JR's 51 OldsmobileA customer brought in this 51 Olds right before I left for Europe so, he basically got about 4 months of free storage while I was out of the country.
Everything that wasn't where it belonged was piled inside the car.
A prior owner and/or shop had started a chop using a lot of mud
I originally thought they used the rear glass and about six inches all around from another car. Because the back window didn't look the same as 51/52 Olds sedan windows that I had seen. It turn out the car is a coupe and that is the stock rear window. They welded the window opening right over the roof with about a five inch overlap. No chance of doing any hammer & dolly work there so it was filled with mud too.
The customer wanted the car bagged. I told him the only way I'd do it is if we clipped the car. So, out came the old Olds stuff and in went a GM Gbody clip. The G-body clip was exactly the same frame width and track width as the 51. Out with the old:
In with the new:
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