Now that's funny right there, I don't care who you are. Thanks Bruce. Sorry everybody about not doing the thumbnail thing, I don't know how.
Lookin real good...keep up the good work...I'm about at the same point in my restro. Question for you, where did you find the brake and fuel line clips? I need to order them, and their were several that were missing, so I don't know how many I need to order. Thanks, Steve 72 Vert undergoing frame off restro
WOW! Those are some inspirational pictures! I have finally stripped my '65 frame (purchased for my '67 convertible) of all but the fuel/gas line clips. It's almost ready for trueing, blasting, and painting or powder coating. How did you prep/paint your frame? Is that powder or paint? Is that 60-70% or 85% gloss?
John...the frame is looking good. I have a couple of questions for you. What did you use to separate the body and frame and how long did it take you to get to the point where you are? Thanks.
Answers to questions. Clips: I ordered clips from Inline Tube even though everyone here said not to, and they were right. Only one clip in the kit was correct, the big one in front of the rear drivers tire, the rest were way wrong. I then just cleaned my old ones in Evapo Rust (great product available at Auto Zone) and then painted them yellow, green and blue to simulate the original coatings best I could. The original coatings are sort of transparent and of course the paint i used is not. There is another thread on here about clips and coatings. I took the cheap and easy approach. Frame: A buddy of mine has a pretty good sandblaster we used to blast the frame. We primed it and painted it. I'll get you the exact product we used this evening. We had to experiment using a flattening agent because when we added hardening agent to the semi gloss it came out way too shiny. Luckily we did a small spot until we got it right. What did I use to sepatate: Me, Ricky, Mike, Josh and Jim. Old school, redneck, strong back weak mind technique. The body really isn't heavy. We took it off and set it on a trailer and hauled it to another garage for storage. When we took it back there was only 4 of us. I don't know if we will use this method when we set it back on the painted frame. Might have to get more creative then. Don't want to scratch anything! LOL How long: There are 2 of us working on it. We work a couple of hours 2 or 3 nights a week and about 5 most Saturdays. We've been on it since the first of November. The holidays slowed us down. We are getting ready to start on the body. It's a mess, several poorly done repairs over the years of what appear to be pretty good wrecks. My goal is the GSCA Nationals in 2009 Thanks for looking and i will post the paint info this evening.
Joe, I missed your question about the springs. I borrowed a coil spring compressor from Auto Zone. The control arms were already installed of course with the new ball joints, we loosely attached the spindle on the bottom, set the spring in the lower control arm, ran the compressor screw through from the top and ed her down until we could get a nut on the top of the spindle. We had to use a little pry bar to keep the spring centered in the pocket of control arm as we compressed it. It wanted to lean out. Also look at the assmbly manual as to where the ends of the springs are supposed to line up. (thanks to Jim Lore for that tip). Use the type compressor that goes on the inside of the spring
Thanks for the spring reply John. That is exactly as I was planning - it's nice to have support from someone who has done it. When working on my 'Vette I had heard about the springs needing to be oriented properly, and I figured it would be similar here - I just haven't looked in my shop manual yet. Best Wishes,
Jim, I leave at 7:10 am tomorrow, get there at 10 something. I'm right here in beutiful Union county right now.
You timing is great as the weather is supposed to be awful here in the morning. Little do they that a new Sheriff is headed to BJ tomorrow. All bidders stand back.
Shoot, I can't even afford a bidders package, let alone use it. I'm going to look at pretty cars and fast womaen, no wait, pretty women and fast cars, talk junk, sip a little bourbon, look some more, go to T/A, etc...when you said new sheriff I thought maybe you had changed your mind about coming.
John no worries. When you come with the Franklin brothers there is always a way to get your bids in. Go over to Russo and Steele. It is only about 10-15 minutes away.
Will do. I went there last time I went out. There is a group of guys here in Monroe with 8 cars in the BJ and I believe 2 in the RS. I'll be rooting for the home team.
i said I would post paint info. I haven't had time to go to the garage. It's not here at the house. For now I can tell you we used DP40 epoxy primer and a commercial semi gloss enamel with a hardening agent and a flattening agent. Paint did not say what % of gloss it was. When we first mixed it with the hardener and no flattening agent it was as shiny as any gloss paint you have ever seen. We used flattener and by trial and error got it where we wanted it. The guy helping me (actually I'm helping him) is a Ford nut and apparently this paint is the paint of choice on the Ford FE forum. I'll post more specific info when I return from Barrett Jackson. I would tell you to look for me on tv but how would you pick one fat white haired guy out of that crowd. They're all fat white haired guys.
