On the way to the machine shop for complete rebuild
Wrong valve covers
Top of Windshield Frame
Not washed yet
Underside of deck lid
Car was also storage for previous owner
The mighty M-40 Turbo 400 - Rebuilt
Engine rebuilt with original nodular iron crank and original specs cam
Original red inner wheel wells
Frame
Body off chassis with support bars to stop body flex
Before media blasting
Rolling frame
M40 Transmission
Original 442/W-30 emblem location holes - original emblems for one side found in console box
Previous owner used the car for storage
Correct 1970 W-30 aluminum intake - Casting #406115
Underside after media blasting
Waiting for Dyno to be installed at machine shop
Driver's side front after media blasting
Removed brake & fuel lines, and rear control arms on 11/09/2007
Existing patch driver's side rear footwell
After media blasting
Small rust area in outer wheel well front
Primer coat
Dupont high dollar primer
Front right - pitted and rust holes
Right side brace area - rust perforations
Right rear foot well - small existing patch
Left rear foot well - patch and rust
Left rear existing patch
Left front foot well - rust perforations
Right front foot well - rust
Right rear brace area - some rust around and under brace
Solid frame before media blasting
Frame (original hood against wall)
New Dupont primer
Bracing
Worst rust area - right underside rear foot well
Left front underside - rust perforations
Floor pan braces are solid
Front right foot well underside rust
Left rear under seat area rust
Tunnel vision
Frame from 71' cutlass used to build jig to hold the 70' convertible body
Left rear outside wheel well rust
Existing patch left rear wheel well
Pretty straight sides
Right rear wheel well outside - rust
Underside rear seat area
Trunk - no rust
Trunk
Windshield frame top - left some original C7 Plum Crazy factory paint for posterity after media blasting
Rust in rear left foot well
Rust in rear left foot well again
No rust on windshield frame
Rust underside right rear seat area
Floor pan
Previous owner has wrong exhaust manifolds installed
Just pulled engine
Original #'s matching 455 Big Block
Floor repair under back seat
Underside of back seat floor repair
Rebuilt Steering Box
All new or rebuilt suspension pieces
Complete rolling chassis except brake proportioning valve. (being rebuilt). Chassis was media blasted and sprayed with POR-15
Complete differential rebuild with new clutch packs, bearings, and seals.
Pinion seal leaking (not seated yet)
Inside view of quarter panel replacement section
Metal replacement of small rust section in front wheel housing
Owner of Layton's Body Shop
Back window cavity
Metal work complete
Replacement floor pan section
Excellent metal work on minor rust areas
Found this tag in the car when I bought it. It is not filled in with any info though.
original wheels but wrong color
Re-painted without side stripes in 1987 by previous owner
Ready to disassemble
Dash being disassembled
Solid frame front to back - slight surface rust only
Not the original seat
New location at leased garage - 1
New location at leased garage - 2
New location at leased garage - 3
