Progress Thread A new FB conversion for bbettto

horse sence

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I need to bump the flagging around to get it to lay completely flat to the quarter but it fits good as is

 

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Passenger side done ,it fits the same as driver side ,good but needs the flange bumped around to get the cap to pull down completely tight.

 

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I got the rear floor patch done on the driver side ,i still need the 3/4 inch flange so the wheel tub can be welded in place ,hopefully tomorrow this side will be done

 

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#44

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Got the rotted flange trimmed and made the new flange ,now to weld it in place

 

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Now for the wheel tub

 

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Driverside wheel tub is done ,friday i will do the other side and it is ready for the rear seat divider ,then we can start building !

 

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horse sence

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#47

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A sneak peak!
Only sitting in place and it already fits good ! I have to drill the little filler pieces out of the quarter window because as usual they are in the wrong place ,but thats no big deal ,if the rest fits like this is is going to easily align !

 

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The end of the quarter and the tail panel are going to come together very nice !

 

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Looking great Jim - Have a good Thanksgiving.

 

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bbettto said:

Looking great Jim - Have a good Thanksgiving.

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And you too !

 

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I did some after turkey worky !
Rear floor is done ,so is the passenger side wheel tub and the trunk divider . Now i have to finish the front floor because it will be hard to get in and out if the roof is on

 

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Working on getting the tar out of the floor ,sand from my blaster would just bounce off of it .
They took the old sound matts and glued them with the tar making it even harder to remove ,i hope i can scrape the sound matts off and wipe the tar off with gas ,then the blaster can do its job . Back floors look good with just a light surface rust ,although the passenger rear floor does have a small place that will need a patch

 

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Front floors are coated with what must be flex seal ...hey they built a boat with a screen door on the bottom and it floats! It is also covered with tar on top of that ,i got a nice big blister and one skinned knuckle so far!

 

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Just a quick clamp together and everything is exactly where it is supposed to be ,there will not be any problems here . And you will not believe how solid it is just with a few clamps holding it together

 

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Old Leeroy fired right up this morning ,been sitting almost a year,not bad since he was made in 1953 for the US Army ! He's ready to start blasting ,got the blaster ready to go . Have to get the floor blasted and primed today .

 

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Is that one of the compressors that has an engine driven compressor or the style where one or more of the cylinders makes pressure through a modified head?

 

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Both ,it is big 4 cylinder that runs on two cylinders and the other two are the compressor ,it also turns a genarator that some day i would like to hook up again . Someone was trying to wire somthing in and didnt reconnect the wireing and i dont have a diagram to hook it back up . It puts out 130 psi and runs a constant 80 psi

 

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Got the floor blasted ,couldnt get all the tar out but i did manage to get rid of the rust . Also found the top of passenger side torque box is rotted out ,good thing i have several new tops here i never needed before.

 

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Primer is on ,now i can cut out the rot and replace with new metal

 

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