Tired 302 Virgin block never overhauled

40 years of oil sludge

Connecting rod bearings show wear (Still has FoMoCo bearings)

Main bearing wear, blocks needs align honed (FoMoCo bearings)

Cylinder wear

Engine internals

Heads and crank ready for machine shop

Trans cleaned and ready for paint

Trans cleaned and resealed

Engine rebuilt and detailed

Rust in deck lid

Another shot of decklid rust

Decklid rust

Poor welds and holes in trunk floor

Rust cleaned in right front floor

Rust cleaned in left rear floor (lots of holes)

Dent repaired in left rear rocker panel

Left rear frame rail damage

Right front after blocking, dark areas are low, light areas are high spots

Left rear after first block

Holes in left trunk welded up

Holes in right trunk welded up

Right rear quarter panel after blocking, very rough at rear patch

Right front after blocking

Hood after blocking

Right fender after blocking, poor fit at headlamp bucket and front valance

Right door after blocking, door is bowed

Bow in right door

Right door support bent

Rust in right rear floor pan

Donor frame rail section

Hood after blocking

Damge to right rear frame rail, bump stop bracket removed

Buckle in right frame rail

Removing damaged left rear frame rail section

Test fitting frame section left rear

Left frame rial test fit

Left frame rail test fit

Left frame section cut out

Left frame welded in

Left frame welded in

Right rear floor cut out

Right frame rail overlay

Damage to left front frame rail from pulling frame

Another view of front frame

Prepping poorly repaired battery apron

Rough welds on lowe battery apron

Another shot of battery apron

Prepping battery apron

Getting ready to clean under carriage

Rust from radiator support repair, never primed

Front floor pan

Rear floor pan

Poor welding and prep

Phil and John (The New Guy) getting ready to clean under carriage

Getting ready to pressure wash under carriage, John gets stuck with this job

Rear after pressure washing

Front after pressure washing

Repairing dents in left front apron

Right rear apron ready for priming

Left front apron ready for priming

Front floor after prep and seam sealer

Rera floor after prep and seam sealer

Rear after priming

Front after priming

Under carriage primed

Left rear frame rail after priming

Under carriage

Battery apron after priming

Top after battery apron after priming

Getting ready to replace right rear floor

Welding up crack @ right shock access

Repairing roght rear quarter panel

Right frame rail repair

Right rear floor patch installed

Interior floor pans sealed with POR-15

POR-15 on floors

Trunk cleaned and primed

Getting ready to undercoat

Nate sprays undercarriage

Outer aprons undercoated

Undercoatring finished

Left aprons undercoated

Test fitting new turn signal inserts

Test fitting new deck lid

Test fitting front valance

RH fender to valance very poor fit. The last shop had the lower part of the fender (67) cut to install side marker, (68).

Inside RH fender at valance, note poor welding at marker patch.

Deck lid primed

Misc primed pieces

Front end mocked up

@$#% Poor prep job from last shop, primer is flaking inside left door jamb.

Flaking area stripped and ready for prime

Prep LH inside door

Prep RH inside door (new)

Dash was painted at last shop, of course its the wrong shade and will not match the doors and interior pieces.

Doors ready for paint

Inside of doors painted.

Engine compartment being preped for seam sealer

Seam sealing engine compartment

Seam sealing engine compartment

Seam sealing engine compartment

Priming roof

Priming area of paint flake

Priming flaking on rear valance

Prepping hood lovuers

Stripping roof for body work and prime

Apply filler to welded up roof molding holes