'77 Poncho Fuegobird

[HotRodPC]

Done blasting the frame!

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Srsly who welds motor mounts in such a horrible location

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Ahh **** are you kidding me??? Some people are so damn stupid. Notice there are several sets of bolt holes? That is so you can BOLT in motor pads for a Chevy engine, a Buick Engine, and Olds Engine. So get out the ginder and fix what some ******* screwed up !!!

Yeah, I see the chunk of frame missing Swims is reffernig to. That sucks too.

 

[Swims350]

wow, just wow. I wonder why the chunk is gone? header clearance?

 

[HotRodPC]

**** the bed Agnus !!! That just sucks !!! Anyway to get another frame cheap?? I know its probably not really a big deal, but I'm a picky SOB, and if I am doing a frame off restore, I want **** perfect or not at all. JMO. Chances are you can smooth out the grind marks on the motor pads. Not gonna show anyway by the time you get a motor in place, and the chunk is likley hidden too under the body.

 

[Manbearpig]

**** the bed Agnus !!! That just sucks !!! Anyway to get another frame cheap??

LOL FTS

Just going to patch the hold and cut the mounts off

 

[Old77]

You never know what you'll find when starting a project will ya?? I never found anything THAT bad with my truck but I found several bad hack work that I had to fix when working on the 77...

 

[Manbearpig]

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Finished sanding down the driver quarter and trunk and primed them both

Smoothed up the bumper a little bit too

 

[nxtlevl]

Nice.....Should be pretty sweet when you are done with it...........

 

[RailRiderHD]

Looks like you are making goood progress, that's awesome, you ever need any help just holla, lol

 

[Manbearpig]

Ugh this spot. Everytime I look at it and try to figure out a way to repair it and blend it with the original body lines it just discourages me lol

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Hell I have a rocker thats 75% gone on the other side and it doesnt get me down like this spot does. rofl

 

[89Suburban]

 

[Manbearpig]

Gimme some of that popcorn

 

[HotRodPC]

Damn, you better give up that popcorn 89S.

I think I'd punt that area MBP. I don't see how you'd ever get it right. I'd be looking for another car in the junk yard and cut a piece of body out. Tack weld it in then smooth it out with fibrefiller. I think I'd take it right around the edge there where it meets in the door pillar and stop it right there at a square edge. Then I'd put a bead of paintable sealer or caulk over it to hide the seem. After paint, I bet noone would even notice.

 

[Manbearpig]

Was just thinking of buying a quarter panel and cutting off what I need

DAMN HRP trying to make me buy another car shiiit

 

[Swims350]

x2 cut it out and find a patch from a donor online or something. That or maybe they got a repair panel? I know they have the lower section in repair panels and full 1/4's etc. not sure on something other then a full 1/4 to repair it.

I'd check some f-bomb forums for a parts car or junkyards local for it. I think a camaro is the same right? Maybe even way back to like 70 the first year of that body style would work.

 

[Manbearpig]

All they have in patch panels is the lower rear rocker