Selling parts not needed

I have been selling many parts from the project cars that I will not be using with the swap. I have already sold close to $550 worth of parts via E-Bay and other online forums. Thank you for all that have purchased from me! I am continuing the process, and hope to have the rest of the doors and interior sold by the end of next week. I haven't had much time to work on the project over the holiday week, nor this week. It seems that everything is happening at once and our days are all booked! I hope to have some time this week and perhaps this weekend to tackle some dismantling of the 77. It is our goal to have the frame spruced up and the 77 body installed within the next month. Then is the tricky part of converting some of the newer car parts and integrating them into the 77. Just look at the wiring harness that came from the Roadmaster!

"RoadSmasher" Body Removal

The smashed up Roadmaster has now been stripped down to the bare frame. We removed the bubbly body from the chassis last night... oh what fun! I managed to pick up the body without removing the driveshaft crossmember, and almost made a costly mistake! That would have broken off the yoke or possibly the rear of the transmission, but luckily I caught it before any damage happened. After removing the crossmember, my trusty 1962 Clark Forklift didn't break a sweat lifting the bulky body off of the chassis that it was set on 13 years ago.

I think that we have really come a long way since the start of this project, and i think that now is the point of no return... My wife and I are going to being the cleaning up the frame and drivetrain, and get some of that ugly rust off of our chassis. I wish we could just bring the whole setup to a media blaster and have at it! We have done some work to the Impala, blasting parts and repainting them such as the battery tray, inner fenders, and other items that fit in our small blasting cabinet.

I have been selling alot of parts on E-Bay, so if you happen to need something, let me know! We hope to sell parts from the car in order to fund our project. So far we have made $360 from parts, and we have many left to sell. The car was $1600, so only $1240 left to go!

Below are the pictures of both cars, and the body coming off. We also included some "Flintstone style" pictures of us goofing around!

Roadmaster Dismantled

We have been working hard with the wrenching, busily taking apart our donor car, the Roadmaster. It has taken a few weeks worth of evenings and weekend hours to carefully take the car apart, and saving everything that we plan to reuse in the project. The electrical system is going to be the most challenging part of the process, now that we have it totally out of the car it is going to be alot of fun tying it all back together. I guess that is what the shop manuals are there for! Lots of reading, planning, and trial and error ahead! Our next step is to take the shell of the Buick off of the frame to begin work on the drivetrain and suspension systems. I hope to sand and repaint most of the chassis, and sandblast most of the a-arms and other parts that will fit into my blasting cabinet. I have some items that I have listed on E-bay if anyone is interested in some Buick Roadmaster parts. Here are pictures of the progress as of today: