1978 Monza Wagon Project

[Monzawagon1320]

cleaned up the glass from yesterday and this is what I started doing........

[Monzawagon1320]

guys, if at anytime someone wants to put there 2 cents in please do. I want to hear it if you guys think its crap or half assed.
So lets hear it..............

[AusRs]

it looks to me that you will be working on the car for a while before it hits the road

cutting rust out is never fun ,it tends to make you get a little bored at times (lets face it there is only so many pictures of rust we can all take ,trust me i know !!!)

Looks like you are attacking the car and removing all of that Canadian tin worm (want me to send you some more )

just remember where everything goes (i will be finding out real soon if i do

do not lose patience with the resto one day you will put some paint on it and in 1 day it will look like you have done more work to the car than all the months you have been working prepping it for paint

also think that we forget and get so tied up in our own projects we forget to comment on others that are happening

[Monzawagon1320]

If im doing something wrong please let me know. I dont do this kinda stuff for a living so i thought i might give it a try. This is my first rebuild i ever tried.

[patrick1151]

Looks ok to me, when your done practicing, my buddy will send you his 72 Vega to do. -

[peterpan]

it looks like you built a pretty good patch peice from the last picture

i actually enjoy repairing rust its a challenge to build the peices you need and when i get it done and it looks good it makes me feel great

i have a wagon i plan on cutting up this spring that might have good floor boards that i don't need

i am cutting the rear wheel well arches out of it to repair the ones on my 72 gt other than them the main tub of the body is available for peices but it would have to wait for warmer wether if you want any parts

[Monzawagon1320]

this is what i got done so far

[bill1978v8]

That looks like a lot of work! Your doing a good job as far as I can tell. Keep up the good work.

Bill

[spyder_xlch]

Looks pretty good to me. One thing you can do is get some weld-tru primer and prime the areas that are rusty or bare that won't get painted. If you do get that primer shop around. When I worked at NAPA a guy bought some from 3M and it was 20 some bucks for a spray can. I got looking around and found it alot cheaper but I forget who made it.

[Monzawagon1320]

thanks guys, i was looking for that primer last time i went to the store there was 2 empty shelfs where the weld thru use to be so thats on the next trip, also im going to sand blast those parts before i prime. I hope the cancer dont come back

[AusRs]

what would we do without vice grips ???????

[Monzawagon1320]

if only the vise-grips would pass safety inspection here's some pictures of my 1st attemp at welding. It still needs to be finished.

[spyder_xlch]

Looks pretty good. Just remember, if you start to burn through, stop. My biggest mistake when I started welding was trying to fill the hole as I was burning through. It don't work that way, just makes the hole bigger. And nobody like too big of a hole.

[Monzawagon1320]

thanks for the tips, i done a lot of work on the car but have no pictures yet . I wanted to thank Shannon (a.k.a. patrick1151) for the side window for a smooth transaction. Very honest guy to deal with.

Ryan

[Monzawagon1320]

here's some pic's of the pass. quarter window its almost complete just needs a little more bodywork, It looks better now i think... I painted it white so i can put the window in. I think im going to paint it white tremclad after seeing how sweet Vegatex vega turned out.