Thread: Project $ 3 K Is Underway

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Don, I was saving this for the next time your "girlfriend's" pictures came up. Now I think you need it as a test. I hope it does not offend the fine people from Washington as it is obvious that they like grung in more than their music.

Ron

Lordy, Lordy, Lordy. Just when you think you've seen it all.


Er, thanks for the little test Ron. I think I'm going to go back to bed now.

Don

Damn, Don---Get back to work. Your post is starting to look like a home page for young pussies and old transvestites!!!

I know what you mean Brian. This gives the term "getting off track" a whole new meaning.

I swear, tomorrow there will be car pictures and progress. I better do something before the Government intercedes and shuts it down. (or at least a Moderator)

Don

Today , for the first time in a few weeks, I got a chance to actually do some work on the T. Moving is all done, so I should be able to hit on it pretty hard from now on.

Although I have some stuff to do to the chassis, like brake lines, fuel lines, battery cables, etc., I want to take a break from the mechanical end and do the body. I think it will be a nice break, and also give me some renewed enthusiasm if I see the body getting into primer, then paint. I am almost done inside the cockpit, but the underside of the body has yet to be touched, so that is what I am concentrating on now.

It is simply raw plywood now, and I am going to encapsulate it in one or two layers of fiberglass mat. This will waterproof the underside, give me a more finished surface under there, and add a lot of strength and vibration resistance to the lower part of the body and floor. I started off by using an air saw to trim the plywood more closely to the shape of the underside of the tunnel. There were some edges hanging over, and after I cut them off, I used a body grinder with a 24 grit to shape the plywood to the edge of the tunnel. I also rounded the edges of the plywood (rolled them over) so that the mat will not have to make sharp corners. Fiberglass does not like to turn sharply, and air voids can develop. If you take the mat around a smooth, round corner, it will adhere better.

Here is a picture of the floor after the grinding.

You'll notice in the picture above that most of the rear section of the body has been cut out to fit down over my frame kickup. This created a wooden "pocket" that will need to be glassed over and smoothed. No wood will be visable once I lay fiberglass mat over it all, then lay on a thin coating of filler, before painting the body.

To get the edges of this pocket ready for mat, I squeegy'd in some body filler to create a backing for the mat. This will give me a wall that will allow the mat to lay straighter and conform to the pocket better. Tomorrow I will grind all of the filler to shape it, then start to lay up mat inside the pocket.

While the underside of the body doesn't have to be as perfect as the outside of the body, I still want it to be pretty good. I am going to roll bedliner over the entire underside, but the pocket will probably be gloss black just like the rest of the body.

Here is a picture of the pocket with some filler in place.

Don

Woops. Picture one didn't come up. Here is the underside of the floor after trimming and grinding to shape.

Don

Here is a picture of the floor after the grinding.

Don,

Forget an attachment? I NEVER do that . . .

Yeah, me too. I only do it once a week or so.

Don

You're kidding right? Someone ACTUALLY had the nerve to send you that?

Unbelievable, but funny as h***.


Don

Who cares if someone has 3 posts or 3 million? This isn't a contest, it is an open forum. JEESH !!! Kinda reminds me of the guys who go around looking for their neighbors to do something wrong so they can call code enforcement on them.

GET A LIFE !!!!

Don

Hey, I'm getting near 5,000. Gonna beat yooooooouuuuuu. lol

Yeah denny, take that! I dont know who talks more, you or don? Whats the matter with you guys , all that help you give , what were you thinking?

So I am understanding that you are going to put a couple layers of matting over the wood and then roll bed liner over that?

Sort of, Brick. I'll probably prime everything first, after the glass is laid in there, and maybe even shoot a coat of paint under there just for giggles, then roll on the bedliner. I figure the bedliner will give it sort of an undercoating appearance and be easy to keep clean. The part that shows in the pocket in the rear will be painted like the body though.

Don

I see now, the one part on top is where the frame in the rear goes up into so it will be painted. Ok I get it now, very cool and simple fix for the bottom that will last along time.