Thread: 34 3 Window Re-Build

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Nice rebuild you have going Jack . The 33 and the 34 are by far the sharpest style .

Thanks guys,

It's going slow but sure. The next time the body is lowered down to the frame it will stay there for awhile (I hope).

dmw, let's see some pics.

Jack.

Jack,

Didn't want to clutter up your thread with my pictures. So just go to this thread to see it. Starting on post #4.

http://www.clubhotrod.com/forums/showthread.php?t=44143

dmw,

I remember seeing your thread, I assume you bought the 34 model 40? My girl friend back in 1962 bought a 61 Tbird convert. We sold it a couple of years later after we got married and then she got prego. She quit work and I couldn't afford the $110 mo. payments. Another one of those "I wish I still had it stories".

Jack.

Great job on the tile Jack....and the car..

Thats abit of bad luck Jack and very fustrating having to redo all your work again. When I was an apprentice panelbeater I hated winter time as the number of people bringing in cars to fix water leaks was huge and one could spend hours just trying to find where the water was getting in and then the people complaining about your charge out rate was to fix one little hole.

Maybe I need to build mine out of seamless stainless.....

Steve, It is (was, I hope) leaking from the seam where the curb meets the concrete shower pan near the wall and the seam at the top of the curb at the wall. I'm not a pro at this but it seems to me that the curb should have been incorporated into the pan and made of concrete at the time of construction. Instead the tile man built the two layer pan with rubber membrane, so far so good, but he left the membrane hang out the side of where the curb was to be, built the curb out of 2x4s then brought the membrane over the top of the curb. This may have worked to a better degree if he had not nailed the membrane to the shower side and top of the curb with a 1/2 million nails. Also, the membrane was not brought up the side of the walls at all before the cement wall boards were installed so there was some leakage there too, although surprisingly very little.

Whiplash,

I didn't have to redo everything; What I did was remove all the grout from around the seam at the bottom of the shower and at the ends of the curb. I let the grout dry for two days then put two applications of silicone sealer a day apart. Tomorrow I reinstall the hardware, getting pretty good at that,
and give it another test.

Wish me luck,

Jack.

Yes I will wish you all the luck for a successful job this time my friend.

Good luck Jack. Hope the water issues are a thing of the past. I hate plumbing, it just makes a huge mess when things go wrong!

Ran the shower for 20 min. this morn. with not one drop of water. Will leave the back wall off for a week to make sure then seal it up. Then get some more work done on the 34 before starting the next house project.

Jack.

What a nice car you're working on Jack! A poncho in a ford ... how's that for cool .... not to mention rare? Keep it up.

Thanks Ryan,
For the kind words. The leak(s) are finally stopped but still haven't sealed up the back wall to the shower, painting the walls and ceiling have been taking up a lot of my time. I have been able to sneak out to the shop some though and have been working on the gas tank cover and rear fenders, along with a few house projects. Have taken some pics and will post when they are a little further along.

Jack.

Oh well, probably not the first or the last re-do in the world of Hot Rodding! Good to see you back on the car again Jack!

Looks good, Jack. Keep chipping away, you'll be doing burnouts before you know it.