37 Ford build--IE: old Header issues thread /37 Ford/5.0/GT40P heads

[Irelands child]

Randy

Got my replacement hood sides from Rootlieb - and of course they were the wrong ones so back they went and, hopefully, the right ones are enroute. I had ordered plain sides, no louvers, no hardware or hardware holes. They sent stock Model A hood sides with the great long ugly OEM louvers. Should have the replacements for the replacements Monday or Tuesday.

The trunk lid, rear fenders and a few other assorted pieces are now straight, smooth and lump free waiting some polyester primer and final 600 grit sanding. headway is s-l-o-o-o-w but at least there is some. I'm glad that I'm not trying to make a living doing this kind of work

How are you making out with seam sealing and final welding in of the firewall?

Dave

[randyr]

Randy

Got my replacement hood sides from Rootlieb - and of course they were the wrong ones so back they went and, hopefully, the right ones are enroute. I had ordered plain sides, no louvers, no hardware or hardware holes. They sent stock Model A hood sides with the great long ugly OEM louvers. Should have the replacements for the replacements Monday or Tuesday.

The trunk lid, rear fenders and a few other assorted pieces are now straight, smooth and lump free waiting some polyester primer and final 600 grit sanding. headway is s-l-o-o-o-w but at least there is some. I'm glad that I'm not trying to make a living doing this kind of work

How are you making out with seam sealing and final welding in of the firewall?

Dave

Hey Dave,
Sorry about the hood sides. That's always a drag when they don't get your order right, especially when you try so hard to make it clear what you want. When you get the right ones, I do hope you've learned your lesson about where to put them when cleaning out the garage....

I've been sidetracked from my car for the last few days working on other projects. I think I mentioned that I got most of the welding done on the firewall using the argon mix. I'm anxious to get it ground down and smoothed out. I ran out of argon rather quickly it seemed.....they recommended about 22lbs of pressure for welding indoors. I shut the valve off when I wasn't welding. It's not that expensive though, so I'll get some more.

I know what you mean about the sloooowww headway....LOL.....we'd be ok if we charged by the hour but it'd really suck to be the one paying us by the hour!

Hopefully will have some progress to report by the first of the week.....
Randy

[Irelands child]

Randy,
What size gas bottle did you get - the biggest I could buy was a 40cf but I know that a 20cf is available as well. The 20's don't last but about 30 minutes or less and the 40's about an hour.

I, for sure, do understand the "other projects" deal. It's spring here after a normal winter of rain, snow, cold, etc and the stack of "honey-do's" is long.

My honey is calling to do something.

Later,
Dave

[randyr]

Randy,
What size gas bottle did you get - the biggest I could buy was a 40cf but I know that a 20cf is available as well. The 20's don't last but about 30 minutes or less and the 40's about an hour.

I, for sure, do understand the "other projects" deal. It's spring here after a normal winter of rain, snow, cold, etc and the stack of "honey-do's" is long.

My honey is calling to do something.

Later,
Dave

I think mine is a 20cf. It was an extra bottle that came with a small acetelyne welder/torch that I bought a while back. I just attached my mig guages & filled it up. It was brand new. I guess 30 min. is about right. That's probably how long I had it on...maybe a little longer.

Did you notice we're up over 1700 views? Who knew??

Enjoy your "honey-do's"......it also comes in melon form, which is often easier to digest...

[Irelands child]

Randy,
Got my replacement - replacement hood sides today. A bit of surface rust but this time are correct 'as ordered'. Now I've got to go prime them if not too hot in my garage - from snow to 85+ degrees in 10 days and 89 in the garage.

[randyr]

Randy,
Got my replacement - replacement hood sides today. A bit of surface rust but this time are correct 'as ordered'. Now I've got to go prime them if not too hot in my garage - from snow to 85+ degrees in 10 days and 89 in the garage.

Hey Dave,

Congrats on getting the right hood sides. Is 89 degrees too hot for the primer or just too hot for you? LOL...

I finally got to do some work on my car today. I fitted and welded the firewall extensions and the cowl vent filler piece. They turned out pretty good I think though I still have a few things to learn about welding. They used to have auto shop/welding classes at Santa Monica College around the corner from me but they closed their auto shop program a few years ago. I gotta find a class before I tackle something that's going to be really visible. A skim coat of good filler will take care of any of my imperfections so far though and I'm okay with that.

Tomorrow, I hope to prime and seal the floors and depending on how long it takes the sealer to cure, maybe get a coat of paint on them.

There's also a nice little car show in Culver City tomorrow (about 2 miles from me) that I'll have to drop by for a while. They'll have over 400 cars and most of them are really nice.....streetrods, hotrods, customs, etc. It's an annual event.

Here's a quick shot of my firewall extentions.....they look much better than the pic....the light reflects funny off the grinding I did......more later.

Randy

[Irelands child]

Hey Dave,

Congrats on getting the right hood sides. Is 89 degrees too hot for the primer or just too hot for you? LOL...
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Here's a quick shot of my firewall extentions.....they look much better than the pic....the light reflects funny off the grinding I did......more later.

Randy

Hi Randy,
Been busy, as usual but am slowly getting everything ready for some more base epoxy primer then polyester heavy fill primer, possibly today, but more likely tomorrow - some honey-dos need to be attended to before playing with my toys.

In this part of the country 89 degrees at this time of year along with high humidity and no breeze is beyond oppressive in my shop/garage.

If you are priming - are you using an epoxy? you are in a high humidity area as well and all the protection you can get is the way to go.

The firewall looks great - the welds seem fine by photo as long as you do't overgrind like I have a tendency to do so they end up cracking and then I need to redo them. Taking a picture that looks good of a weld after grinding can be a study in futility - the grind marks reflect light in strange directions.

I haven't been to a car show yet tho there usually are some small local ones by now but really haven't seen any advertised. Probably first that I'll be going to will most likely be the NSRA East Nationals at York, PA, 6/1-6/3. They have between 4 and 6000 cars, depending on the gas prices, we just reached $2.999/3.059 a gallon, and weather. I'm selling surplus treasures again at their swap meet, but this year is really only a good excuse to park inside with my truck as I am almost out of all I want to get rid of for now.