"Hello sideshowbob it appears that you have not posted on our forums in several weeks, why not take a few moments to ask a question, help provide a solution or just engage in a conversation with another member in any one of our forums?"

I'm far too busy scraping rust, removing wiring, agonizing over new part prices, screwing up body work and looking for new and innovative ways to pay for my bad habit, but thanks for noticing.

You could always post a pic or two of your progress once in a while while you wait for the shower to get warm...We won't laugh or poke fun.....probably!

WIll

Well there was this terrible moment: http://www.metalmeet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=4826

But that's all better now. I'll get a pic at 10pm or so. Though the seam just in front of that panel has dissapeared

Thanks Bob! You just turned us on to another great resource forum!

Excuse the poor pics, there isn't much light out right now and I maxed out the fill light in picasa just to make it visible. The first one is the patched dogleg and looks acceptable for now, the second is an unfinished battery tray that's goung to come back out so I can replace the firewall behind it with a flat sheet (can't make the beads ) and the third is the fender I have sitting inside. The fender is now mostly straight from the long dent, but the area right next to the flange is giving me a headache just thinking about it (the black here was the guide coat).

The other fender is fine and covered in primer on the top and bed liner on the inside. Other than that, I'm still agonozing over the neccessity of emptying the gas tank after having done it to the Olds earlier this year. That sh*t is not fun.

All this and I haven't even located a new block yet. End of the month, I'm having it towed to a garage so I can indiscriminately tear the whole thing down to it's rusted shell. I'm also awaiting delivery of some rust bullet to see just how well this stuff works.

There's more, but I'm really tired right now. What I wouldn't give for a real MIG.

ETC: Sometime in 2010