Category: Bodywork

The hood I’ll be using came from the silver Biscayne, it’s a reasonably decent hood, no rust issues at all but it does have a bent area at the lower drivers side front leading edge, and a low spot on the passenger side body line. If I had a better hood available to me, I’d… Continue reading Fixing the Hood

The original front valance panels on the Impala were pretty well hammered, but in spite of that they are free of rust and savable. So I began by taking the right front panel and media blasting it to bare steel, then hammering it back into shape. I got it looking pretty close, so I then… Continue reading Front Valance Panel Faux Pas

When the bottom of the trunk lid was stripped of its original paint, we used an 90º die grinder with some Roloc discs to do the job. This turned out to be a bad idea. I don’t even remember what grit we were using, but it was too much… basically it scarred up the metal… Continue reading Trunk Lid Bottom Side

After coming to the conclusion that the body IS indeed on the frame straight, I had no choice but to move on with aligning the doors on the drivers side, somethign I hadn’t really touched too much yet. To my horror, I discovered that the door gaps on the drivers side are much tighter than… Continue reading Body Panel Alignment Nightmares – Part 2