Skinnin da Cat

As you may remember, my roof had sustained some damage at some point during the life of my car and had been Bondoed over. I discovered all the damage when I stripped the interior and paint from the car and I began a search for a suitable donor. That turned out to be a '76 Cougar XR7 that was in the junkyard of a friend of my best friend. I tried to buy the entire car but they wouldn't part with it so I arranged for them to deliver the carcus to the dealership so I could take my time and pull the skin and inner structure without resorting to a torch or sawzall.

After drilling out what seemed to be a thousand spot welds (more like a hundred... give or take) I was able to lift the roof skin off the Cougar. I also noticed the Cougar had a extra roof brace just aft of the shoulder belt mount, so I also removed that brace along with the inner quarter panel reinforcement. The quarter panel inner structure is a bit different than the Torino's, but I think I can make it work.

Here are some pics of skinnin' da cat....
































































































































































































































































The last three pics are of the Cougar and Torino roof braces. Next installment I'll pull the roof off the Torino. Until then....

ZEBRA 3 OUT

New Priority

Hey gang, been busy with a NEW PRIORITY.... I have met Miss Right, so the Torino has kinda taken a back seat for a while. Here is the new love of my life....





















She's even supportive of my hobby but I want to be with her when I have free time, however I am making SOME progress. See my next posting.

ZEBRA 3 OUT