12-19-2021, 08:52 PM | #41 |
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Thanks for sharing. You are doing a good job.
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12-19-2021, 09:45 PM | #42 |
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Great work so far, take your time and get all those little details correct while you have it apart. It will be worth all the work and you can sit back and drive drive drive!
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12-19-2021, 11:26 PM | #43 |
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Looking good! However, you left yourself a bit of a challenge by not installing the accelerator pedal/cross shaft assembly on the firewall before mounting it on the frame.
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12-20-2021, 08:05 AM | #44 |
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Nice work & what a GR8 truck it will be when fiinished.
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Insurance and warranty jobs will always pay better than custom work. That type of work is very clear on the rates that can be charged and the time it takes to do the job. A custom, full bodywork and repaint might take 1000-2000 hours, you never know what you're getting into until you're there. You'll tie up a couple of staff members for half a year doing a car! Those same staff could have done 40 or more insurance jobs and made a ton more money. |
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12-20-2021, 05:14 PM | #47 |
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"We'll paint any car for $29.99" I've had several 'drivers' done like that- A gallon of single stage Urethane with hardner is $125 locally. My neighbor built a plastic sheet tent and did a beautiful job on his PU this Summer. What ever is your requirement. Newc
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12-20-2021, 11:00 PM | #48 |
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Saying you will be there and then not showing up or even calling isn't rude? Only having an answering machine handle incoming calls and giving a e-mail address then not returning an e-mail saying you are booked up or you aren't interested isn't rude? Free estimates are something that insurance companies need, competition is fierce and sources for collision repair are numerous. A custom paint job by a skilled painter is something quite different.
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12-27-2021, 04:45 PM | #49 |
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Dec 27th, 2021 Good News- the firewall pad[s] have arrived ahead of schedule from Quietride Solutions. Great product- ABS flexible with the 'chicken track' pattern. Foil backing with nice padding. 4 cyl pad on right- V8 on the left [other project]. Now the instruments and wiring can began assembly. Engine installation about complete- the 4 cyl is much easier to work around than a V8. My painter has promised parts in Jan and It will now keep me busy. We got 6" snow and more coming. Photos--
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12-27-2021, 05:04 PM | #50 |
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Are you going to use the grille , or would you sell it? I bought half a hood from you! Thank you, Roger
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12-27-2021, 08:02 PM | #51 | |
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12-30-2021, 04:26 PM | #52 |
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Looks quite saveable...
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12-30-2021, 10:17 PM | #53 |
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Spent the days installing the firewall pad- doing firewall grommets and the starter switch. Painted the instrument tower and will start assembling the instruments. small problems along the way. BIG question? The firewall pad is punched for the instrument tower bolts and so the instrument tower will sandwich the pad against the firewall? There is about 1/4" to 3/8' of material to be compressed then?I would expect the 'tower' to be solid against the firewall. Can't remember how the old junkers were done, that I disassembled?
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12-31-2021, 02:13 AM | #54 |
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Yes the pad with its insulation is sandwiched between the dash tunnel and firewall.Here is a pic of an original with the dash tunnel removed.This cowl section is near me and the original pad is just about mint.Been trying to buy it for years and yes its a 4 cyl.You can see the coil and 4 cyl pedal.Vibration damper is still intact also.
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12-31-2021, 04:32 AM | #55 |
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Can I offer an observation?
The stock original one Deuce posted above shows the pad sandwiched between the instrument tunnel flange and the firewall, but can you see that the tunnel flange actually sits on 6 protrusions that stick up from the firewall. The pad has big holes here so at these six points the tunnel bolts direct to the firewall. The stock pad is compressible enough to squash down in between the protrusions to allow the direct bolt up. Unless the new pad has clearance holes to go around the protrusions and is compressible enough in between, then it might need more clearancing to allow a direct bolt up. There is very little clearance between the instrument panel and the dash. It might not tolerate standing off the firewall due to an over thick (or under compressible) firewall pad. Mart. |
12-31-2021, 04:43 AM | #56 |
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Mart, I can't remember since its been a few years since I took that pic. What you see is the raised stamped impression of the firewall. So the tunnel tightens right up against them.Lookt a 5th pic in post #49.Sheldon
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12-31-2021, 05:37 AM | #57 |
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Yes, Sheldon, that's what I was trying to say. There is a direct bolt up at those six points.
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12-31-2021, 12:53 PM | #58 |
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Sheldon and Mart,
As Mart indicates, all that originally existed between the legs of the instrument panel and the six attachment points on the firewall is the thickness of insulator skin without any padding. The padding must be removed from those six points on the reproduction pad assembly. |
12-31-2021, 02:19 PM | #59 |
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Thanks everyone; gotta get the new '32 books, but you all have been a big help. Happy New Year. Newc
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12-31-2021, 06:16 PM | #60 |
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That would "rip your underwear" but it could have been worse. A fire extinguisher is something I lack, this is quite frankly scary and I am going to go out and get one. Good luck with the rebuild it will be nice when done.
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