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02-06-2020 #241Registered User
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Back working on the body, pulled the front end out of storage...
Checking out the rust at the rear lower fender mounts, pretty bad...
Found bad rust and body putty on the left side sheet metal....
The right side mount is pretty bad too...
Dug through the scrap bin and fabbed these replacement pieces,
going with 3/8" standard threads....
And welded 'em in place....
More later....
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02-08-2020 #242Registered User
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Set the fenders in place and checked out the fit....
Looks good to me, both sides. Pulled that front fender assembly back off, and getting it ready for paint. It still will need some shimming and adjustment up and down, and front to back, after everything is painted....
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02-21-2020 #243Registered User
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Pulled it apart, took a whole buncha pix to help me with reassembly later on....
And loaded up the hood, trunk, and front fender parts to go find a paint shop...
Whole bunch of misc. front end pix here....
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02-26-2020 #244Registered User
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Hauled that trailer load of body parts around to various
shops here on the island....
Looking for some metal cleaning, primer, and finish painting....
Everybody I talked to was too busy making good money off of
minor repairs on rental cars, and other "new" cars, that they were
not interested in doing the kind of work I wanted done....
Maui has become a huge tourist destination, and about
half the vehicles on the road these days are rental cars
driven by tourists, and the body/paint shops love to do
these kind of repairs, quick, easy, and they make good money....
So I found a sand blast guy who does classic car parts,
and am setting up to work with him to get these parts cleaned....
After that, priming and painting, not sure yet how that will go....
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03-19-2020 #245Registered User
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So I pulled that front end apart,
tossed in the hood and trunk.....
Basically just want to get the inside stuff cleaned up....
So I found a mobile sand blast guy who does classic car parts,
and got set up to work with him to get these parts cleaned....
Now to get some primer on that bare metal....
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04-19-2020 #246Registered User
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The shop where I've been working on my 55 hardtop is a community shop where several of us have projects going on, and we've decided to just shut it down until this virus problem is more under control. Luckily I have a variety of small projects in my home shop that are keeping me busy, but still, I miss being able to go over and work on my 55 HT !!!
I hope all of you are staying healthy and managing to keep busy and not going broke !!
Aloha,
Willy
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04-19-2020 #247