I hear ya...I am not allowed to start anything else until I get Lyndas Customline done..Bit short of cash at the moment,so nothings happening,apart from development work in the shop...Quote:
Originally Posted by falconvan
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I hear ya...I am not allowed to start anything else until I get Lyndas Customline done..Bit short of cash at the moment,so nothings happening,apart from development work in the shop...Quote:
Originally Posted by falconvan
Ah, the things we do for love......she's right, though. If I dont make the commitment, It'll still be sitting in pieces 10 years from now. We met a couple who have a nice 38 Chevy with all modern underpinnings, A/C, etc. They just got back from a 2200 mile trip with it and really enjoyed it so that got her wanting to see the coupe finished.Quote:
Originally Posted by lamin8r
It's small progress but it is progress; I have a overhead stoarge loft in the garage that's packed with car stuff and lots of other stuff. Over the past week we pulled it all out, hauled stuff to the dumpster, had a yardsale, and I picked out which front, rear, and inner fenders I'm going to use on this. I had a few sets of each. The car itself was packed with junk so I've started cleaning it out, too. Sometime soon I should be rolling it outside to blow off all the dust and vacuum it out really good so I can get started again.
that is great falcon. wished i lived closer to you. i bet that was a great yard sale.
I know what you're going thru getting the car dug out again, I was out in my garage the other day and I think I caught a glimpse of my Ranchero!!!!:eek:
:lol::lol:
Yeah Barb, you would have thought. The bad thing about yard sales is that you put a $.25 price tag on something worth $50 and they will try to chew you down. Most of the car stuff I ended up selling on Ebay except for a few books and some tools. All together we did get rid of a lot of junk we were storing, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by jyardgirl
It IS a mess, Dave. I was just working on this thing a year ago; cant believe how much crap got piled in it in that short of time. What Ranchero do you have? I dont think I saw that one on here before.
Hey Lamin8r, I just opened Micah and read that verse; great stuff, bro.
And it can be a hard road for someone who only saw the light four years ago,falcon..;)Quote:
Originally Posted by falconvan
Its funny you should mention that Dave..I found my Galaxie again last weekend...:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Dave Severson
I hear you. Sometimes we're like these old cars; we have to be totally broken down and given up on before we're ready to be revived. But it's never too late; the thief on the cross only had a few minutes of life left and he was saved. I wish I had a dime for everytime my mama pointed that out to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by lamin8r
Heck Falcon, what a simple but beautiful way of expressing that thought. That should be quoted to all car people to help some open their hearts and minds to our Lord,thank you.
Now Dave and Robin, how about some photos of these hinden treasures???:HMMM:
Just a short one cos I am supposed to be working...Got inside Steves shed in Manurewa on Saturday,Whip...:eek:KRAZY,,,some kool toys in there...and outside...phew..As far as the Galaxie goes,,well I might try to get some pix of what is visible...:LOL:Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
No problem, buddy. Always willing to take time to share the Word. I'm with you, where's these archeological Ford finds?Quote:
Originally Posted by Whiplash23T
I've got a '67 Ranchero, started on it a few years back, been back burnered ever since---it's on my round tuit list!
Sounds cool; do you have any pre-burial pics?
I took Monday off after working almost 80 hours last week and decided to hit the garage hard. 14 hours later its looking pretty good; I rolled the body and chassis out and blew off a ton of dust along with pulling everything away from the walls and sweeping and vacuuming up all the dust. Also hauled off a big load of more junk. It looks so much better and I think I'm ready to start getting back on this thing in a few weeks. Not much spare time around the holidays but at least it's clean and organized enough to be able to work.
very sweet looking.
Kool,falcon...show it the light of day,actually had a shift around today,myself,and moved the 29 roadster body out of the way,and moved the Customline into the workshop,so it will get in the way,which means,I have good natural light with which to attack it again...and more room by getting a four year old Freightliner front back to the truck shop,all neat and repaired..:cool:Good to see your Plymouth back in [almost]start mode..:D
that's a real nice looking garage you have there. I can't wait to get to the point where I can work in a garage with more space. I have a 2 car garage with two cars in it so I usually push it outside to work, but its getting aweful cold again and pitch black by 6pm :(
I'm looking forward to the updates!
Yeah, that garage was the nicest thing my wife ever bought me. Even when the build cost ran way over what i figured, she was cool about it. I'm actually building this Plymouth for her. That way I wont be tempted to sell it plus I'll be able to build myself something else when it's done.
By the time you're ready to build the next one, we should have the New Hemi's dialed in....then you can build you a really awesome go fast machine!!!! Betcha you're just chompin' at the bit to get back at the car, been away from it for quite a spell! Oh well, as the old saying goes, "Absence makes the heart grow fonder."--I'm certain the author was talking about his Hot Rod!!!!!!
I am, Dave! Working on the truck the last year gave me time to think about this and refine a few ideas. I dont know much I'll get to work on it before Christmas but at least the place is clean enough that I can find my tools again. Alicia thinks she settled on a color; pearl white with red pinstripes and red interior. The Plymouth you're working on is looking killer!
Hey Falcon,you tell Alicia that I approve her colour choice and that has to be red leather upholstery as one can't beat the smell of new leather when one opens the door of their car. Anytime she needs somebody to carry the shopping to the car,just give me a call.:)
I'll do that, Whiplash! As far as leather, we'll have to see how much is in the kitty when we get to the interior. I hope we can go that route, though.
Here we go; first real work in a year. I put a new inner and outer patch panel on the other side last year; now it's time for this side. Here's the old stuff cut out, new inner panel, and some rust inhibitor applied. Next we'll paint inside the panel and put the outer patch on.
Got the patch trimmed and tacked in tonight.
Nice patch, Falcon! does the wheel opening lip continue down into the new patch, or did you get lucky and it will just end where the patch is????
It continues down but it's a factory reproduction piece so it looks like it's going to transition smoothly. The guy that makes these sure is proud of them; I paid a mint for these considering it's just a small piece of sheet metal.
Nice job Falcon. Got to love welding sheet metal!:D
I bet you guys who play with non Ford type cars pay a premium for most of the stuff you buy...............there is just so much more for Fords that the parts have gotten competitive, not so with Mopars, etc.
I just went back and reread this entire thread, you have really come a long way and are doing a great job on it. Very interesting thread, thanks for keeping us in the loop. :)
Don
Yeah, I think I paid about $120 a piece for those little patch panels. Lucky I had the sedan body to cut from for the floor; he wanted about $2K for a complete floor pan set. I read some of my old entries, too. The one where I said i'd be finished in 18 months was particularly amusing.:rolleyes: I guess it takes as long as it takes. Back to work tonight, my wife is going shopping with the girls so I have a full night in the garage. Thanks for the comments, guys.
I went back through a bit too as a refresher and man I hate to rub it in, but my car required no patch panels :eek:. Just the lower tailpan area had to be cut out, banged out and welded back in since it was hit and filled with filler way back when. Good work plugging along on all that sheetmetal.
I am excited for some more frequent updates now :cool:
Go ahead; rub it in, 35. I've got it coming for thinking I can throw this together as quick as some of my other projects. It's funny how when Mike told me he was giving this to me and I looked at it in the garage I thought,"How in the world can a guy have a 40's 2 door coupe apart and not want to finish it?" Man, doing a car like this is nothing like taking some old beater and throwing in a big engine and a cheapie paint job. Even with starting with what I thought was a decent body; the commitment to get 65 year old sheet metal back in good shape to paint is huge. You definitely learn a whole new set of skills along the way. Looking at it as a whole is overwhelming so I decided to divide the body into quarters and concentrate on 1/4 at a time. I know this is going to take a few months to get all the way around the car and get it right so I'm mentally prepared for slow steady progress.
When we brought this home from the blaster we ran into rain and it started to rust before we got home so I decided to spray the whole thing down with this green rust inhibitor I got from Advance. It did it's job of stopping the rust but the whole car looks like a giant glazed donut so part of the task is sanding all that crap off. I spent about 4 hours tonight sanding 1/4 of the car, finish welded my patch, and ground down several welds from previous patches. A couple questions: I have some All-metal body filler I was thinking of using to smooth out the joints where I did some patching. Can I just use this right on the bare metal or should I wait for the first primer coat and the use filler on top of that? Also, here's a shot of a factory lead joint by the rear window. It looks fine; can I just leave it or does something need to be done with it before top coating?
never have had a lot of trouble with the old lead, but I usually grind a bit of it off and start with the Evercoat filler with the fine strand 'glass... Evercoat also makes a product called Metal to Metal that is both air and moisture proof that works good to seal up leaded joints, just a light coat of it though!!!!
Two schools on applying filler, some say use it over bare metal, others say use Epoxy primer first.... I've done it both ways, usually do the Epoxy primer first after sandblasting and lots of cleaning time to seal up the surface of the metal and prevent surface rust from forming....
That looks kool falcon..Nice old body you have,Plymouth,that is...:D.Not too much rot in it by the looks of it..Most of the Mopars of that age we have down here are shot now,,rotten in the bottom 6 inches..Nice job,brother..
I figured you were talking about the car; my old body needs a lot more work than this does. I think it's beyond saving; lucky for me Alicia loves me anyway.:LOL:
Somebody asked me on another site why I used a 5.3; here's a video of a car that i read an article about and it convinced me to try a 5.3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qk9uU_3VHT0
Thanks for the advice, Dave. I'll get some of that metal to metal and give it a shot.
Spent the day on the trunk; I had several patches that I still has to grind down the welds plus a lot of general cleanup. I also had patches of old undercoating to scape out and I removed the spare tire well and mounting bracket and patched that in.
Looks much better, now onto the other quarter panel after I get the patch fully welded.
I am not sure if you guys know about this ref for metal shaping.I would think you would given the work I have seen done here.But here is a link of one of the better sites I found devoted to just metal shaping.
http://allmetalshaping.com/
Hope it helps some.
That's great info, Gary; thanks! I'm going to save that one in my favorites.