Just blame it on the ankle bone.
You know- it's connected to the shin bone, that's connected to the knee bone: etc
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Just blame it on the ankle bone.
You know- it's connected to the shin bone, that's connected to the knee bone: etc
Just blame it on the ankle bone.
You know- it's connected to the shin bone, that's connected to the knee bone: etc
Wow, you're really getting after it!
It's looking good too.
Thanks; hoping this will be the Power Tour 2018 ride. We’ll see; lots of body rot to tackle.
I haven't decided if I'll go this year yet. I'm guessing it will be an eastern route this time.
I heard something about the previous years final stop is the starting point the next year. Not sure if that’s accurate or not.
Side 2 is on. Next I’m going to work on the back corners and the tail pan which is the worst rusted area. Luckily one of the top Mopar salvage yards in the country is about 40 minutes from me and he’s got about 10 of these vans. I went out last weekend and got four rust free doors and some solid patch sections for a pretty decent price.
Looking really nice! Does that junk yard have any challengers in there?
Yes, they do. The place is called Clay & Sons in Catawissa, Missouri
This is really ugly; might as well get the worst over with. Heading to Florida to see my grandkids for a few days so no more car work until next week.
Hmmm....we got a potential trade in the works?
No trade. He doesn't want my pile of rust I'm sure. :LOL: Have a good trip to Florida! Man the back does look pretty rotten back there.
Back from Florida today and started the surgery, looks like the heavier structural parts are in decent shape so it shouldn’t be too terrible to heal.
I hope your trip was enjoyable! Now get back to work. :LOL:
A little early for this question but, what color are you thinking for it ?
I'm going back and forth between keeping it white or going with some 60's shade of blue/turquoise. I like TCP Global's single stage enamel so it'll be something off of their color charts.
cobalt blue or Acapulco Blue
https://www.cars-on-line.com/photo/5...hev56212-1.jpg
http://paintref.com/mustang/1967/1967_00091_01.jpg
Nice;
This is probably the closest they have to that
http://www.tcpglobal.com/Automotive-...ion-Shop-1508/
The piece that supported the back of the leaf spring was pretty thin on this side. Luckily the frame rail is solid. So I needed some heavy sheet metal to rebuild this piece and I had just had some VFDs for some 75hp chilled water pumps changed at work. The old VFD cabinets are really heavy gauge steel so I saved one from the dumpster and am using pieces of it to rebuild the spring support. Can’t beat the price and it’s twice as thick as the original bracket.
that's my kind of thinkin,nice.
Free is a great price, and thicker surely can't hurt there. Nice work!
Closing in on finishing this corner, just need to rebuild the structure for the lower door hinge. I cut this corner out of another van; it’ll need a little massaging but it’s workable.
Nice work!
Looks good! I love the scrounging, and using what you have mentality.
Thanks! I got the support post rebuilt today with some 2” x 3” tubing and got the corner tacked on. Now to do a little repair work on the corner, patch the rear floor on this side, then do the other corner. This side was the worst; happy to reach this point.
Here you go Pat! They announced the dates and cities way early. I doubt I go this year. I won't have my stuff together for that long of a trip I don't believe.
2018 HOT ROD Power Tour Dates and Cities Announced! - Hot Rod Network
Yeah, that’s a pretty long distance for me, too. Hopefully I can at least do part of it; we’ll see. Thanks for the info!
Looking good Pat, wished I had my 68 Dodge Window Van back. Had a 318 w/a automatic in it. And by the way what part of Florida were you in?? I'm staying just 30 minutes NE of Orlando for the winter.
Great to hear from you, Joe. I was in Cocoa Beach. How’s big Marge coming along?
I got the corner fixed up along with patching the floor, fixing the panel that goes over the fuel filler tube, and sealing the surface rust on the backside with some POR-15. Next step is replace the drivers side rocker panel and do some repairs the the front of the leaf spring mount. Then all the metal work on this side is done.
Pat, that looks so much better! Great work!
I’ll do that, Joe. My grandkids moved down there so we’ll be making a few trips a year.
I cut the rocker out today and drilled out the spot welds on the spring support so I could build another one. I can’t believe this was holding the spring up; there’s nothing left of it. Luckily the frame and the inner rocker was solid so I built a new support from 1/4” plate. Maybe a little overkill but I had plenty of 1/4” so I used it. Found this stamp on the frame when I cut the old bracket off; pretty cool.
Love the steel company sign. Do you think it's part of the original truck?
Yeah it was stamped on the frame under the original leaf spring support; I found it when I cut the old support off.
Your crusin on the van, it's fun to watch it come together. Nice work.
Thanks, Seth. Trying to keep the momentum going.
I got my spring support finished and mounted today; time to take a break for a few days.