Thread: Roadster pickup getting closer

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Hey, you're back!! How was the vacation? I have you and a bunch of other powder coater lovers to thank for pushing us in this direction. To me paint doesn't look nearly as good...........but that is just me.


Don

Yes, and it's good to be home. Now it's getting adjusted to the time again, old age! We had a great time.
I'm really glad this is working out, sometimes it can go the other way if you don't have the right guy
Ken

Wow! That looks super nice. I bet Dan is going to be pleased. Your going to have to wear sunglasses driving behind him from the glare! I'm convinced now that I'll at least have the rear drums coated, and if I have to do any work on the differential, then I'll have it done to.
P.S. nice pic Ken!

That's ONE BIG CAT you have there! Looks like your family had a great time.

Well, time to go pick up the frame. Pictures to follow.


Don

Don, when I was driving stock cars a few years back, we were running two tracks which necessitated changing the chunk in our Ford 9-inch sometimes twice a week. We never used a gasket; we just used high-temp RTV silicone, the copper-colored stuff. Never had a leak and never had a problem...

As an alternative, one time back when I was kid, I watched my dad make a gasket for a differential from a brown paper bag. He used the chunk that had been removed and "cut" the new gasket by holding the brown paper in place and tapping the edges with a ball-peen hammer. I've never forgotten that trick... If you can't find a gasket locally and Dan doesn't want to just use RTV, you can make a perfect fitting gasket using the above method. If Dan isn't happy with brown paper, he can get some sheet gasket material at the parts store. (Gotta be pretty thin for the diff, though...)

Jim, for a while I considered just using rtv, but luckily NAPA had a gasket and washers at the one location. That gasket is about as thin as a paper bag! Years ago I used stuff like a Quakers Oats box to make gaskets, so the paper bag trick would probably work too.

Earl, thanks. The job the coater did was really better than expected. It is a frame after all, and never will be as smooth as a body, but it is very good.

Plan for today is to get more stuff bolted on.

Don

That powder coat looks 1,000 times better than what is on my frame. I with others forward to the "roller pic's". I started following Dan's build on the other board. Admire his fab skills.

Earl

looks great!
glad everything worked out for you
cant wait to see that chassis assembled, and in color

You and I are playing thread tag!


Don

Ok, got a little of the rear end assembled today. Didn't get a whole lot done as we had to quit early, but here are some shots of where we ended up.

Don

And a couple more........

Don

Verry cool

Very nice work and the powder came out sweet... You guys have some serious skills without a doubt!

that frame shines. What a nice contrast to the chrome 4 bar suspension. You guys do nice work!

Thanks guys. It feels so good to see this thing finally going together for the last time (hopefully ). Still a lot to do, but this is a major step for sure.

Don