive work

 

[69clark]

Looks great Dave!

 

[1967eleanor]

thanks all!

 

[black 10th vert]

Incredible work, you can really see the improvement compared to when you first started on the end caps/trunk area...... Though it is kinda comical what was considered acceptable panel gaps back in the day.

It wasn't just the factory gaps that were crappy, but almost all aftermarket fiberglass is junk, when it comes to fitment! Op, you are doing a fantastic job fixing all of the ill fitting stuff, and making it fit with today's expectations of fit, and finish!:beer:

 

[1967eleanor]

It wasn't just the factory gaps that were crappy, but almost all aftermarket fiberglass is junk, when it comes to fitment! Op, you are doing a fantastic job fixing all of the ill fitting stuff, and making it fit with today's expectations of fit, and finish!:beer:

thanks!

So many of these "eleanor" cars are FILLED with bodyfiller. It makes me crazy. My goal was to use as little as possible.

notice the amount of filler on the roof of this car.

 

[Lefty10]

Nice work so far man. Keep it up!

 

[mysteed]

Wow, very impressive build.

 

[rcn4god]

they are getting hard to come by, clean reasonably prices ones.

ya if y6ou want one that bad and have money someone COULD get a NEW shell but then you have to register it as 2010 or whatever year you finish...the bodies are 15k tho...and you have to smog stuff which sucks

 

[dads01dream]

Hey OP

Given the progress you've made thus far, about how many hours has it taken you to get this stuff done in all your pictures?

I see all these updates & think "oh man, if this was me doing that stuff...... I'd probably still be unloading the car from the trailer"!!!! :nonono:

 

[1967eleanor]

Hey OP

Given the progress you've made thus far, about how many hours has it taken you to get this stuff done in all your pictures?

I see all these updates & think "oh man, if this was me doing that stuff...... I'd probably still be unloading the car from the trailer"!!!! :nonono:

to be honest i'm not sure, I work on it when i have free time, a few hours here a few hours there, but 3 weeks of working on it pretty much everyday for a couple hours.

 

[dads01dream]

That's terrific...... Wish I could get outta my couch potato ways and start doing stuff myself. We're supposed to be getting some warmer weather soon - Perhaps you've inspired me? epper:

:sleeping: Oops, there I go again! j/k

 

[CobraMac]

Looking great! Subscribing to this! Where'd you learn to do all this stuff??

 

[Buddy17]

thanks!

So many of these "eleanor" cars are FILLED with bodyfiller. It makes me crazy. My goal was to use as little as possible.

notice the amount of filler on the roof of this car.

that pic definitely looks like some P!SSED off wife took a baseball bat to her husbands prized possession that he spent way too much time with! :banana:

 

[IEatGt's]

Nice work!!

 

[25thmustang]

Badass build!!! I will be watching this one all the way to the end!

 

[bigjohnson4.6gt]

awesome work, i think its even better your taking your time and doing everything right with it. Cant wait to see the finished project