Bought a project car....

[FLHCAHZ]

I broke down and ordered a trunk pan for the Riviera. Hopefully get to the steel supply house on Friday to get the rest of the materials for the cross members and body mounts

[FLHCAHZ]

While I'm waiting for parts. I decided to work on getting the wheels cleaned up. I was going to change them, but they are growing on me. I worked a few hours on the back wheels and got most of the pitting and rust off. 

[Falcon Ranchero]

Looking clean; I wouldn't change the wheels, they do look very nice. But I am a whitewalls/hubcaps kind of guy. The Riv looks great with the stock wheels. 

[Bainford]

Things are looking great. I love the natural patina of the original paint, and other bright surfaces, too.

[pulln4dejr]

She’s a beauty! I remember reading an article wayyy back in the day about how it got the worst gas mileage in ‘69, it was like 9 mpg. Keep us posted!

[Can-Con]

11 hours ago, pulln4dejr said:

She’s a beauty! I remember reading an article wayyy back in the day about how it got the worst gas mileage in ‘69, it was like 9 mpg. Keep us posted!

I used to own a '69, that sounds about right. 😉

[mikemodeler]

The wheels look great, save the money from a new set and put it towards the interior. As far as the paint goes, you can try using a DA polisher (cheap ones at Harbor Freight) to polish up the paint some more, you will be amazed at the difference a little machine polishing does. The best part of the DA polisher is that it doesn't leave swirl marks so you can use it to polish the paint as well as buff the wax off.