Looks nice!

Thanks. updates are going to be slow for a few weeks maybe more, I am out of funds right now.

Not much of an update from the past two weeks, but here goes.

Still working on the tank and the pan. I am pretty much at a stand still parts wise, between the tranny for the wife's truck and then I had to buy 6 new tires for my F350 I am pretty much tapped out on extra funds. Not to mention the holidays are upon us and that means I am going into my slow season. So when Jeremy asked me why I was blocking my pan and fixing the little things no one will ever see, I merely stated... why not I have nothing else to really work on until I get a little extra funds to spend on brakes, spring plates ect. So I should have a really bitching pan in the weeks to come. I didn't take many photos due to the fact that there is not much to see, but here are a few:








I fixed a few dents on the frame horns probably made by a jack, also on the pans on both sides there where dents from spot welding the seat tracks on. Im sure you cant tell much in the pictures. Then it got a final coat of primer.




A little side project I have been working on was to repair the sending unit that was in the tank. After a lot of studying online I figured out how to test the unit, found it not to be working. That was a bummer so then I dug a little further and learned how these things work, I was able to open it up and found that it was indeed worn out. That still did not stop me, after a few hours of tinkering with it I managed to get it to function properly. Now the down fall. Through my research I found that you have to match the gauge to the ohm range that the sending unit puts out. Well no dice there.Once again I did not let that stop me, I began researching gauges and sending units. I had already decided that I wanted to run the gauges like Kewsi used in his oval. Mainly because they have a more vintage look to them, the only thing I do not like about them is the red pointer, I am hoping I can get the bezel off to do a color change. That gauge runs in the 0-90 ohm range. So I then found a sending unit that operates in that range and fitted it to the bracket that goes into the tank. All that is left to do is to shorten the plunger. I figured I would wait for that once I install the tank, so that I do not cut it too short. Here is what I ended up with.










and this is the gauge I have coming. I plan on using the fast fab gauge plate that fits into the stock radio hole.


Gonna be pretty cool to have a fuel gauge in the 61 and not have to switch to a later tank. Speaking of the tank I did get it into final primer as well. I am pretty happy with it. It has eaten so much of my time but end the end it is worth it and I had fun.

Man your car is turning out really nice, jealous . I think both of my 61's have stock type fuel gauge from what I have learned they were a common dealer add-on in 61, so how to find the 1 year only tank? I have not decided if i want to go with reserve yet though - for a daily driver it may turn into too much of a pain.

Would like to talk to you a bit about your car...can I email or ??
Mike

Looking bad ass!!!

Started back on the main body wet sanding the clear with 1000, we plan to re-clear it again next week. We also took the time to fix 3 small dings that we found while wet sanding. Two of them I already knew about they showed up after the clear was sprayed the first time. The one on the dash was my fault I welded up the hole for the grab handle but forgot to skim it. The two small dings that where on the body actually blocked out and we didn't have to use any finish filler. Jeremy shot a little primer on those spots and next week we will wet sand them and he will shoot a little color and then on to re-clearing the body.




















Had to wash it a few times this is it in the sun drying after wet sanding.





Here you can see the two spots that we fixed they only had to be blocked.





and the third one that was on the dash that I forgot to fill.




Lucky for me we have planned to cut and re-clear since the beginning, so these are easy fixes right now.

Awesome attention to detail!

Going to be nice.

Looks amazing, its gonna be a show stopper for sure

Looks better in person.