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12-05-2009 04:09 PM #4696
Looks good Falcon, with the new dash and heater box the dash is really cleaning up nice.Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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12-05-2009 09:14 PM #4697
Falcon since I never could convince Dave to come to Chicago , Invite goes out to you . Don't believe the stories of the Windy City that's all folklore
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12-06-2009 11:19 AM #4698
Sounds like fun, Bobby! Maybe my wife and I can make a trip up in the early spring. I'd like to see your projects up close.
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12-06-2009 05:15 PM #4699
come on up lots to see .
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12-08-2009 11:23 AM #4700
We'll plan on it, sounds like fun!. I decided to get the worst of the bodywork out of the way. The panel above the widshield and rear door looked good from the outside but once i removed the inner roof panel I saw what they had done. Both panels had rusted badly from trapped moisture so what someone did was cut a piece of sheetmetal to match, loaded it up with Liquid Nail, and glued it over the bad panel. Then they put in a bunch of pop rivets. I drilled out over 30 spot welds on each end and got the bad panels out. I made some new ones and got the front finished today.
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12-08-2009 11:24 AM #4701
Here's the last one; we'll tackle the rear one next.Last edited by falconvan; 12-08-2009 at 11:37 AM.
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12-08-2009 11:53 AM #4702
Nice patch Falcon. You are trudging ahead making lots of progress in a short amount of time. Your project is very unique so cool to watch. It must be nice to have a large area to work withing, versus tight spaces of a coupe! I guess the down side is all the surface area for body work and prep!" "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
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12-08-2009 12:23 PM #4703
Thanks! I get going on one and I get a little possessed to finish it. Unfortunately, body and paint is not my best skill so I decided just to go with plain white paint. It's all flat sheet metal so it should be a good one to practice on. I'll be happy with a good 10 footer for this, but I dont like hiding rust and painting over it. Bieng able to stand up inside of it is a definate plus, too.
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12-08-2009 12:28 PM #4704
[QUOTE=falconvan;371560] I get going on one and I get a little possessed QUOTE]
Hmmmmmm. Is that like being a little pregnant?????? You're possessed by Hot Rods, admit it man!!!! Many of us came to this realization about ourselves years ago!!!!!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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12-08-2009 12:54 PM #4705
You're right, Dave. I'm addicted; just ask my wife. At least she doesn't have to drag me out of bars at 2am, she always knows right where I am.
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12-09-2009 12:22 PM #4706
absolutely GREAT improvisation Falcon, I LOVE IT...good work and good LOOKIN work as well...keep it goin n get er doneDallas
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12-09-2009 01:35 PM #4707
Thanks Mr Wizard; mighty kind of you to say so.
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12-10-2009 02:48 PM #4708
I suspect Ken Thurm has used the water jet cutting process, not sure if any others of you have. Well, I just had my first experience with it. I've shown the gauge panel I picked up earlier this year to put in the '28 roadster before, and now I've had the dash panel water jet cut to mount the gauge panel through. Pretty neat job these guys did, and beats the heck out of the nibble, cut, nibble, file process used in the past. The first pic is the gauge unit, the second shows it mounted through the dash with the cut-out piece placed for reference, and then the dash in it's final config.Last edited by Bob Parmenter; 12-10-2009 at 05:23 PM.
Your Uncle Bob, Senior Geezer Curmudgeon
It's much easier to promise someone a "free" ride on the wagon than to urge them to pull it.
Luck occurs when preparation and opportunity converge.
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12-10-2009 04:53 PM #4709
That looks really good Bob.
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12-10-2009 05:01 PM #4710
Wow Bob that looks nice!!! Im just starting my ratrod/hotrod project. I have a 65 ford F-250 with a 352 im going to rebuild. I dont know where to start on the body. if any one has a truck project thats pretty far along or done can ya show me some pictures and give me some ideas? Im 16 and wanting to do this with my dad but I dont know where to start. Any ideas, comments, any thing?"I wake up in the morning and piss excellence" Ricky Bobby Talladega Knights
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