Greg's '63 Ragtop project

I thought I might post a few pics as we rebuild a '63 Ragtop. It drives me nuts not having a car to take to club functions so I thought I'd at least throw up some pics every now and then just so everyone knows where I'm at with my project.

Here's what we started with. I found the car on The Samba and bought it from a guy in Auburn. It is an original L87 Pearl White '63 Ragtop Sedan.

Here's a pic of my boys on the first day of teardown. They've been very involved with the whole process.

Here's what I had going on with my pans. They will officially be done this Friday.

And here's where we're at today. It is completely gutted and will be picked up this Friday and taken in for media blasting. Here it is this evening after a last hose-down bath.

So when do you help? Those kids are doing all the work. Looking good Greg! It won't be long now.

That's the beauty of having kids....legal slaves!!

Did you see the pics I posted on LBF?

Yeah. It's not that bad. We'll get it straightened out.

Ok. Cool.

maannn I wanted a rag top sooooo bad. oh well.

That is a good looking car!

and some good looking kids.

They must take after their mother!

Mateo wrote:

That is a good looking car!

and some good looking kids.

They must take after their mother!

They do.

Hey, you've got cute kids too. Explain that one.......

adoption maybe

Wife cheated on him.

Floors look fantastic. They're the Wolfsburg West, right?
I hear they're really heavy gauge.

Yes, they're WW. I wont put anything else on the car.

Are you sure you wouldn't want to switch over to a IRS pan?
It's supposed to be a better ride. Or you could just weld the IRS section on that pan so that it can be registerd as a 63.
Dan isn,t yours IRS?

No, IRS is the devil!

It's swing axle or no axle for me!

Keep it ol' school.

I see, you like it rough.
Enjoy the ride.

Properly set up, swing axle cars are perfectly comfortable. It's all that lowering everyone seems to think is so important that detracts from the comfy ride. I log tens of thousands on miles in my green 1963 and it's fine.

Bahabuggin wrote:

Are you sure you wouldn't want to switch over to a IRS pan?
It's supposed to be a better ride. Or you could just weld the IRS section on that pan so that it can be registerd as a 63.
Dan isn,t yours IRS?

No. Mine is also swing axle as it is a 1960.

Not only is it swingaxle, it's a crashbox split-case. Dann's a hardcore motherf-cker!!