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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #390 on: October 19, 2013, 05:23:17 PM »
I've been working on the grill. I need to re-mount the radiator in order to drive the chassis over here, and I only want to mount it once...fat chance...

Anyway, I attached the welting...



I made my own "special tool"...I works well enough..



The frustrating part is that where the grill is reinforced the rivets are to short!

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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #391 on: October 19, 2013, 05:27:21 PM »
But the welting looks good....before..I just noticed the color differences between the two pictures. One with flash and the garage door closed..the other with the door open..



After...



And this picture shows those crazy brown headlight buckets. I painted them with gloss walnut brown rustoleum and then clear coated with Matte clear..It's a very close match to the inner bulb holders, which I left original..


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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #392 on: October 19, 2013, 11:05:29 PM »
This picture shows the brown headlight bucket better. The inner bulb holder still has the original paint..



The harness is routed and fastened in place..



And who doesn't like footman loops? I blackened the new zinc plated screws...

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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #393 on: October 20, 2013, 09:28:39 AM »
It's looking terrific.  Love the gray.

I'm going to have to make a tool like that.  I managed without one, but that sure looks like it would make it easier. 

Now admit it...hard to walk away...isn't it?

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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #394 on: October 20, 2013, 11:28:17 AM »
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It's looking terrific.� Love the gray.

I'm going to have to make a tool like that.� I managed without one, but that sure looks like it would make it easier.�

Now admit it...hard to walk away...isn't it?

Tim

I want to work on it, I want to finish it, but I don't want it to be done...

But I take comfort in knowing that they never are quite "done"....
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #395 on: October 20, 2013, 06:01:28 PM »
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I want to work on it, I want to finish it, but I don't want it to be done...

But I take comfort in knowing that they never are quite "done"....

Well put.� That's why I ended up with two more orphans.

Tim
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #396 on: October 20, 2013, 07:56:46 PM »
More progress to report...

I added the radiator to the grill..



And the shroud to the radiator... this becomes quite the sub-assembly..



And the whole thing to the chassis..



Makes a nice neat package!


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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #397 on: October 21, 2013, 12:22:17 AM »
Way cool! Having finally made it through all of your posts since joining the forum earlier this month, all I can say is wow. You have done a stellar job. This thread promises to be a great reference for my work. Thanks for doing it.

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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #398 on: October 21, 2013, 10:46:34 AM »
Thanks Steve...I hope it helps both in things to do and things not to do...

It took me a long time to get over the "just one more patch and I'm done" mindset...

Try and give your tub a thorough assessment of what needs to be done and develop a plan as to how you are going to do it.

Initially I was just going to do a few patches and have a driver....guess I got carried away :D
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #399 on: October 21, 2013, 08:20:40 PM »
I brought the chassis over today....Ride along!..Just click on the picture....

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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #400 on: October 21, 2013, 10:05:55 PM »
But Officer, I had a body when I left the house..honest.... I wonder where I lost it?

That is one of the longest bare chassis rides on public streets I have seen on video. I like how you get the tires to spin backwards. Someday...I'll be doing the same.
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #401 on: October 21, 2013, 10:59:45 PM »
I'm not sure what I'd have done if I had gotten stopped....it's registered and insured, and the plates were on it...but I'm really bad at telling convincing lies....

I guess I could say that the body rusted off....true in a way....
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #402 on: October 22, 2013, 07:22:35 AM »
Nice, hard to believe not one dog chased you.
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #403 on: October 22, 2013, 07:32:53 AM »
That is the best ride-along video yet. Too funny. All that was missing was a police chase and a shoot-out.
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Re: Too rusty to save?
« Reply #404 on: October 22, 2013, 05:32:36 PM »
Well, now I don't have to make excuses about there being no body....

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