For whatever reason.... I want one!

The Reliant Robin

Now doesn't this look like fun?

Into the sunshine

Pull the Sedan outside to stand back and see if it looks right. I'm thinking it turned out just about right.

Moving on....

The Impala for the time being is back in service and  despite the weather (107 degrees yesterday and supposed to beat that today) I have been able to scratch out a little progress. Smoothing out the welds that pieced the top back together.

There might be a small delay.....

Something about the best made plans... I can't remember it all right now. But the jest of it is that life happens, and while I would like to spend all my time at work on the Sedan, other things always pop up.

In this case it is my daily driver, a 1968 Impala Custom Coupe. It spun it's Harmonic Balancer and while not a big job in it's self, this is the second time! So there will be a little detective work as well as tedious repairs.

Oh well this shouldn't take long....... Famous last words?

Putting the pieces back together

Weld baby weld

Starting back

We set the top back on after taking 4 inches out. Gives the Sedan a whole new look!

A little off the top

I thought long and hard about this one. I looked at a lot of different cars and while I knew I was always going to chop the top, I had a hard time deciding how much. Finally I decided on 4 inches.

Into the shop the Sedan went and out came the saws, grinders, and other implements of destruction. I welded in some simple bracing to hold everything together, and set of to destroy a piece of 81 year old history. Forever changing something that had remained unmolested all those years.... tends to make you a tad nervous. But! Nothing ventured nothing gained?