thanks man!

yesterday I took off headliner and the old cardboard insulation




new carpet LOL




bye bye cardboard



lots of wire brushing, scuff and sanding and finally coated with rust preventive paint



I'll add some new butyl & aluminum insulation to the whole interior soon

cleaned and painted some parts











i also need a reaplacement for that part. dunno how its called.



its goes in there - located in the rear footwells/interior. anybody knows?

just found out ChevyTalk has posted my project on their facebook-site!

Awesome congrats Kevin. As for the name of that piece...not a clue Sorry. Things are looking good though.

thanks man!

finished headliner insulation today



jeep cherokee steering shaft vs. g-body



blazer spindles, new hubs and kore3 c5 caliper brackets

update again

Great, looks awesome Kevin!! Nice progress!

Doesn’t get better than that , well done !!!

thanks guys!!

got some more stuff done yesterday










got the hubs on, steering link, adapter brackets. grinded the stock C5 caliper abutment brackets little bit and painted black. wire brushed and cleaned front frame braces - i'll weld another tube/brace to them like the sc&c frame brace:

got a picture-gallery of this build on facebook (click)

Good job Kevin!!!

thx man!

today I did some more painting parts and stuff. frame's finally back on all 4 - rolling chassis at least also got some braided fuel lines in

I'm assuming the front suspension is unaligned at the moment?

Reason I ask is that there's some serious negative camber on the front tires in those two pictures!

yeah lol I know! its unaligned right now and without the weight of body and a motor it makes no sence to align the front. i'll adjust the upper a-arms when I'll put in a motor and the body back on and then later bring the whole car to the alignment shop

okay some pics of today. got more work done to the 59 dashboard. now it kinda fits like a glove

Kevin ,
It looks great !!! I’ll be cutting another inch off mine today . It looks and fits like it was made for the car , well done !!!

thx Ulli! you'll cut 1" off the back? you already made mounts/brackets for bolting in the car? is yours sandblasted?

I cut mine off so the bottom of the dash sticks out 1 inch in front of the side kick panel . I was going to cut it again to bring it even with the kick panel on the bottom , that would have been one more inch . I decided to leave it stick out as far as I could to leave as much room as possible under the dash because of the heater . It looks like you cut off more then I did . My center gauge sits right at the joint for the tilt wheel . My goal was to bring the dash closer to the driver for an in your face look with out interfering with anything . The dash looks like it came in the car originally . I bought a new glove box insert which will have to have a corner cut off to clear the heater because of depth problems , no big deal . The brackets will go from the two center speaker holes that are left out of the four that were there to hold the old speaker in , to the original lip that the old dash laid on which I‘ll cover with a piece of the fuzzy half of Velcro to keep metal from metal contact . This will be done so it can be mounted from the top and the grill snapped in to cover it up when done . The welded end caps should be made big enough so you can mount it to the side kick panels from underneath with a screw / bolt . I’ll leave it at that and check if it needs more anchor points , then add as needed . The heater gets in the way of most everything , I’ll just deal with it as I go . I sandblasted it first so I could prime it , it makes it easier to see the marks and the lay out points I drew on it before cutting , nice and clean . It’s unbelievable how much I love this dash and how great it looks in it . Even my wife thought it looks great . The most important thing to me is it look as if it came with it from the factory !! I bought two extra ashtrays that I’ll use the skins off of to close in where the old heater controls and anything else , there already the contour of the dash , easier then bending my own . I’m welding on a skirt at the bottom of the dash for the vents , I’ll do that after the console is located so they flow into it and give the look as if they continue down as part of the console . All this can be done anyway you want for what ever look your looking for . There is no right or wrong .

If your not going back with your heater you can weld angles along the bottom of the dash and bolt anywhere , much easier .

I'll already oogling this dash!! CANT wait to see it in final trim! Going to look great in the car. Very nice work so far, and good parts choices

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Adam ,
The reason for the 59 /60 dash for me was the fact the passenger side has the same basic profile as the drivers side . The gauge pods will be about as far out as the original was but the difference being the passenger side comes out also . It gives it the feeling of seating in what feels like a control center with everything somewhat around you . Any dash from the mid 50’s to the mid 60’s will be installed basically the same way . The one difference with the 59 / 60 dash over the others is there is a definite center line to follow with the big gauge and column . Our column doesn’t line up center if you cut equal amounts off each end of the dash . It’s about 3/8’s off of center . This would not be an issue with any other dash .

The other choose was 60 corvette which if you look at it has somewhat of the same profile . All metal wins every time . I relies that this isn’t for everyone , but I’m not a fan of plastic . It’s fine in my everyday driver , but it’s so nice to make it anyway you want by welding and cutting here and there .

yesterday I got some more work done on the 59 dash

yesterday I grabbed all parts together that will be blasted..



found my old chilton's that I never used



because I'm still waiting for other parts I did some more interior sound deadening..

today I got some more work done on the sound deadening. also got the quater windows out. in few weeks I'll start with the body work



and got a sweet deal on barely used (almost new) procar scat rally seats! can't wait to get them!

Kevin ,
You do fine work my friend !!! Those seats are going to look sweet in that car , well done !!!

Nice progress Kevin! Keep the pics flowing..