Re: 64 Sport Fury restoration....begun

[Butch <waedison@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've meant to post more progress. In fact, the car is almost totally dismantled. I'm being loaned a rotisserie, so I can tip the car up on it's side and start removing the undercoating. Anyway, Here is one of a hundred little jobs I'm working on. The rear axle bumpers. First, the heads of the bolts were rounded off, so had to use some "gri-tite" sockets to get ahold of them. Then, well, two of the four 1/4" bolts securing them to the frame broke off. This was after I'd used my tried and true method of removal; turn the bolt out slightly, put on penetrating oil, tighten up again. Rinse and repeat until the bolt comes free. Didn't work. I'm glad they were soft bolts. My next effort was to drill completely through the bolts, then, using a straw, spraying penetrating oil up into the frame where it could seep down. Then I drilled the holes out larger and tried two different easy outs, no love. What remained of the bolts refused to budge. Tried heat...no luck. Finally, I drilled the bolts our enough to get a 1/4 tap working back and forth and cut out the threads. Next, I tried to order new rubber bumpers. I found a new complete set of bumpers for $70.00....no thanks. Rock Auto showed the rubber bumpers for a few bucks, but...out of stock. Went to the vendor page, they're out also. So, I restored what I have and will use them over. All in all, this took about 6 hours, but happened over a number of days. I had to tumble the metal parts clean, got new bolts, cleaned up the rubber bumpers.

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