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Thought I'd start a build log for my personal 1969 Mach I. Picked the car up about a year ago off of E-bay. She was a rolling (kinda) chassis, basically stripped to the unibody with boxes of parts and the suspension loosely hung in place and no steering system installed. This made loading it a lot of fun. Don't know the history as the guy I bought it from simply bought it to resell, but doesn't seem as though it's been on the road for many years. I think it has passed a couple of hands in the current condition. Unfortunately she was undercoated, but aside from that the chassis appeared very straight and clean.
Step one was inventorying all the parts, getting organized and giving it a bath. Spent pretty much all of Fri 26th doing these tasks.
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/001.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/002.JPG
Saturday I started on the needed chassis repair work... there was a staggered shock set up installed that I wanted to eliminate...
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/003.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/004.JPG
...unfortunately upon closer inspection, the LF shock tower was leaning inward by about 1/2". This turned out to be a bit more of a drag than usual as my Porta-Power took a crap on me. So, needed to improvise with the hydraulic jack from the press. There were cracks and cheesy acetylene braze repairs also discovered that all needed to be ground off and re-done.
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/006.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/007.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/008.JPG
With the straightening work done, next was installing the frame connectors....
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/010.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/011.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/012.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/013.JPG
On Sunday I started assessing the fenders. Found a corner of bondo repair on the RF at the back of the wheel opening. Ground out the filler,cut out the sick, fabricated a piece, stitched it in, then ground it smooth. Skim coat of filler will follow at later time.
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/014.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/015.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/016.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/017.JPG
Toward the end of the day got a bunch of other pieces parts degreased, sand blasted and in primer.
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/018.JPG
Step one was inventorying all the parts, getting organized and giving it a bath. Spent pretty much all of Fri 26th doing these tasks.
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/001.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/002.JPG
Saturday I started on the needed chassis repair work... there was a staggered shock set up installed that I wanted to eliminate...
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/003.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/004.JPG
...unfortunately upon closer inspection, the LF shock tower was leaning inward by about 1/2". This turned out to be a bit more of a drag than usual as my Porta-Power took a crap on me. So, needed to improvise with the hydraulic jack from the press. There were cracks and cheesy acetylene braze repairs also discovered that all needed to be ground off and re-done.
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/006.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/007.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/008.JPG
With the straightening work done, next was installing the frame connectors....
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/010.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/011.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/012.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/013.JPG
On Sunday I started assessing the fenders. Found a corner of bondo repair on the RF at the back of the wheel opening. Ground out the filler,cut out the sick, fabricated a piece, stitched it in, then ground it smooth. Skim coat of filler will follow at later time.
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/014.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/015.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/016.JPG
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/017.JPG
Toward the end of the day got a bunch of other pieces parts degreased, sand blasted and in primer.
http://www.vintage-venom.com/69_Mach_I/018.JPG