1967 Country Squire code name (Doc)

So not like this…..?

 

Uh...yeeeah....

 

If you are following along I took a hiatus as my son was involved in a car accident. He is just fine albeit shook up. His car needs some bumpers but otherwise is just fine. Went off the road And lost control at 55mph hit a bridge guardrail causing a spin into the opposite side concrete barrier. Not a scratch on him and no structural damage to the car It even barely cracked the header panel. If anyone knows of a first gen SHO in a salvage yard we could use the entire front and rear bumper assembly. My son will be buying the parts to repair it. He was devastated as this is his pride and joy.

 

Aw, man, that really sucks. He will definitely feel the accident in a couple days, so he still needs to see a doctor if he hasn't already. Ask me how I know.

 

That is good advice. We are making an appointment today.

 

Dang, sorry to hear that your son was involved in a wreck. Glad to see that it wasn't any worse. I concur with Andy, best he see's a Doctor.
I do think that it's pretty neat that he's driving a SHO. Seems you have taught him well

 

Thank you all for the well wishes. He has been checked out and he is doing fine. He’s was adamant he wanted a standard for his first car although he was initially thinking Mustang the SHO fell into our laps. It’s a beautiful car. Having real trouble finding parts.

 

After taking a break to deal with some issues at home I am back again. Again I am new to blogging and I may have not made it very exciting. This far. So I’m going to focus on more pics and procedures if I can going forward. If you are one of the many that are great with blogs give me some ideas I’m eager to learn. When I started off taking the car apart I focused on removing 1 item at a time cleaning, prepping, painting, restoring testing etc. Here are a few of those items. If you have not used evaporust I highly recommend it it works wonders these are after a 24hr dip. This is a few pulleys and tensioners Painted the new water pump, oil pan and air cleaner used a lid seal from a Mustang catalog. Some time on the headlamp assemblies. New bulbs heater core box was originally unpainted fiberglass I used a brown paint to mimick the original color as can be seen on the inside of the box. And found a company that makes the seals for both the heater and A/C boxes. detroitmuscletechnologies.com This piece is finished with Molotov chrome pen. It is rediculous how real it looks but very fragile I am experimenting a bit with some clear coats to protect it. disassembled the switches and cleaned them up as well as lubricating they move like new disassembly and polishing of the lenses for the gages like I said this is just a bit of the work already done. Still a ton more done to share and even more to do.

 

Hope everything is good on the home front. Glad to see that you are back at it. You're making some great progress.

 

I know it’s been awhile, things are at such a stand still. The metal work was completed last December which really is the point the car is at to this day. A bit of roof rot removed. Front drivers toe board repaired. Dog leg repair. Rear floor/trunk pan. Drivers quarter. Pass quarter NOS door skin. As she sits today. I am holding on the body removal from the original rusty frame. New frame sitting and waiting for the transplant. Everything is stalled on this swap as the restoration shop has told me they would be ready to start next week every week since June. Once this task is complete I can resume the build. In the mean time I have been accumulating many of the dream parts I hoped to one day have for Doc. Sniper EFI, Ridetech air suspension, and Vintage Air A/C. I spoke to another shop today and he thinks he can get it in late November. They will be finishing the underside in Raptor liner. And setting the body down on the new chassis. So there we sit. If you are still following along it’s going to be a bit before I can get back on track.

 

Well, it looks like you have certainly made some good progress. I know how frustratingly slow these projects can be sometimes, especially when you are waiting on someone else.
Don't worry, it will come about. Just have to patient.

 

Wow. Your body repairs are very well-done. Any chance you can come to Seguin, TX for a spell, help Leadslead and I do the body repairs to his '66 Breezeway?

 

I would love to take credit for the work but Kevin Carr of Carr Concepts did the work here in Wichita,Ks. What I love besides his reasonable labor rate is that he works one car at a time and he is fast. I waited 3 months to get in his line once he had the car he had all of that done in a week. No cars sitting around in corners with inches of dust. Just get in and get out. Check him out on Facebook or instagram.

 

I should add with the exception of the NOS door skin not one replacement part was purchased. Every piece was hand fabricated by Kevin.

 

And what is his labor rate?