55 E/G – New old ride – Page 45

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February 19, 2014 at 2:53 am #40091
tomblake
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The grill that was removed was a chrome florescent light fixture cover. I didn’t like that one either. The car is coming along but this is a big job for me, for others maybe not so big.
February 19, 2014 at 3:30 am #40092
frank-j-majauskas
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You’re doing great Tom ❗ I think that project would be a big job for anybody ❗

Frank… 😎
February 19, 2014 at 5:28 am #40093
tomblake
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Looked back at the front end and the major changes. Decided to post them all in one place.

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February 19, 2014 at 5:29 pm #40094
babycakes
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Tom,it makes a world of difference with a ‘stock’ grill….NICE WORK!!! Pete.
February 20, 2014 at 12:18 am #40097
tomblake
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It took most of the day but the grill installation was completed. We had to fabricated brackets to hold the grill to the fiberglass clip. Than we had to assemble the chrome trim that goes on the hood with more tabs and brackets. Than some of the brackets needed to be fiberglassed in place. After all the parts were fitted together and the fiberglass cured we took some pictures and than disassembled the whole thing to be installed after paint.

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February 20, 2014 at 12:50 am #40098
frank-j-majauskas
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Nice fit Tom, real nice ❗ LOOKING GOOD ❗ 😀

Frank… 😎
February 21, 2014 at 3:55 am #40099
tomblake
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Took another step today, primer on all the metal parts plus the stripped Fiberglass door.

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February 21, 2014 at 3:29 pm #40100
babycakes
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Tom to me, the ‘body’ is looking ‘razor’ straight at this point, really NICE. I suspect in the next few weeks you’ll be laying on some paint? Appreciate you sharing the updated photos, your doing a ‘GREAT’ job!!! Pete.
February 23, 2014 at 3:44 pm #40103
tomblake
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Here are a couple of areas that takes a while to do without showing a lot of progress. The hood needed some support, didn’t fit well and started to show cracks because it was pretty flimsy. The doors needed some building up to make them match the quarters and the front fenders.

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March 6, 2014 at 4:42 am #40174
frank-j-majauskas
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Hey Tom, you there ❓ 😆 We haven’t heard from you in about 10 days.
Are you taking a much needed vacation from all that body work ❓ 😆
Hope all is well down there ❗

Frank… 😎
March 6, 2014 at 5:35 am #40175
tomblake
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Thanks for asking Frank, but no vacation from bodywork. The more I do the more I find that needs fixing. Some of the things I am doing just don’t make for good pictures. Building the edges around the door and flatting the edges of the hood, all fiberglass work. If it gets a little cool the fiberglass doesn’t cure very fast and results can take days. Example, the hood was made for a race application and is pretty flimsy. Had to reinforce some areas and add more to the edges to make them flat between the Dzus fasteners. Maybe getting too critical about the final result but if it isn’t done before paint it won’t get done for a long time.
Today I just got the second rocker panel, first one tacked in place and the second one is trimmed to fit.
March 6, 2014 at 9:08 pm #40176
frank-j-majauskas
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Hey Tom, You would think that you’d be running out of car to work on pretty soon ❓ 😆
Well you know yourself that the finish paint will only be as good as the body preparation.
You’ve got a good game plan and the car will be a piece of art when completed. 😛

Frank… 😎
March 19, 2014 at 6:22 am #40236
tomblake
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Still working. Decided to install new rocker panels since almost all the other metal has been replaced. The car doesn’t even look like the same car anymore. The more I do the more looks like needs to be done. Going to have stop one of these days or I won’t make the race.

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March 27, 2014 at 4:07 am #40263
tomblake
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A break from the bodywork today. Changed the center section from the 3.70 spool to a 3.25 Detroit Locker. Another step toward a more streetable driver. The removed spool center section will get changed back to the 4.57 gear from the 3.70. So now we can drive on the street with a 3.25 gear posi-traction and race with the 4.57 gear spool.

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March 27, 2014 at 5:49 pm #40266
frank-j-majauskas
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Nice plan of attack Tom ❗ Any problem getting those big meats out from
under the rear wheel wells in order to pull the axles out ❓ 😆

Frank… 😎
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