That really looks solid, Bobby. Cant wait to see you tear into it!
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That really looks solid, Bobby. Cant wait to see you tear into it!
It needs work but it is in great shape for 71 . Lots of new parts with it and doubles of guages and such . But all in all it will be fun now to get my 31 on ebay so i have inside room for this .
Oh i see the progress your making on the floor is coming along great to have the extra parts around .
Selling all those parts paid off; here's the latest new shop tool:
Nice big compressor. Love new tools!
Falcon nice addition new ones have so much more cfm now days for the home compressors . My old campbell is 12 at 40 and 10 at 90 . Some of the new HVLP guns require more then i can supply . Maybe someday i'll have to sell something . Sure looks great sitting there getting ready to puff some air out .
Thanks! Now just finding the time to bolt it down, run power from the panel on the other side of the garage, hook up the dryer. We're in the last few weeks of volleyball and football season with the kids so between that and our band we've been on the run every night. I'm ready for a break. A little good news on the band front; there's a small producer in Branson who's going to pay for some recording studio time for us and try to help push a few of our songs to the christian radio stations so keep your fingers crossed for us.
I spent most of the time I could squeeze in this past week hooking up my compressor and dryer. I did get a bit of a start on the other side of the floor. Too bad the weekend is over.
hay falcon congrats on the new compressor BUT and you will notice the big BUT if that copper tubing is your main supply line it looks way too small you need at least 1 in id for for use of air tools ...ted
I thought it might be, too. The dryer I have is from a building I used to work at and was actually for control air on the HVAC system so it only had 3/8 lines going in and out. But my air grinder likes it so far. I ran it about 45 minutes today and it didnt have any problems keeping up. That's the tool I have that has the biggest cfm draw. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
Falcon you planning some snow already . See the shovel on stand buy , man reminds me winter is coming maybe I better service the snow blower early this year . See you are still getting the floor done with some new metal .
It's becoming more of a sand shovel than a snow shovel. I cant believe the amount of sand in this car from the blasting process. It gets into every nook and cranny. The floor's making headway; I'll be glad when that part is over. Laying on your back trying to weld over your head is the pits.
I heard that of sandblasting , you can vac use the blow gun and still get sand particles as your building . Would it be a good idea to use a light coat of spray adhesive in the nooks and crannys before paint to bond sand .
Good idea; I sure dont want a puff of sand blowing up on the paint. I finished buttoning up the other rocker after work today; now I just have to weld the floor all the way around. Here's a shot of what's left of the 48 Dodge I'm parting out. Hmmmmm......anyone see another hotrod lurking in there somewhere?;)
Nothing special this weekend, just welding up a lot of what I'd spotwelded on the floor. I was having fits with my MIG until i figured out that the ground wire was loose on the clamp. I'm hoping to have the floor done in another weekend; I'm ready to move onto a different area. I'm trying to stay focused on small areas cause I know I'm going to be doing this all winter.
Falcon head way is head way i need to get back in garage myself have'nt been there for a couple months . The floor is moving along if your putting down the beads now .
Bobby, that Ford looks like a pretty good reason to get back in the garage. I watched your film clip of it riding home on the trailer, pretty cool stuff.
I got about a half day in the garage this weekend. We babysat my grandson so I spent most of the time with him. No major progress worthy of pics; just some finish welding on the floor and started patching some of the firewall holes, but it's coming along. I think I'm due to take a day off of work and hit it hard for 10 or 12 hours. Maybe Friday of this week if it works out.
Falcon right now i am enjoying your build . Soon on this one and a thread will be started . Stang is still on front list for most when i get out there .
Thanks, it helps to know that people are interested. I'm looking forward to your first 5 window smoky burnout!
At 2700 veiws and a avg of about 14 a day looking is showing some interest . Its a great car and even a greater build . Your builds as others keeps my knowledge base on even kilter even though i am just in the bleachers .
Hey, a little bit of progress whenever you can is way better then no progress at all!!!!! I know what you mean on the body welding and patching, you can work on it all weekend and it winds up looking like you took 2 giant steps backwards!!!!!!!:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:Quote:
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Oh well, if it was quick and easy, everybody would be doing it!!!!!
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I do!!!!! but then I saw a lurking Hot Rod in a Bronco II with rusted quarter panels so ya might not want to put a lot of value on my opinion!!!!!!:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:
I'm kind of blown away at the numbers myself. There's a lot of builders out there much more skilled than me and these old Plymouths are pretty cheap and easy to find. Thank you all who tune in, I take it as a great compliment that you feel this is worth watching. Dave that Bronco II is a great idea! It's the unusual stuff that keeps it interesting.Quote:
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That was my thinking when I built my 48 DeSoto, 4 door.;)Quote:
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Jack
The grille on your car says it all; I think Desoto had one of the best looking frontends during those years.
Thanks falcon.
Will keep up as you post your progression.
Jack
All this little patching sure consumes a lot of time. But it had to be done. Also chopped the cowl off of the parts car; I got a plan for it down the road.
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Looks good!
Patching, welding, grinding, filling, can eat up a lot of hours but when done properly makes for an excellent finished product..... Looks like you're taking the time to do it right!!!!
Just think of all the little chuckles you can have whenever someone asks why it takes you so long to build a car!!!!!
Personally, doing the sheetmetal work is still one of my favorite parts of any build, even when it comes to doing a lot of things like what you're involved with now that no one will ever see when it's done!!!!! I've learned over the years that there's a whole lot more to a build then just fancy paint and a chromed up engine!!!!!!
Well falcon looks like you have most of the floor done waiting on the full floor shot .
You going to make a winter sled with the cowl . Some ski's and down ya go .
It's funny you say that, Dave, Someone asked me the proverbial question tonight;"How long till the whole car's done?" I said hopefully the summer after next and they couldn't believe that it should take so long.
The cowl's a little heavy for a sled; how about I take out the glass, put in the dash and call it a lemonade stand? Still a little ways to go before the full floor shot but it's coming.
I usually just tell them it will be done about a week after it's finished......:confused: :confused: :confused: Always leaves 'em blinkin'!!:LOL: :LOL: :LOL:Quote:
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As you can guess, work has come to a stop with having to go to my sister's funeral this past week. I'm home one more day so I thought I'd catch up the thread on the stuff I was working on before all this happened. I was going to work out there today but I'm mentally beat and a relaxing day alone in the house sounded too good to pass up.
The floor is pretty much done; I got the welds ground down, all the little places patched, and a new side make for the tunnel cover. I got it as clean as I could and sprayed it with rust nuetralizer. It should look fine once it's painted. I also got several holes in the firewall patched and ground the welds. I think I'm going to start on the lower inner trunk lip next. It's going to need work on the top and bottom. The underside of the lip has a boxed section that runs the width of the trunk and holds the body mounts on each end. Im going to try and build another one as no one reproduces it. I'm trying to stick to all the areas that will be unseen once the car is together.
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Great work! It is going to be nice when your all done! Do you plan to seal the floor or sound proof it with bed liner or anything? I am going to be at that stage soon with my new 63 wagon and the 46 Chrysler and I think I will be buying some SPI bed liner and Epoxy to seal and sound proof the floor.
What are your thoughts on yours?
I know Im going to use some kind of bedliner underneath and probably Dynamat or the generic equivelant inside. I guess a good seam sealer around the perimeter and the welds? I'm still thinking about that part. Do you know of any kind of seam sealer that's paintable?
3M has from what i remember the best , the old number was 8505 but that was so long ago it may have changed . They have the brushable but it is expensive have always wanted to get a tube and see what would thin it to be brushable .
Lookin' good Falcon!!!! You've came a long ways on it already! Gonna be a nice old sled when you get done with it!!!
Sled i thought the cowl would be the sled :LOL: Right Dave it is looking great and coming along
Another day of patching; There was no way to copy the brace that ran under the lower trunk lip. Too many tight curves. I decided to cut out all the bad stuff and box it to reinforce it. It should work fine. More to come tomorrow, hopefully. I spent a good part of the day laying on my back welding; wish I had a rotissary!