09-21-2017, 05:24 PM | #61 |
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Yippee! Made huge strides today. Finally feels like I have "turned the corner".
Top assembly fits perfectly and is now ready to disassemble (again) and refinish. Removed the doors (again) after making certain (again) that all the gaps are perfect. Hopefully I'll be painting the inside of the body shell next week. Then I'll brace it well and put it on the rotisserie so the bottom and outside can be painted. These are the type of days when I start to feel the rewards of all the work done to date. Going back out there for a few hours. Why not? Kind of on a roll
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Should be another Dearborn winner coming out of Kube's garage! Patience pays off! Ken
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I believe I've heard that Mike only sips Korbel....no Long Necks on the premises. DD
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09-22-2017, 07:41 AM | #65 |
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Sips? You heard wrong.
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I see lots of bare metal and may have missed what was used to blast/strip. I have what I believe to be some great metal on my coupe and want to do the stripping as the body disserves. Way nothing rare except as to condition but still worth it. Please share that detail. Fred A
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The plastic beading will not pit the sheet metal nor warp it in any way. And although it won't remove heavy rust, those areas are always replaced with new metal anyway. To remove the undercoating on the inside I use a lot of elbow grease, some heat (carefully so as not to warp metal) and finally, lots of solvent.
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This is really neat. Thank you for sharing the pictures.
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I tried to refrain from using the word "guzzle". DD
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Funny as heck... but perhaps more appropriate than "sip"
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Kube, with you doing the restro, we know it will always be "right-on"...
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Today was another good day in the shop. makes the countless hours leading up to this moment somehow erase from my memory. Well, not completely but somewhat
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Kube, Thank You for sharing your pictures they are very helpful, especially the body shell pics. look forward to more!
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Kube I have a bolt in body support bracketry that I used on both of my 40 convertibles bodies that has a centered location for a engine cherry picker.I'm not going to need again,and someone like you shud have it.I can send you a picture of it via e-mail or text maybe.
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I have a jig that I'd made a few convertible (restorations) ago that bolt within the body. With it, I have no fear that the body will flex at all, even being rotated on the rotisserie.
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I have to say I haven't seen anyone that does high quality work like this within restorations. There aren't many with the knowledge or fortitude to find the right answer when it comes to restoring. As always keep the posts coming. It gets me excited to work on my project!!! Can you give an update on the truck you did last? Was it a keeper or did you sell it?
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Bending this thread a little I notice on the online classified section of the V8 Club a gorgeous 40 Standard Tudor. While you are not named it's inferred that you are the restorer. Last month the price was 32K. Now it's down to 30K. Still no takers. What's happening to the V8 market? Care to comment? Bill
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I am not thrilled about how my name was used in that ad...
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I thought you may get a kick out of my bracketry. This is the third convertible I've done using this. Managed to get the guide coat on the outer body today. Tomorrow I'll remove the trunk lid and bracketry and wet sand the inside of the body. I hope to be able to paint the inside by this weekend.
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