New build thread; 48 Plymouth

[falconvan]

All this little patching sure consumes a lot of time. But it had to be done. Also chopped the cowl off of the parts car; I got a plan for it down the road.

[falconvan]

a few more....

[FMXhellraiser]

Looks good!

[Dave Severson]

Patching, welding, grinding, filling, can eat up a lot of hours but when done properly makes for an excellent finished product..... Looks like you're taking the time to do it right!!!!

Just think of all the little chuckles you can have whenever someone asks why it takes you so long to build a car!!!!!

Personally, doing the sheetmetal work is still one of my favorite parts of any build, even when it comes to doing a lot of things like what you're involved with now that no one will ever see when it's done!!!!! I've learned over the years that there's a whole lot more to a build then just fancy paint and a chromed up engine!!!!!!

[bluestang67]

Well falcon looks like you have most of the floor done waiting on the full floor shot .

You going to make a winter sled with the cowl . Some ski's and down ya go .

[falconvan]

It's funny you say that, Dave, Someone asked me the proverbial question tonight;"How long till the whole car's done?" I said hopefully the summer after next and they couldn't believe that it should take so long.
The cowl's a little heavy for a sled; how about I take out the glass, put in the dash and call it a lemonade stand? Still a little ways to go before the full floor shot but it's coming.

[Dave Severson]

It's funny you say that, Dave, Someone asked me the proverbial question tonight;"How long till the whole car's done?" I said hopefully the summer after next and they couldn't believe that it should take so long.
The cowl's a little heavy for a sled; how about I take out the glass, put in the dash and call it a lemonade stand? Still a little ways to go before the full floor shot but it's coming.

I usually just tell them it will be done about a week after it's finished...... Always leaves 'em blinkin'!!

[falconvan]

As you can guess, work has come to a stop with having to go to my sister's funeral this past week. I'm home one more day so I thought I'd catch up the thread on the stuff I was working on before all this happened. I was going to work out there today but I'm mentally beat and a relaxing day alone in the house sounded too good to pass up.
The floor is pretty much done; I got the welds ground down, all the little places patched, and a new side make for the tunnel cover. I got it as clean as I could and sprayed it with rust nuetralizer. It should look fine once it's painted. I also got several holes in the firewall patched and ground the welds. I think I'm going to start on the lower inner trunk lip next. It's going to need work on the top and bottom. The underside of the lip has a boxed section that runs the width of the trunk and holds the body mounts on each end. Im going to try and build another one as no one reproduces it. I'm trying to stick to all the areas that will be unseen once the car is together.

[falconvan]

A few more....

[FMXhellraiser]

Great work! It is going to be nice when your all done! Do you plan to seal the floor or sound proof it with bed liner or anything? I am going to be at that stage soon with my new 63 wagon and the 46 Chrysler and I think I will be buying some SPI bed liner and Epoxy to seal and sound proof the floor.
What are your thoughts on yours?

[falconvan]

I know Im going to use some kind of bedliner underneath and probably Dynamat or the generic equivelant inside. I guess a good seam sealer around the perimeter and the welds? I'm still thinking about that part. Do you know of any kind of seam sealer that's paintable?

[bluestang67]

3M has from what i remember the best , the old number was 8505 but that was so long ago it may have changed . They have the brushable but it is expensive have always wanted to get a tube and see what would thin it to be brushable .

[Dave Severson]

Lookin' good Falcon!!!! You've came a long ways on it already! Gonna be a nice old sled when you get done with it!!!

[bluestang67]

Sled i thought the cowl would be the sled Right Dave it is looking great and coming along

[falconvan]

Another day of patching; There was no way to copy the brace that ran under the lower trunk lip. Too many tight curves. I decided to cut out all the bad stuff and box it to reinforce it. It should work fine. More to come tomorrow, hopefully. I spent a good part of the day laying on my back welding; wish I had a rotissary!