Thread: Project '49 Shoebox.

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Brick, you are so right about women and their memory. When my ex and I would have an argument she would throw up stuff from 20 years back and be able to quote chapter and verse about what I was wearing that day and where we were. They have us at a disadvantage because we remember stuff for like 5 minutes then our brain makes room for more important things, like car stuff.

Yep, we are going to leave at least the front windwings. Probably not the rear window ones though. That one under the carport looks pretty solid.

Steve, that is about the amount of chop we are doing. We aren't going to slant the pillars but leave them straight up and down. But essentially the same as that one.

Don

Don,
You guys are doing a great job. Chopping that thing must be like chopping a egg
Ken

Thanks Ken. It does have some curves to it that we aren't used to. We did a little more yesterday but didn't get done as much as we hoped.......we ran out of mig gas and ran to Northern (only place open on Sunday). They moved the store and the new one doesn't carry exchange gas yet, so we had to drive to another one that did, which ate up another couple of hours.

And Dan is being his usual picky self, so the top had to come off and on a bunch more times because the "gaps were too big." Looked good to me, but not for him. Then we had to pie cut the bottom posts one more time to get them to line up better yet. He finally got the bottom posts all welded up (forgot my camera at the shop) so we are making progress.

His first new door showed up today and of course it was slightly dented by UPS. Nothing major, just a small oil can dent that we think will pop right back out. We'll run that to the shop tonight but probably not get a lot done as Mondays are his tough day at work and he usually wants to relax when he gets home.

One thing we are finding the more we grind is that the metal under all that surface rust is really nice. No pitting and it shines up great. Media blasting and maybe dipping of the doors should reveal a pretty good car to work with.

Don