Next Years Power Tour Car

[kwhizz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: x Baldwin Motion</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 69SUPERSPORT396</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: kwhizz</div><div class="ubbcode-body"> .....Man......I'm starting to hate the &quot;Mint&quot; cars..... </div></div>
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The previous owner needs to see this thread.
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as does the guy that promised to check out this car. it's boiling my eggs with every new development. wait til you get to the rust repair on the frame. check by front struts and rear trailing arms. I have had repairs in both those areas on 65 &amp; 66 big cars.
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Checked the frame out pretty closely.......Those area's were solid....but...I found a pencil sized hole in the outer frame rail in front of the drivers side rear wheel......started pecking on it and it started to grow.....LOL.....I ended up putting in a couple of small patches after getting to solid metal....I was going to bring the wire welder home from the shop ( my cars are now &quot;Banned&quot; from coming into the shop)but it didn't work out....and.....The Princess left her purse out and I bought a new 115 volt welder for the garage....Wow!! what a machine......Technoligy has come a long way....Zapped the patches in place....Good as new.....sprayed some undercoating and except for the color it's good as new....





Also.....My mint survivor Grille had been smashed and straightened in it's past to where the bars would need some welding and straightening......It's the top grille in the pic's and it doesn't look bad in the pic, but, it's not of the quality I would put on the car after finishing.....So....I bought one off eBay that is perfect (lower grille in pic), but it still needs to be stripped,Bright Dipped and reanodized......$$$$ Love those Mint Nu Yawk cars...



Also....I moved all the parts into the basement so I can sort thru and clean, paint, and detail for reassembly.......She's gonna be &quot;pissed&quot; when she go's down there....LOL...













The fenders are now at the body shop and being worked on and the trunk lid is going tomorrow.....Getting close for whats left of the body to go there for repairs and finishing

[Xplantdad]

Neat Ken!! That purse gets left out a lot??? [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/dunno.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif[/img]

[427TJ]

My wife's purse is my ATM. Grab a wad of cash and go.

[ORIGLS6]

Ken,
I didn't see a gas bottle. Is that a flux-core model?

I have an older Miller Cricket that I still use fairly often (in fact, I used it tonite to tack something on the hood of the '31). Handy as heck! I've thrown it in the back of the truck and done quick repairs on porch railings, basement window frames, exhaust pipes, .......... one of the best investments I ever made!

[kwhizz]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: ORIGLS6</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ken,
I didn't see a gas bottle. Is that a flux-core model?

I have an older Miller Cricket that I still use fairly often (in fact, I used it tonite to tack something on the hood of the '31). Handy as heck! I've thrown it in the back of the truck and done quick repairs on porch railings, basement window frames, exhaust pipes, .......... one of the best investments I ever made! </div></div>


The Welder is a new Politically correct model........It go's both ways........It is flux core right now.....to switch to gas....add a bottle....change the welding wire and switch two wire in the machine and it's good to go....

[markinnaples]

Sorry you have to do all this work on a car that someone made some significantly false statements. Karma is not this guy's friend, lol.

Oh, and get a cover on the pool table!

[Mr.Nickey Nova]

Ken,
Tell the wife, that's what unfinished basements are for.

[kwhizz]

Dropped off the Deck lid at Puleras today.....



Fenders in the system waiting their turn



I rebuilt the lower fender mount on the passenger side and took the windshield out........what a surprise....the window channel was like the car was built yesterday......Dodged a bullet there....here are some pic's











I also got a call from Just Dashes today.....They are doing the dash pad next week..

[VintageMusclecar]

Updates man...we need updates! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[kwhizz]

I'm waiting to get the car into the Body Shop right now.....kinda in that limbo mode where not much is happening.....But....The car was undercoated since new but the drivers foot pan had some rust from the inside, it didn't go thru but it thinned out the metal.......so, I did the Rust removal thing from the inside but I didn't want to leave it the way it was......so.....I pieced out a replacement floor pan section and welded it in over the existing floor.....I painted and prepped between the two pieces and tacked it in......then I sprayed a can of Boeshield around and in between the seams......then I put seam sealer along the seam and painted the patch.......I didn't want to cut out the panel as it wasn't really that bad....just thin, and since the floor pan had the undercoating from new......I didn't want to deal with that mess
of making it match........Remember.......this is a &quot;Driver&quot;...and it will be lowered....so when I'm finished it's gonna get Dirty underneath......&quot;And&quot;.....Stay that way......LOL



The windshield frame is like the day the car was built.....absolutely no rust....



Got the car out of the garage and into the trailer ready to go to the body shop.......Just waiting for the phone call







Gonna order Ridetech Coil Over suspension (tubular control arms etc.) that should lower the car a couple of inches and 4 wheels disc brakes......