Modlbldr Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Using one of my buddy's started projects as a jumping off point for my next project. There was some nice work done here but it has a crack and a damaged paint area in the roof above the driver's rear door. There is also a boogered area in the clear coat on the hood. Upon further inspection the bottom line of the tailgate is not scribed level. It rises a bit on the passenger side. I sat for a bit and did some sanding on the hood and roof in order to see what the extent of damage was. I think I may need to grind out the crack in the roof a bit in order to fill it with some super glue and microballoons. Here is what I started with and where I am so far. Later- 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 I gotta follow this, your buddy did a nice job planning this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Looking pretty good. I remember when the SSR when it came out. The company I worked for was making the grille bar that stretched across both headlights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B. Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Very nice - looking forward to this build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Very interesting project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Geiger Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Cool! I like the extended cab! Back when these were new my friend Bill got invited to a GM driving event and brought me along. They had SSRs you could drive around a defined course. We did it over and over! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modlbldr Posted June 13, 2021 Author Share Posted June 13, 2021 Thanks for the interest guys! I like the work he did on this too. I just wish he would have finished it. I remember when these came out too. I had a co worker who got one. I saw him drive it only a few times. Seems strange to me that you never see them around nowadays. Funny story- Just recently I while driving around town I had the thought that I never see the new (2000 ish) Tbirds. Within the next couple of hours I had four drive by me at different times. Later- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 I gonna watch this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 (edited) About the only place I see them anymore is when we are at the car shows. Saw this one last weekend. Edited June 13, 2021 by Zippi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazyjim Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 A friend has one and uses it as a daily driver. It's purple. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 (edited) Opps Edited June 13, 2021 by Zippi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragonhawk1066 Posted June 13, 2021 Share Posted June 13, 2021 Looking pretty slick so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocking Rodney Rat Posted June 14, 2021 Share Posted June 14, 2021 (edited) One of my customers won An SSR, a giveaway through a parts distributor he did (does?) business with. I haven't seen him in awhile, but last I saw it, he was using his SSR as a work truck and it was pretty clapped out. He said overall the fit and finish was poor quality and it was a real rattletrap (good ole GM).... -RRR Edited June 14, 2021 by Rocking Rodney Rat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam I Am Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I will be following this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 Interesting project. I'm curious to see where you take this one. David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spex84 Posted June 15, 2021 Share Posted June 15, 2021 I like this project, very cool idea. I'm glad you're tightening it up and giving it the attention it deserves! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modlbldr Posted June 25, 2021 Author Share Posted June 25, 2021 Been extremely busy lately and this morning before work was the first opportunity in a long while to do any model work. I sat down and carved a shallow trench where the crack in the roof was. Then I filled it with Microballons and super glue. Lastly I sanded it to rough shape. May need a thin coat of filler to reshape the roof. Pretty exciting, I know. But it is progress. Hopefully this will keep it from cracking. Later- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam I Am Posted June 25, 2021 Share Posted June 25, 2021 Hey ! No fair, you found your bench before I did. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modlbldr Posted July 2, 2021 Author Share Posted July 2, 2021 It just dawned on me as I was sitting here working on this tonight that I managed, yet again, to.put a WIP in the wrong section. This really should be in the pickup section. Anywho, doing some more work on this tonight. I got the roof sanded out and looking fairly smooth and even again. We will see how it looks with primer on it. I also began straightening out the lower tailgate line. It rose slightly from left.to right. I started by taking measurements down from the top of the gate at each corner and fount that it rose about 1/32. Not much, but definitely noticeable over such a short distance. I used a metal ruler as a guide and scribed a new line with my panel scriber. Then, using the scriber and a sanding stick I cleaned paint out of the old line and roughed up the area for the putty to stick better. As I did this I thought to myself that I should have filled the old line with .010 styrene first. Oh well, if this doesn't work I'll try that next. I also sanded a bit in the center of the tailgate as I saw a ghosting of a lock cylinder. Later- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David G. Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 I didn't realize that there was such a rake to the roofline, stretching the roof seems to accentuate it. Looks like it's going to have an interesting roof line, more like a custom chop. David G. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam I Am Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 I want to know why the picture of two Willys are in here.😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modlbldr Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 1 hour ago, David G. said: I didn't realize that there was such a rake to the roofline, stretching the roof seems to accentuate it. Looks like it's going to have an interesting roof line, more like a custom chop. David G. Yeah, the windshield is raked quite a bit on a stock SSR. I'm not sure if he raked it any more. I'll have to check it against the stock body I have. 35 minutes ago, Sam I Am said: I want to know why the picture of two Willys are in here.😎 Lol. I was repairing the door hinge and looking at trying to make the hood hinge work on the pickup. It is one of Mike's builds that Dorothy wanted to keep and I am trying to repair it for her. The coupe is just a painted body and chassis with nothing else. I was looking through some boxes for some shoes for it. Later- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classicgas Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 This should be cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam I Am Posted July 3, 2021 Share Posted July 3, 2021 4 hours ago, Modlbldr said: Lol. I was repairing the door hinge and looking at trying to make the hood hinge work on the pickup. It is one of Mike's builds that Dorothy wanted to keep and I am trying to repair it for her. The coupe is just a painted body and chassis with nothing else. I was looking through some boxes for some shoes for it. Later- Make sure and thank her for giving me the opportunity to purchase all those models, I really appreciate it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modlbldr Posted July 3, 2021 Author Share Posted July 3, 2021 Will do Sam. Later- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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