51 Ford pickup

[wfo guy]

Now this.

[wfo guy]

1 down, 1 to go

[Dave B]

Awesome! You never stop.

[wfo guy]

El Completo!

[Motown 454]

Busy guy! Going to be nice.

[wfo guy]

Saturday total activities: remove doors, finish cutting and welding drip rail area on both sides, first coat of bondo sanded, 1 door's hinge pins were froze in, removed and holes checked for new pins, other doors hinges flat head bolts were seized in their mounts, drilling and removing them by various methods. Enough fun for 1 day.

[wfo guy]

I've spent the day doing bondo work. The doors are on for line up. Let's just say it needs more work. Insert expletives here.

[cbpldc]

I was in your town on Saturday to look at a truck and I was thinking about what a great day it would have been for you to be working on your truck!

Chris

[wfo guy]

Chris, did you buy anything?

[wfo guy]

I'm making a little progress. I'm surprised how long this is taking. It's not finished but you can see where I'm going with this.

[cbpldc]

Chris, did you buy anything?

I didn't. The truck looked like someone painted over terrible prep work with a brush, the bed had made contact with the cab on the passenger side and the engine sounded like it might have a rod or main starting to knock. Were I buying the truck for myself, none of those issues were unfixable, but I was hoping for a quick flip.

Chris

[Motown 454]

Your moving along pretty good.

[wfo guy]

Today's tasks were to get the rest of the cab sanded and get the door frame area sealed and primed.

[wfo guy]

August 26 is when I came up with the bright idea to redo half the truck. Now it's September 3rd and the paint work is done on the outside of the cab. For those of you that are curious or just like numbers, I have around 48 hours in this from removing the bed to the pics attached. One pic is of sealer, the rest are cleared. It's not perfect by any means. There's some dirt but the only 2 bugs landed in the first coat of clear. They held still will my tweecers removed them. I may cut and buff but I won't make that decision until next week. I still have the grille to paint and some more work on the interior.

[keepat]

The shaved drip rails look awesome! Great job!
Pat

[wfo guy]

Thanks for the comments, guys. I had a day and a half vacation to go to a concert. The pics are of the grille parts in sealer and painted. Another step closer.

[wfo guy]

Back of the cab where it's covered by the bed color sanded and buffed. Some hand work at the bottom left.

[Motown 454]

It looks good. I like the way the grill pieces came out.

[wfo guy]

I just spent the last hour working on the wiper assembly. I bought what I perceive to be the best wiper motor and hooked it all up. This was last year. The wipers would lock up if there was any moisture at all in a few swipes. You could bump an arm and they would start again for awhile. My thought was that the arms to the wiper posts were wore out. This truck spent it's life in semi-arid climate so the wipers being wore out doesn't sound logical. It is 65 years old but sat in a pasture for at least 30 years that I know of. I'm ready to cut, weld, machine, do whatever is necessary to remedy the problem. I connect the motor to the wiper assembly laying on the floor. It's obvious there's a problem. I start analyzing things and wonder if the stroke is too long or short on the new motor. I measure and don't see anything that stands out as a problem. I loosen the mounting bracket and re-tighten it and the tight spots go away. I pull the screws out and start clamping and moving the mounting points around. I found that if I clamp the motor to the mounts 1/2 of a 10/32 bolt, that all the tightness seemed to disappear. I reminded of production tolerances from 65 years ago. I don't know if I found all the answers but I let it run for 15 minutes and there was no sign of tight spots.

[wfo guy]

This is going to be love it or hate it! The white truck needed a dash of color for the inside. This is electric lime candy.