My 1964 Pontiac Catalina Safari build

Car is on the ground, driveable, and at the paint shop!

Here is a quick shot of the crossmember


Disassembly has started....finding sand everywhere!


Blower motor and heater box to be removed. Putting in a block off plate, since I am installing vintage air.


Cowl tag





Needs some repair

 

Looks good, but I so confuse. If you were going to pull the front end off of the car anyway why not wait to clean/restore the engine bay until all of that was pulled off?

 

easy...because I knew the painter would take care of it when he took it apart.

 

But weren't you going to pay those clowns $450 until they wound up painting over your dirt and grease or were you not planning to take it down that far at that point?

 

I guess im not following.

1. no matter who was painting the car, they would paint under the nose when it was broke down. I did not have the luxury of painting it all with the engine out. I had to get the car running again.

2. the cheap engine bay paint job was not paid for, and was redone personally.

Progress today.

before


during


after

 

fender wells off



Fenders being repaired

 

goodbye antenna hole

 

repaired fender

 

Side trim is off


Holes welded up


1/4 panel dents being pulled out

 

Dang, you sure are humming right along! At this rate you'll be done in no time.

 

he said he's really trying to stick the the end of april deadline, which will be here before you know it!

 

more progress!

Measuring the sticker thats been on the car since 1965 in case I want to try to get a duplicate


quarter panel work



taillights are out. doesn't look too bad



rockers have had the trim removed and holes filled

 

If it were me, I'd definitely try to replicate the sticker. It's kind of a shame when restoring a car like this that stuff like that sticker have to go. Too bad you can't work around it.

Nice progress pics. Thanks for the update.

 

quarter panels are done!

 

Watching!