1970 Oldsmobile 442ish Cutlass

[goodfellow]

Hey, hey! Now we're getting somewhere. Excellent progress Clay. ---- Onward!!

[Der Bugmeister]

Moved cars around to get the project on the lift.  Need to install the gas tank, rear bumper and get the right bolts for the body mounts in and torqued before loading the car on a trailer and heading out for the exhaust installation.

Figured out how I want to mount all the brake elements and working on a bracket to support all that stuff.

First thing we noticed once the car was in the air was that the back of the transmission was tight up against the tunnel.  So much for a simple install.  The quick fix was to cut a small window into the tunnel and I'll make a new piece to enclose that area.

[jabberwoki]

Nice nice nice . Great to see the body back on.

[muddy]

Moved cars around to get the project on the lift.  Need to install the gas tank, rear bumper and get the right bolts for the body mounts in and torqued before loading the car on a trailer and heading out for the exhaust installation.

Figured out how I want to mount all the brake elements and working on a bracket to support all that stuff.

First thing we noticed once the car was in the air was that the back of the transmission was tight up against the tunnel.  So much for a simple install.  The quick fix was to cut a small window into the tunnel and I'll make a new piece to enclose that area.

How do you like the Milwaukee right angle die grinder? I keep wanting one just haven't picked one up yet. I see they've gone up in price since I looked for a while.

Sent from my twisted mind of the mudman

[Der Bugmeister]

How do you like the Milwaukee right angle die grinder? I keep wanting one just haven't picked one up yet. I see they've gone up in price since I looked for a while.

This is my second one.  The first one burnt out while I was wire wheeling the undercoat this winter and unfortunately was out of warranty.  This new one is the current version of the first I had and overall I guess it's ok but I'm really not happy with the paddle switch on this version.  The old version required a more obvious movement to unlock the trigger and make the wheel spin.  This new version I found I could easily trigger it while moving from hand to hand or just moving the tool around and almost caught myself with the spinning wheel as a result.  Definitely not as safe as the previous setup.

Overall I'm finding the cordless stuff is ok for smaller jobs but if you've got a serious job ahead of you then they're not quite up to the task and the "old fashioned" corded or air tools are superior.