Our F85 Power Tour Project

[PhillipM]

Okay haven't updated in a while but we've been hard at work. Scary though I just saw that it's been about 9 months of work so far since the accident. Oh well, the mini-tub has definitely added a lot of labor but it will be cool when it's finished.

I've spent some time working on the new body panels as well. Paul took them and got them dipped. Over all we were pretty darn pleased with the condition of the panels. After filling the holes for "Vista Cruiser" in the fender, and repairing the lower body mount hole as well as welding up a few other spots, we got the antenna hole filled and drilled out the F/85 logo holes. That turned out to be interesting as our old fender was also a replacement and we never noticed how crooked the script was! Either way, the new one is nice and straight.









After that I moved on to the hood. Top side is absolutely perfect. But underneath where the latch is needed some repair. Took a little bit for me to decide to cut it out but once I made the decision I knew it was the right one. Just would bug me to know it's there and I'd look at it every time I opened the darn hood. Here are those pics.

















Next I turned back to the body portion of the mini tub. Which, has proved to be way more time and labor intensive than the frame portion. I've had a lot of people ask me if I wish I would have just purchased the tubs from ABC. The answer is no, because you would still have to fit them and that's the hardest part. In the end I don't mind the strips showing so I'd rather save the 500 bucks for something else. Here are some more shots of cutting and moving the tubs in. I went 3" rather than the 2 or 2.5" of the ABC tubs. It's just about the most you can go and still leave the trunk springs in place.