'72 510 4dr Project

[rpowell25]

Got my bumpers back from Shagy today:

 

 

 

 

 

Overall pretty happy with the end result. The license plate light looks new!

 

Also added a few more gauges.

 

 

 

Thanks for looking.

[Z chopper]

maybe a sleeper look, stock rims and caps.

[Just Joel]

What's your impression of the gps speedo? I was looking at their site and other than the price, it seemed pretty awesome.

 

Later

Joel

[rpowell25]

Body work has begun.

 

The front was in the most need of attention. The PO was a bit of a pot head and didn't always remember to use the brakes. Front fenders, hood and valence were repaired years ago....badly:

 

 

 

 

Looks like rust from the inside out. Anyone else experience this on their car?

 

 

New valence:

 

 

This is as far as I got yesterday. Still working on lining up the body panels. the core support is a little tweaked so I will be spending some days on that.

 

 

For the back:

 

 

 

I an going to weld up all of the trim holes on the fenders, do a skim coat of filler, sand and prime for now. It is my intention not to drive the car until the body work is complete and i would like to have the car stripped out before taking it to a body shop for final prep and paint. Going to do the OE white with burgundy interior as that how it came from the factory.

[510T]

This Dime is looking good! I think the rust coming through the front lower framerails is pretty typical. There are like 3 layers of sheetmetal there trapping in moisture. By all means repair it, just don't go too far or you will end up with a door dragging zombie 510, wink wink.

[carterb]

Great looking project! I have a 72 4dr in the back of the garage waiting for VG power.

Keep us up to date with the progress.

--carter

[rpowell25]

Valence has been replaced and the fenders and hood are fitted.

 

Using a spot weld drill bit I removed the old valence. I inserted 5mm rivet nuts into the core support in order to attach the new valence:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fitted the new fenders and hood. Had to massage the core support as it was a bit tweaked out of shape. Also, my core support brace was pretty screwed as well...got a nice one form Hobbes:

 

 

 

 

Now everything will come back off to have the trim holes welded in, thin coat of filler, primer, and a lot of sanding.

[510sAreHot]

MORE! this car is way to cool.. i love everything about it

[NCLNDYM]

Oh come on, thats not the right hood..you know what I'm talking about.. UNLEASH THE BEAST

[Draker]

Where did you get the dash pad?

[Ranman72]

this project is looking good

look at boatys thread on here. speed hut he installed a gauge where the factory temp and fuel went it looks sweet

car is looking good

[rpowell25]

Eric, the hood cut for the supercharger has already been fit (and if you remember it has the hole already) so it just needs paint.

 

Draker, I believe I got it from someone on EBay if I remember...NOS and it cost me a pretty penny.

 

Ranman, I did see Boatys install and I am awaiting the gauge from Speedhut. I am going to try to do the same.

[rpowell25]

I have gotten a few inquiries as to how I mounted my Speedhut gauges. Here is a quick and dirty synopsis. I haven't mounted my gas gauge yet so can't help much there but here are the speedo and tach:

 

I cut a hole out of the metal mounting plate behind the OE speedo for wire and GPS cable access. Also cut out a hole in an OE tach housing for wires.

 

 

Modified the inside of the tach housing by removing the 3 light ports to make it essentially hollow:

 

 I epoxied the mounting collar for the speedo to the back of the main bezel. I had screwed the collar all the way to the new speed bezel which leaves a little sticking out the front

 

 

 

 

I did the same for the new tach. I then screwed the new tach w/bezel on the assembly using the OE screws that were used to mount the bezel and clear cover.

 

 

 

[510sAreHot]

please update this build....