The Supercar Registry - Barn Find 442 W30

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Re: Barn Find 442 W30

Des
I have a pair of F60-15 snows I got from Charlie Lillard a few years ago.

Paul

Re: Barn Find 442 W30

Latest Update.
After mark finished with the fenders he turned his attention to the doors. The passenger door was an original , was straight but had some rust. I had acquired NOS skins for the doors so the plan was to ensure the shells were solid. Expectidly there were weak flanges and areas where the rust developed between layers of metal.

With old skin removed Mark was able to see where the challanges were:

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Measurements were taken to ensure the flanges were re constructed to the same size as originals:

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All areas of the door shells were blasted looking for weakness:
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Hey now..... I thought this was a Canadian restoration, who still uses the imperial system? :-)

Looking good, this is a serious deep dive!

Ryan

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Areas were metals were boxed were particularly vulnerable and Mark removed the pieces to gain access to fabricate new pieces as necessary. The caged nuts for the hinges were one particular area:
http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...psf69gq3zv.jpg

These were areas where the factory spot welds were cut to remove the inner reiforcement:

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The drivers door had been hit in the past and the leading edges were too far feformed to make the shell re usable.
A good doner shell was selected from the 5 parts cars that Mark has in his back 40 wherever a piece of metal needs replacement:

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...psfjgq0kpq.jpg

Same process to clean up left door

http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...psxjdbxq2l.jpg

When all repair work was done, the door shells were primed with DTM.

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The NOS door skins were not perfect as there were minor dings etc after all these years of storage:
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http://i285.photobucket.com/albums/l...ps78ou580n.jpg

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These photos are just a few of over 100 that Mark has taken so far. If any one is looking for a pecific photo of repair let me know and I will post.

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Keep it going Paul, looking good............ cant wait until you are done .......... that way I can beg you to sell me your Triple Green 1971 Vert! Its my favorite car EVER!

RST

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Scott

My W30 convertibles will be Canada Bookend cars, Green one Sold new here in Vancouver, only one of 9 sold in Canada,sold here. The Rally Red one was Sold in Newfoundland, my home province, 5000 miles away.

Paul

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Canuck</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Scott

My W30 convertibles will be Canada Bookend cars, Green one Sold new here in Vancouver, only one of 9 sold in Canada,sold here. The Rally Red one was Sold in Newfoundland, my home province, 5000 miles away.

Paul </div></div>

Your accent is only partially "Vancouverized" :-) EH!!

Ryan

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Are the NOS Uniroyals the ones that are now residing on the 1000 point Canadian Black W-30?
Any luck on locating/purchasing original engine?
Is there a thread longer than Ryan's? "War and Peace" isn't as long!