Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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But just in case, tampons are useful for plugging bullet wounds until you can get to the emergency room.[/QUOTE]

Time to move?

Ron

Originally Posted by BradC

Don does the lower edge get tied to anything to reinforce it or filled with something. I never worked with a fiberglass body except corvette's till I got fiberglass poison. My throat swells up if I get near any fiberglass being worked. I know the itch, I would use baby powder or gold bond powder before I worked fiberglass.........LOL most not have worked so well.
Body looking good.
Brad

Thanks Brad. Yeah, I tabbed pieces of mat in an L shape from the lower edge of the body to the underside of the plywood, all along the length of the body. I laid up two layers there, extending several inches into that lower edge. It served to join the bottom of the floor to the sides. I may lay up a couple more layers of mat just to thicken that area, but it is already pretty substantial. I'm considering glassing some small pieces of wood to the very lower edge too. Probably doesn't need any of that, but you know how we over build stuff.

Bob: Er, ah, thanks for that bullet wound tip. If I should ever find myself in that position I'll try to remember that, before I pass out.

Don

Bob is that what all those strings are hanging out of your shirt...........LOL
Brad

geez..First super glue now tampons! The medical miricles are just stacking up!

Originally Posted by BradC

Bob is that what all those strings are hanging out of your shirt...........LOL
Brad

Resist the temptation to pull the strings...................please!!!

Lmao..........

Your bottoms starting to look good . No punt intended . Don i don't get those at the store either i just tell them , your going to die .

Don

hot patch and dance lessons come to mind

I took the last couple of days off to help my Son Don move into his new place, and to rest up after doing that , but I see Dan has made some progress on his '29. I thought I'd post some pictures of it here.

Some of you will remember that it started out as a Fordor sedan, but he decided to turn it into a roadster pickup because he found a nice Tudor body, and didn't want to own two sedans. He had been too busy at work and with playing (he's a musician) to ever get to the shop, but he has taken some time off from playing, and has been hitting on the car again. There is really not a lot to do, but he thinks there is........I think he is in that mid-build slump where you just think you will never get done.

But when I went to the shop the other day the body had been pulled off of the frame, and he was starting to finish up the floor and back panels. They had been held on with Cleco fasteners (Lots of Cleco fasteners ) but last night he got the back panels all welded and metal finished. He's gonna make Turkey Run in November yet.

Thought you might find it interesting to see how a Fordor can be chopped up and turned into a roadster body.

Don

Well it's pretty obvious where you got your talent from if he play's half as good as he builds he should have a very long and prosperous music career.

I just wish I had the ability to picture in my head and then build from that. I guess I'm just lucky to have the ability to steal other peoples ideas.

I'm almost as excited to see Dan's car finished as I am your's. So if everyone is done moving get back to work.

Ron

Remind self to move in with Don and son till 31 model A is done. To much good work being done on their cars and I can't finish a garage.
Brad

Don, could you tell me please; what are cleco fasteners and how do they work?
They're something I've not seen before.

johnboy

They are designed to temporarily hold two pieces of metal together, such as attaching two pieces of 18 gauge floor sections until you can weld them. There is a pair of pliers that squeezes the fastener (there is a spring inside each fastener) until the tip comes out. You slip that into a hole you drill into both pieces of metal, and when you release the pliers, the tip expands and clamps them together.

They come in sizes for either 1/8 inch holes, or 3/16. Probably other sizes too. They are the cats meow for holding pieces together, especially in places where you can't get a normal clamp. It saves you having to put a screw or something else there until the parts are welded solid. The 1/8 is the most usefull.

Here is a picture of the tool and a fastener. If you push in that shiny silver button on the left side, the prongs on the right side come out and shrink down to fit into the hole. When you release the button, they contract and swell up to grab and hold the pieces together tightly.

Don

Don,
I love looking at good metal work and that is some very nice work. It takes a lot of patience and talent. You must get a lot of enjoyment working with them. My hat is of to you
Ken