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My wife and I both took off yesterday; she's starting to work on her crafts for Christmas and I decied to do a marathon in the garage. I started at 6am and wrapped it up about 8 last night but I got a lot done.
I put some 1/2' rubber insulators between the motor and trans mounts and ended up having to raise the trans tunnel center a bit for clearance. It was pretty close anyway so i figured that was coming. I pulled the motor back out and welded all the unneeded holes in the firewall and gave it a skim coat of filler, built a front frame notch for the crank pulley, weled up everything on the floor that had been temporarily tacked together, and finally primered and painted the whole floor.

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That's really coming along nice, you think I could talk you out of a ride when you get it finished?

That floor looks good!!!! Looks like you did have a long day.

Just for the record. You do know that you're such an inspiration to guys like me! So, thanks for sharing all your hard work!

Thanks, all; glad you find an old fourdoor worth watching. I'm pretty happy with the way it's turning out. After all those hours of either bending or kneeling I felt like a 90 year old man when I got out of bed yesterday. I went to visit my son for most of the day and didnt do a darn thing. We're heading to the playoff game after church today; Go Cards!

Getting close; got all the holes filled and sanded and a guidecoat of primer. Should be able to get a few coats of high build on it tonight and then wet sand and color on Saturday.

Looking great! I guess your feeling better?!?! More like what?? Maybe 70ish? LOL.. How was the game?

Thanks! Some days I feel 60; problem is I'm only 45! It took a day or so for my back to recoup. It gets cranky sometimes and I have to give it some rest. The game I went to totally sucked but we took the last two from Washington. Hoping we close out the series today!

Here's 3 coats of 2K

Looks great Falcon! A smooth and painted firewall add so much to the underhood "look" of a project!!!

Your right, Dave. A clean looking engine bay is always a plus. I painted the firewall and dash today. I let my grandson pick the color and I like the way it came out.

Looks good Falcon!!! Congrats to the color selector, too... Sure looks a lot better then the standard black, the contrast with the frame rails, engine,and accessories, will give everything a lot more definition!!!!!

Now, THAT, color makes a statement! COOL!

Yeah, sometimes the imagination and spontaneoty of a five year old can be a good thing; he just knows what color he likes and doesnt worry about trends. I think it's cool; I never would have picked it myself. I think the whole car will look great this color when I get around to painting it.

Today I took out the old rotten headliner and doorpanels, wire brushed all the crud off the inside of the roof, and got the column painted. It's not going to have interior for now, just some kind of seat to sit on and something on the floor. Maybe some rubber mat material from Rubber Cal.