My '67 Rogue Project.

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   Well I finally decided to go ahead and show everybody how old "Rose" (my wife's nickname for my '67 Rogue)... 

As you can see, every ounce of dignity had been stripped off of the old girl... not a single piece of Rogue trim had been left... entire drive-train had been replaced (front to back)... hit on all four corners (plus in the middle of the front & back)... and then left out in a field WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN, for God knows how many decades...

So, the resurrection begins:

All four floor pans looked like this (or worse)...

Bottom all stripped, and ready for new floor pans... 

Fore and aft of rear wheel wells has about the same rust areas on both sides...

Firewall, cowl, and window surrounds are all clean (no rust)...

Beginning to install the first of the four floor pans...

... and the work continues...

Edited by 67RogueX-Code - Nov/12/2009 at 5:16pm

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67RogueX-Code Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/21/2009 Location: Dallas, Texas Status: Offline Points: 1028	Post Options Post Reply Quote 67RogueX-Code Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: My '67 Rogue Project. Posted: Sep/12/2009 at 10:33pm
	Well I finally decided to go ahead and show everybody how old "Rose" (my wife's nickname for my '67 Rogue)... As you can see, every ounce of dignity had been stripped off of the old girl... not a single piece of Rogue trim had been left... entire drive-train had been replaced (front to back)... hit on all four corners (plus in the middle of the front & back)... and then left out in a field WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN, for God knows how many decades... So, the resurrection begins: All four floor pans looked like this (or worse)... Bottom all stripped, and ready for new floor pans... Fore and aft of rear wheel wells has about the same rust areas on both sides... Firewall, cowl, and window surrounds are all clean (no rust)... Beginning to install the first of the four floor pans... ... and the work continues... Edited by 67RogueX-Code - Nov/12/2009 at 5:16pm
	Bob Wilcox 67RogueX-Code

pacerman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Supporter of TheAMCForum Joined: Jul/03/2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3924	Post Options Post Reply Quote pacerman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Sep/12/2009 at 10:42pm
	Rose is on the way back. I bet she's still a little puckered though. That was close. Good job. Joe
	Happiness is making something out of nothing.

67RogueX-Code Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/21/2009 Location: Dallas, Texas Status: Offline Points: 1028	Post Options Post Reply Quote 67RogueX-Code Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Sep/12/2009 at 11:00pm
	..."she's still a little puckered"... Rose, or my wife? Actually, chasing down & buying all of those Rogue chrome-trim pieces, bucket seats, etc. would PUCKER anyone... Edited by 67RogueX-Code - Nov/12/2009 at 5:17pm
	Bob Wilcox 67RogueX-Code

pacerman Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Supporter of TheAMCForum Joined: Jul/03/2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3924	Post Options Post Reply Quote pacerman Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Sep/12/2009 at 11:09pm
	Well, I hope not your wife. I kinda like to animate the cars. LOL Joe
	Happiness is making something out of nothing.

67RogueX-Code Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/21/2009 Location: Dallas, Texas Status: Offline Points: 1028	Post Options Post Reply Quote 67RogueX-Code Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Sep/18/2009 at 11:44pm
	More pictures, more done this week. Tried my hand at welding this week... never did that before... ... but figured what the heck, who's going to see it if I mess up the floor-boards... . Got both rear floor-pans installed, but ran in to a bit of a diversion pretty early on. It seems the drive-shaft hump was PAPER thin, and would "blow through" as soon as I even hinted at welding the pans to it. So, I decided to make good use of one of my banged-up, bent, twisted original (I already have the replacements) front fenders... cut out a chunk of one of them (making sure to save the wheel-well lip... will use it to do some rust repair/replacement on the rear fenders), and made a new rear-passenger compartment drive-shaft hump... worked out pretty well. Please don't laugh too loud/hard at some of my "lumpy" welds... practice, practice, practice..
	Bob Wilcox 67RogueX-Code

x-man Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Apprentice Joined: Apr/09/2008 Location: jersey Status: Offline Points: 52	Post Options Post Reply Quote x-man Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Sep/18/2009 at 11:54pm
	looks like your having fun and doing a good job . great actually considering you've never welded before . how were the rockers ? were they in good shape or rusted through ? also how did you strip the paint off ? d/a ,chemical , or dipped ? i have a similiar project waiting in the wings and like you i've never welded before but figure what the heck . i already have all the replacement parts , just need the time and space to get going . looking forward to your progress .

67RogueX-Code Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/21/2009 Location: Dallas, Texas Status: Offline Points: 1028	Post Options Post Reply Quote 67RogueX-Code Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Sep/19/2009 at 12:04am
	Thanks Joe, I stripped the car by using a heat-gun (looks like a hair-dryer... but blows about 1200*) to strip off all of the undercoating, then sand-blasted around all of the edges where the d/a wouldn't be able to get to, then came back over everything with a d/a. The rockers & window-surrounds are PERFECT... (whew!!)... the floor-pans where shot, because all four windows had fallen off their tracks, and that's how the car sat (outside) for years, and years, and years...
	Bob Wilcox 67RogueX-Code

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	Hey man nice work,looks great.. best part is when it's going back together...
	Brandon

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	The under side looks great! I hope mine cleans up that nice
	66 Rogue 360, 4 speed. Almost finished.

67RogueX-Code Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List AMC Addicted Joined: Jan/21/2009 Location: Dallas, Texas Status: Offline Points: 1028	Post Options Post Reply Quote 67RogueX-Code Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: Sep/27/2009 at 10:39pm
	Still plugging away. A little diversion this week... Before I put in the the front floor-pans, I will need to mock-up my engine & transmission (with Javelin rear cross-member) so that I can insert plates into the back end of the frame-horns for the cross-member to bolt to)... So, I decided to go ahead and weld up all of the holes in the fire-wall & fender-wells that I won't be using... So here's the firewall, with the only holes left being for the steering column, master-cylinder, heater, and heater + A/C hoses. Then I decided it was time to learn how to do butt-welds, so out comes the rusted area from in front of the right rear tire. I then "wacked" out another chunk (from that poor front-fender that I used as the donor for the metal needed to make a new drive-shaft tunnel), reshaped it to match and welded it in... the welds ACTUALLY are solid... because the light is sooooo bright (too much contrast), the picture makes it look like there's gaps... but there aren't.
	Bob Wilcox 67RogueX-Code