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Derek, I'm praying for Suzanne, you and the rest of your family. Glad that the surgery went as planned. Please keep us posted on her recovery. God Bless. Matt

I only managed to snap a few pictures of some cars. Sorry for the lack of more pics.

Thanks to all and I really enjoyed my trip to the show. Was nice meeting Ron and was able to chat with him awhile. JohnD1956 and Ed were great companions and it really felt like being around family while passing some time and a story or two about cars with them. I will be attending other outings as it wasn't too far away and if the rest of you gents are as fun to be around, I'd be a fool not to make the trip again. Thanks to John Scheib for his contacting me to make sure I made it alright and no apologies are needed for not meeting up. We'll meet one of these days! Same goes for Dandy Dave! Sure look forward to seeing your 1915 one of these trips. Matt

We, my son and I, had a great time at the meet. Nice set up! Will definately go again as it isn't that far away and great people. Matt

Warped pontoon is now "officially" un-warped! Now just need to drill out some spotwelds that popped loose in the un-warping session and re-weld. Then a skim coat of filler and that is that. A little wet sanding and glazing filler for scratches and I'll be ready for epoxy primer. I's gettin' really excited!!!!!

Looks "Upright" this time Mike. Your images were also showing up on my iphone correct. Just sideways on the forum. My man, you are flyin' getting your car back together. Looking good. matt

Fought with the warped pontoon all afternoon. It's a little straighter but the lower front corner is still bent in. :mad:

Midtown is "tapatalk" tarded.........................

I will be there tomorrow. Look forward to meeting some of you fine gents. Matt

Had a change of plans and wasn't going to make it, but now I'll be there Saturday. Look forward to meeting some of you great guys. Matt

A couple more hours tonight working on the passenger side door pontoon. After re-aligning the front end sheet metal, it was very evident that the pontoon was warped more than previously thought in the last round of straightening. We'll see how things look tomorrow. I have an extra set of doors that I can pull the pontoon off of, but hate to use the extra. I'm working on planning how I'm going to shoot the parts of the car and the car in a 24 X 24 garage. I will probably to hood, rear fenders, pontoons, rocker extensions, etc. first with the car out of the garage. Then I'll have to find somewhere to put the painted parts while I shoot the car in the garage. Will probably be a marathon weekend when this happens. Saturday and Sunday both. Any thoughts???? Wifey says the painted parts are NOT going in the living room.

Ok, sheet metal bolted back in place and hood installed once again. Previously missed dingers in the hood now taken out and hood back in primer. Still have a few small alignment issues with the fenders to the doors, but the hood is "MUCH" better. I think the left to right is now correct as my spacing on the cowl to the hood is correct from side to side. Little by little, the last few details are disappearing before I'm ready to shoot the Epoxy primer to seal all of this up and get ready for paint.

Keep picking away at it. Persistence is a good virtue and blood loss is a necessary evil. Matt

Well, today was a marathon of working on front end sheet metal. I'm 99% finished with the fenders and I'm almost finished with the cowl section. I also stripped, straightened and primed the interior window garnishes. I also started messing with the sheet metal alignment.......let the moments of frustration begin. I'll post some pictures after I get things a little more tidy. Matt

A litlle more fender beating today. The donor fender had a few more dents and creases that I had to hunt for to find. But, better to find them now and get them out of the way. I have a little more work to do on the windshield section of the cowl and the bodywork should be complete. This week, I plan on checking with the PPG store to see how much all of the primer sealer, paint and clear is gonna set me back. Getting exciting..........

Mike, Nice lookin' work! Glad you are finally able to get back on your convertible. Look forward to seeing a lot more progress. Although, I know that you have to work on other cars for other people.........Matt

It's a really nice looking vehicle, but they stated that it would probably never make it to production status. I would buy one, hybrid or not. But it sure would be nice with 455 cubic inches of Buick under the hood. Matt

Nahuel Que bueno que finalmente compraste el Buick convertible. Recuerdas que si requieres, puedo ayudarte con informacion. Felicidades. Matt For those who don't speak Spanish......... Nahuel, How nice that you finally were able to buy your Buick Convertible. Remember if you need to, I can help you with any information. Congrats. Matt

Sorry to hear Pete. What a hard hit for the Corbin family again.................Praying for them. Matt

Ok, here are a few pictures. It looks a lot better and I keep reminding myself that I'm gonna drive and enjoy it, not trailer it around! Still have some more beating and banging to do on the drivers fender. I shot some primer and tomorrow I'll sand a little and find my low/high spots. The one picture is of the spacer that is required under the radiator support mounting. This is the most important alignment shim setup on my car. It aligns the front end sheet metal with the body and the hood to the cowl section. Thanks to a fellow 47 Roadmaster convertible restorer Paul Girard for helping me out with the measurements. Oh, almost forgot, I got my new window frames for the doors and the rear quarter windows. Matt

Thanks Mike. I realized this after I drove nearly 2 hours to look at a 48 RM. One of the linkage pivots was bolted to the manifold. It actually looks like a better design and more reliable. I will continue my search.

Battery tray installed. Inner fenders bolted back on and radiator aligned and bolted to the inner fenders. Fenders are bolted bolted back on the car. Now the fun begins aligning the fenders back up from left to right and getting the door gap to fender correct. Funny, but it seems that things are pretty close the first go-around. Now I have to find the bottom brackets that bolt the fender to the bottom and also allow the outer rocker panel to bolt up also at the fender. They are in a baggie somewhere in the garage in one of the boxes......... Progress is progress. Matt

Second coat of POR15 on the inner front fenders. should have my battery tray soon. Might have to second coat the engine compartment side of the inner fenders. I want it to look as nice as possible.

Well, since the front sheet metal is all off, I decided to remove all of the undercoating all over the inner fenders. I got all of it off and put a first coat of POR15 on the one side. Tomorrow, first coat on the other side. Then, maybe I can start installing the front end back on the car. Still awaiting my battery tray. Finally getting warmer and maybe I can do some of the last little bits of bodywork on the front fenders and hood. Everything else is ready to go. I need to get out and decide on a sealing primer, the paint company that I'm going to go with and get the paint, etc. I got my paint gun all cleaned up and I think I'm ready. More info and pictures when it warrants it. Matt

I think I bought the battery tray. Waiting for it to arrive. Still need the linkage from the accelerator pedal to the carburetor. Thanks Matt