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58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | I welded the brackets in. I painted everything, but I taped off the edge of the sheet metal where I will be welding the new piece to it. (sill12.jpg) Attachments ---------------- sill12.jpg (217KB - 486 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Welded the panel on. I am starting to get pretty good at welding. (sill13.jpg) Attachments ---------------- sill13.jpg (173KB - 468 downloads) | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9862 Location: So. Cal | Nice job! | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Working at night. I had the green light. I'm a poet, and didn't know it. (nightwork.jpg) Attachments ---------------- nightwork.jpg (240KB - 462 downloads) | ||
DejaVu |
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Member Posts: 31 Location: South Australia | This is a great tutorial on floor repair! The piece that you still have to weld in, where the body mount bolt goes through, did you have to fabricate a new piece or are patch panels available for this? The reason I ask is that I have a few body mount points where the top skin is somewhat pitted - just wondering what the fix is :-) Keep up the good work! | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Yes, they do make replacement panels for these floors. But nobody makes a really good/detailed panel. The panels that they make are for the complete front floor section. I do not need that much, so I am just going to fabricate a panel to cover this little area. I will probably cut an access hole for the body mount. Then put one of those plastic plugs in the hole. (sill14.jpg) Attachments ---------------- sill14.jpg (166KB - 501 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | One piece at a time. (sill15.jpg) Attachments ---------------- sill15.jpg (242KB - 488 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Time to move over to the outer rockers. I made myself an armadillo, for my DeSoto. (outer1.jpg) (armadillo.jpg) (outer2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- outer1.jpg (232KB - 480 downloads) armadillo.jpg (189KB - 500 downloads) outer2.jpg (196KB - 476 downloads) | ||
bbrasse1 |
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Extreme Veteran Posts: 537 Location: Upstate NY | Nice! What gauge is that? The repairs look good! | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | bbrasse1 - 2018-01-28 5:00 PM Nice! What gauge is that? The repairs look good! I think that is the metal that I bought from Lowes, so I think it is 22 gauge. | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5047 | find a local sheetmetal place, many will sell wholesale sheets. I got mine from Schotts. Lowes stopped carrying the right gauge and they are too high priced and they only carry 16 and 22 gauge. I think it was 18 gauge. | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Very nice, Kurt! It is so much fun to see this project move along! I am impressed with how much you are doing yourself. Well done! | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Thanks Mike. I appreciate it. Here is the Armadillo clamped on. I wanted to cut off as little as possible from the car. I will have to patch that hole up front. (outer3.jpg) Attachments ---------------- outer3.jpg (205KB - 481 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Tacked in (outer4.jpg) Attachments ---------------- outer4.jpg (191KB - 475 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | I tried to cut the front panel from one piece of metal. I missed the one corner. FYI, this area is not flat. It sits at an angle. I might take this panel back out, make some adjustments, then flatten it again, so I will have the pattern to make a few of them, for the other DeSotos here. Edited by 58DeSoDodge59 2018-02-06 8:39 PM (outer5.jpg) Attachments ---------------- outer5.jpg (243KB - 462 downloads) | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9862 Location: So. Cal | Cool, post up the pattern when you get it done. | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | I drilled out a couple of broken off bolts in one of the front fenders. I still need to drill out the same ones on the other fender. I bought this industrial light from a vendor at Carlisle, a couple years back. I rewired it, then put a 100 watt bulb in it. I finally installed it the other day. Some days you just gotta do something goofy. (fender.jpg) (industrial.jpg) Attachments ---------------- fender.jpg (235KB - 445 downloads) industrial.jpg (167KB - 475 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | I put the fender on, temporarily, to make sure the lower fender bolt area lines up correctly. (outerfender.jpg) (outer6.jpg) Attachments ---------------- outerfender.jpg (246KB - 463 downloads) outer6.jpg (245KB - 466 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | My new Data Tag from A.G. Backeast. (bluewhitess.jpg) Attachments ---------------- bluewhitess.jpg (240KB - 455 downloads) | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9862 Location: So. Cal | Nice! It's actually readable now. | ||
57burb |
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Expert Posts: 3967 Location: DFW, TX | If you're looking for brakes and drivetrain parts for this car, you might take a look here: http://forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=68102 Not to gloat, but my body tag was in much better condition. I even got the steel to polish up a little! (20170304_112452.jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20170304_112452.jpg (96KB - 446 downloads) | ||
Doctor DeSoto |
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Location: Parts Unknown | What is the protocol for getting a new data tag from AG East ? I have no need anymore, but spent years plexing about how I would make a correct one for my old Adventurer ... it was quite literally a mat of rust scale where it remained, and much of it was gone. There was no reading it. To make matters worse, the VIN tag had fallen off the cowl during shipment, so I had NOTHING to go off of. The car was a wrecking yard rescue, so there was no title. I built up a set of codes, based on what I saw on the hulk, but never tried to get a tag made. | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9862 Location: So. Cal | Kurt details it out for you on this thread. http://forwardlook.net/forums/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=68098&post... | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Doctor DeSoto - 2018-03-08 12:15 AM What is the protocol for getting a new data tag from AG East ? I have no need anymore, but spent years plexing about how I would make a correct one for my old Adventurer ... it was quite literally a mat of rust scale where it remained, and much of it was gone. There was no reading it. To make matters worse, the VIN tag had fallen off the cowl during shipment, so I had NOTHING to go off of. The car was a wrecking yard rescue, so there was no title. I built up a set of codes, based on what I saw on the hulk, but never tried to get a tag made. I think that the only people that would be able to help you in that situation is Chrysler Historical. But you would have to pay them a visit. You would have to have a unique set of options on the car, to see if you could match it up with something on their records. But even then, I doubt that they would release that information to you. If you don't remember what the VIN is, I think you are out of luck. A.G. Backeast would still be able to make a Data Plate for you, with the info you have. Edited by 58DeSoDodge59 2018-03-09 10:46 AM | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Powerflite - 2018-02-06 11:20 PM Cool, post up the pattern when you get it done. Here ya go. Some adjustments might need to be made. Remember, this area was mostly missing on my car. (rockercap1.jpg) (rockercap2.jpg) (rockercap3.jpg) Attachments ---------------- rockercap1.jpg (201KB - 440 downloads) rockercap2.jpg (214KB - 444 downloads) rockercap3.jpg (191KB - 437 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Lip numbers. (rockercap0.jpg) Attachments ---------------- rockercap0.jpg (133KB - 451 downloads) | ||
miquelonbrad |
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Expert Posts: 1737 Location: Hay Lakes, Alberta, Canada | Ok, I'm SO copying what you did, on my '57 Windsor. I saved all the pics. Thanks!! :p | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9862 Location: So. Cal | Yes, thanks Kurt. Saves us some time. | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | I hope it works for ya all. Let me know. | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | outer rocker screwed on (outer7.jpg) (outer8.jpg) Attachments ---------------- outer7.jpg (220KB - 438 downloads) outer8.jpg (246KB - 455 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | The last two pictures, above, are Schotts panels RP53CE. They are 71 inches. They do not go all the way to the lip on the rear wheelwell. If you want something that covers the complete rocker panel area, then order RP53XCE. It is 73 inches. And it has a lip for the rear wheelwell. These are excellent panels. (schott1.jpg) (schott.jpg) Attachments ---------------- schott1.jpg (242KB - 426 downloads) schott.jpg (235KB - 437 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | My best lenses. (20180610_181035 (2).jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20180610_181035 (2).jpg (142KB - 425 downloads) | ||
firedome |
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Expert Posts: 3156 Location: NY & VT | George Laurie repros these lenses in OZ, he's notoriously slow but usually comes thru in the end. I got stuff from him and quality was impeccable. | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Thank you. Yes, I know all about George. But I was just kidding about these being my best lenses. I do have others. My favorite lens is the second one from the left. That is some fancy design. Edited by 58DeSoDodge59 2018-06-13 3:03 PM (20180610_181035 (2).jpg) Attachments ---------------- 20180610_181035 (2).jpg (142KB - 459 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | I figured out how to keep those trunk bars from walking down the lid. I used these bolt on clips. I cut them to the size I needed. Then I took a pair of needle nose pliers and bent the top edge inward, where these clips sit. (sstrim2.jpg) (sstrim.jpg) (trunkbars2.jpg) Attachments ---------------- sstrim2.jpg (237KB - 422 downloads) sstrim.jpg (194KB - 416 downloads) trunkbars2.jpg (164KB - 423 downloads) | ||
Lancer Mike |
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Location: The Mile High City | Very nice, Kurt! I wonder what caused that lens to bleach like that? Good fix on the spring special bars! | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Mike, The white parts of the lens is lifting away from the rest of it. It's like its peeling. I guess it was not molded exactly correct. Maybe it did not have enough heat. So when the sun baked it, it just started coming apart. The lens with the bullet hole is interesting. The hole does not go all the way through. It's like the bulb stopped the bullet. (designerlenses.jpg) Attachments ---------------- designerlenses.jpg (213KB - 412 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Patiently waiting. (waiting.jpg) Attachments ---------------- waiting.jpg (245KB - 418 downloads) | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5047 | for what? were not getting any younger here... | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | LOL Well you won't have to get too much older. I estimate that I will get back to this car in the winter. But first, I have to get this other car out of my driveway. (allamerican.jpg) Attachments ---------------- allamerican.jpg (249KB - 404 downloads) | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Well, I pushed the car outside and washed it down, and also cleaned up the garage floor. Now I'm ready for Phase 2. Edited by 58DeSoDodge59 2018-10-21 10:29 PM (phase2A.jpg) (phase2B.jpg) Attachments ---------------- phase2A.jpg (242KB - 377 downloads) phase2B.jpg (248KB - 388 downloads) | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5047 | .. its a long fricking haul... but winter in the garage isn't a bad place to be as long as its warm | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Do ya'all remember the brace that was installed in the trunk? Well I removed it to see why it was installed in the first place. The metal looks like it was ripped. Maybe they used too much Leaded gas. (tanksupport.jpg) (floortank.jpg) Attachments ---------------- tanksupport.jpg (236KB - 397 downloads) floortank.jpg (249KB - 374 downloads) | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5047 | someone has been hauling with that car | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | mikes2nd - 2018-10-28 11:12 PM someone has been hauling with that car :) Unless they hooked the trailer hitch to the gas tank straps, I don't think so. Something pulled down on the gas tank. I never got a gas tank with this car, so I never got to see any damage. But there is some body damage back there, so maybe they backed over someones bicycle and it caught the tank just right. (damage1.jpg) Attachments ---------------- damage1.jpg (211KB - 367 downloads) | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9862 Location: So. Cal | It's a common occurrence for the larger cars. I have 2 Chryslers with the same thing. I believe it happens because of a combination of tightening the straps too tight, and just having a very heavy tank going over old washboard roads. | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | Here is the big hole in my frame. (framehole5.JPG) (framehole4.JPG) (framehole3.JPG) (framehole2.JPG) (framehole.JPG) Attachments ---------------- framehole5.JPG (179KB - 352 downloads) framehole4.JPG (249KB - 362 downloads) framehole3.JPG (169KB - 352 downloads) framehole2.JPG (243KB - 358 downloads) framehole.JPG (241KB - 358 downloads) | ||
Powerflite |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 9862 Location: So. Cal | Wow, that's pretty bad. I have a frame I just scrapped. Did you want a piece of it before I give it away to the metal recyclers? | ||
mikes2nd |
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Expert 5K+ Posts: 5047 | Go get a frame off Benny | ||
58DeSoDodge59 |
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Elite Veteran Posts: 1141 Location: Wild Wonderful | I do have a 59 Dodge frame that I can cut up. Would they be the same thickness/size for this area? | ||
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