Thanks to all for your comments. Everything went smoothly last night. All the body mount bolts came out without trouble except for one, which they torched off. The body is off to the chemical dipper today and will stay in the acid tank for 3 or 4 weeks. I didn't realize it would be that long, but it should come out nice and clean. He probably will beat me on the paint work before I get the chassis done unless I get cranking on it. Now begins the fun part!
One interesting thing that happened while I was there, the owner of the shop got a call from the editor of Super Chevy magazine. Terry something or other. They want him to do a project for them. Sounded like an early sixties Plymouth or something. When he got off the phone, he said that he has done work for the magazine in the past and has made a lot of connections with parts suppliers through them. He offered to pass along to me all the discounts he gets without marking anything up for all the stuff I'm going to need. I thought that was pretty cool of him.
-Matt
At 05:01 AM 11/19/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Glass-sealer......Even with the rope type seal the glass will move on you after install. An auto glass installer told me to use little rubber blocks in the glass track to locate the glass. When I put my glass in I made my own little rubber blocks and the glass sits nice and has been in over 5 yrs with no problem. It took some time trial and error to get it but now the trim fits right. If you don;t spend the time on glass install you get poor fitting window trim that won;t look right
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:42 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] off to the body shop
> Matt.... > > Some thoughts from my 1968 SS restoration, after dealing with 2 bodyshops. > First one I had to sue in court and the second turned out to be the best in > the area. > > I never thought about the windshield and back window. But when the car was > completed, I noticed both glass were about 1/4" lower (deeper) than the > trim and the trim had a big gap. Also, the sealer had compressed beyond the > trim and was visible in many spots! All other properly installed windows > have the trim touching the glass. They had used urethane sealer instead of > rope spacers! Summer heat had allowed the glass to press the sealer too > much while wet. I insisted they repair this but they balked due to the > problems involved with removing/reworking both glass on an otherwise perfect > restoration. Plus they said nobody uses rope any more (not true). > Everything was corrected without problems but it is something one may want > to ask about, possibly using an auto glass shop as apposed to the shop > mechanics. > > Steve E > 1968 Chevelle SS396 > ACES #5494 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matthew Post" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "The Chevelle Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 3:36 PM > Subject: [Chevelle-list] off to the body shop > > > > Well guys, the Chevelle is off to the body shop today! I have spent all > my > > spare time the last few weeks getting her stripped down and ready to > > go. The engine/trans is out, all the front sheetmetal is off, wiring, > > interior, windows...everything is off the car. Got her loaded up on a > > trailer and ready to go to the resto. shop this afternoon. > > > > The plan (if all goes smoothly today) is drop the body off at the shop and > > take the chassis home with me. Then tomorrow the body is going to the > > chemical stripper for a bath. Hopefully, by Friday I can go see the end > > result of the dip and figure out all that needs to be done. While the > body > > shop is doing their thing, I'll be doing the resto. on the frame, upgrade > > the suspension and brakes, and reinstall the powertrain. Then take it > back > > to the body shop for the body to be reassembled. > > > > After listening to all the body shop horror stories on this list, I'm a > bit > > nervous about it and have my fingers crossed I've picked the right man for > > the job. He seems to be on the up and up. And he came highly > > recommended. I will definitely get everything in writing, but are there > > any other pointers or words of wisdom from any of you that have been > > through this? Any and all comments are appreciated! > > > > Thanks, > > Matt > > > > > > > > > > >
