Fairmont U/S Build AKA Craigslist Racer

[Shadylane]

Progressed a little bit this week.

The car had a tilt column so I decided to replace it with a non-tilt version I had stripped out of another car.Turns out the non-tilt is 4 lbs lighter than the tilt. Nice weight savings.

Installed the shifter as a mock up to see how everything fit. Didn't have to butcher the floor too bad. I'll weld in some patches and fab up something to cover the rest.

A buddy dropped by to look at my car and I commented I would like to clean up the fuel cell where I welded the mounting tabs on. He ran home and returned with several polishing/buffing wheels and compounds. I dug out my super dupper Harbor Freight bench grinder that had been mothballed because it vibrated too much to use. Removed the grinding disk and wire wheel and installed two buffing wheels. Works pretty good.
Polishing is labor intensive but the results are worth it. So far I have about 3 hours tied up in it, doing about half of it.

Next I decided to tackle installing the electrical control panel I picked up from a friend a few months back.
My buddy that had the polishing stuff and I designed and built a bracket to bolt to the dash. Got it all bent up, pop riveted and I painted it with a rattle can of spray in bed liner from Lowes. I like the texture better than crinkle paint and it's tougher. I like having the switches close at hand.