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  1. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Thank you!! I do still need to get those measurements don’t I? I would gladly take any help I could get! I had a bunch of blown up service pictures years ago on my old computer, but they are forever lost. I had em off for a while around when I sold the car. I took em off because they were...
  2. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    I would love to have it in black!! But I don’t believe this one will be nice enough to pull it off lol. This one is stunning though!
  3. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Tits are staying! I like em lol. May even search out some NOS ones to replace these as they are pretty pitted...
  4. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    We’re tied! LOL. I do and don’t like the trim... I do think it looks a little goofy with trim around the top of the front wheel opening, and straight across the rear. IDK... still got plenty of time to make a decision. Need to get the floors finished up, and start on the trunk area. Hell I...
  5. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Some pacing day marks in the trunk. Didn’t notice before, but they also trimmed the gutter in the trunk opening. Assume either for the gates or machine. On the fence if I should fix these spots or leave be, to keep with the car....
  6. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    What do you guys think about the body side mounding/trim? Keep it or ditch it?? One side of me says keep it for originality, other side kinda digs the look without it....
  7. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Passenger rear floor is full welded. I didn’t go crazy dressing the welds down for a couple reasons. A. Most importantly, I’m too damn lazy, and it won’t be seen lol. B. I may be a lil too paranoid, but being the floor to a hardtop I wanted the repair to be as strong as possible. This is just...
  8. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Ready for full weld tomorrow. I’m a little rusty with the bead roller..... LOL
  9. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Seems like they put the ejecto seat panel in the wrong place.... LOL.
  10. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    IDK... but it’s awfully tempting...
  11. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Hopefully!! **** I may just copy the drivers side, and weld a plate over it and call it good! Lmao. Thank you!
  12. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Another thing I don’t get. Let’s remove all the screws to the sunroof bracketing. The ***** is F-ing welded to the roof! What were you doing??? Where are the damn screws?? LOL Jebus...
  13. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Quite a few more pacing days witness marks. Lots of plasma cut holes left in the floor, along with holes where something was mounted.
  14. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Quarter is finished up. She’s gonna need a little mud, but atleast there is solid metal to put it over instead of rust. While I had the little access hole cut out, I shot a bunch of rust bullet metal blast down the rocker. Good news, the drain hole is working properly. It took a minute or 2...
  15. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Back to our regular scheduled program. She has a rocker corner again! That took forever! A couple pin holes to weld up, but I’ll take it! Still gotta cut out that Bull S#it above it. I did take a second to mount a road wheel. So classy looking!! First time throwing one on since I got em...
  16. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Just as I thought... All the local welding places laughed at me lol. Even the local Hose place laughed at me as well. F&$k sakes! But alas! Lowes came to the rescue. They had some small hose in stock. Tiny bit bigger than what was on it, but same I.D. Also it’s a fluid hose instead of an air...
  17. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Son of a!! Just started cooking with some fire, and got a pin hole in the gas hose for the welder! Wonderful! Being a cheaper hobby welder, seems Lincoln is more inclined you replace rather than fix it. Had to dismantle the whole damn thing to get the lead off. The sleeve on the lead is...
  18. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    No new pics at the moment, but am making some progress! Inner wheel well and inner rocker have been replaced. Outer section is being fabbed up currently. Good news is the bit of detective work is starting to pay off a little bit for finding history on the car. Called a guy with a number to a...
  19. monaco75

    Batavia Downs ‘73 Newport

    Tried working up motivation to go out and work on her today, but think I went a little too hard yesterday.... Did go out for an hour or so, but just not feeling it. Did find a clogged drain hole!! Horse track dirt?? LOL. Not sure why it rotted out the metal above though. Assuming from sitting...
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