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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Status Update

Update 2/23/2012:
Steve (my painter) emailed me some pics last night.  Things are looking colorful.  More to come...



 2/15/2012:
I haven't done any updates for a couple of months.  This is mostly because after I finished the carb, there wasn't much else to report.  Well, now my buddy Steve, the poor chap who I managed to rope into doing the paint, has made some progress on the paint/body and I went to his shop and helped do some of the more menial tasks such as scuffing the new hood, trunk area, fender extensions, etc.  Oh yeah!  I forgot to mention that I bought a new Ford tooling hood on Steve's advice.  He felt that there is a low spot in the middle of the hood and attempting to keep applying filler would result in problems down the road plus would generally be noticeably crappy looking.  Buying a new hood solves several issues and saves a little on labor costs.  I could have saved some pretty good cash by buying a Dynacorn hood instead but decided to that a Ford Tooling hood would be less risky fit-wise although I have nothing against Dynacorn at this point.

Rather than post a wordy description of everything here, I'll just move on to the captioned pictures.


Driver's side before blocking primer.

Passenger side before blocking primer


Driver's side after blocking with 180

Passenger side after blocking with 180

Fender after blocking with 180

Tail panel after blocking with 180



New Ford Tooling hood.  Ain't she purty?



Underside of the new hood after scuffing by yours truly to prepare for primer.  Notice the old hood in the background looking lonely and dejected.


The deck lid after blocking with 180

Blinker inserts after bead blast and primer.

Top of the new hood after block with 180.

Front rear new Ford Tooling valances after prime and block with 180.


While Ol' Rusty was away at Steve's and after the carb was done, I cleaned up some more engine parts like the old dizzy and put them on the engine.


Ugly old dizzy

Cleaned up and re-beautified dizzy

Carb and dizzy on the engine.  Carb now has the choke cover and kick-down actuator.

Oh... right... this this thing was lurking behind my house.  Time to show it some love.

Tranny codes.  I'm not sure this thing is original to the car as it didn't come with a tag but maybe casting codes can lend a clue?


Started cleaning up the beast.


Cleaned up a bit more, painted (Duplicolor Engine Cast Aluminum), and disemboweled.
I was going to just replace the major gaskets and seals and then decided that as long as I had it this far, I just as well rebuild it.  I had peaked inside the reverse servo housing and found that the reverse servo seal was hardened and that there was black crud in there.  I have ordered a master rebuild kit from a place called Oregon Performance Transmission for a reasonable price along with a new reverse servo piston.  So, I think you can guess what the next posting will be about.

23 comments:

  1. Yay, you're back!! I was wondering how you're bodywork was coming along...just wondering if you have any of the internals back inside the doors yet? Also, how are you (or Steve) keeping the doors closed while blocking? I'm struggling with this concept myself right now....ps nice hood!

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    1. I put the door strikers on the door jams and the latches in the doors with the release rod attached so we can just reach in there and pull the rod when we need to open the door. I'm going to let the painter do what he has to do with them on and then pull them and blast & coat them later.

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    2. Oooh, I like this new "reply" feature...so to be clear, you'll be painting the doors on the car, right? What about door and trunk jambs etc?

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    3. Yep, it's my understanding that he's going to paint the car with doors on, jambs, hinges, and all.

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    4. OK, that's good to know! Can't wait to see how it comes out...have you decided (finally) on the color ?

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    5. Gulf Stream Aqua. Not the most popular but the wife chose it and she's the most important critic. ;-)

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  2. Also...I see you have Ford tooling valances now. Didn't you buy these a while back? And are they worth the extra cash?

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    1. Yeah I got them awhile ago. They weren't all that expensive compared to the Dynacorn type so I just did it. I compared them against the originals and they seemed to match up pretty well and the gauge thickness is similar. The final verdict will be the fit of the finished part I guess.

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  3. Very sweet! With the tranny codes, that circle with the:

    4 67 DX is something like month= 4 year= 67 DX is the plant code (?) and the other circle= 17 with the three small dots is something like the shift and crew that made it. (?) So it is possible that it came with the car since they used the tranny from the previous year. Something like that. I read it somewhere. Great work Alex!

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    1. Thanks for the help James. Maybe it's original after all. Good stuff man!

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  4. Nice progress Alex. Speaking of door strikers, I'm trying to decide if stainless steel door strikers are worth $65. But ohhh they are SO nice!!! If I could only figure out how to make a pair of matching stainless bumpers and door handles :)

    http://ringbrothers.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=product.display&Product_ID=380

    rj

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    1. LOL! Thanks RJ. Stainless.... hmmmmm... Nah... I'm too cheap. :-)

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    2. Alex,
      The color looks AWESOME! Congrats!
      Pat (keepat)

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  5. Man you've done a terrific job on that car. The day you have it all together and crank it for the first time is going to be an incredible moment. Great work, and I've really enjoyed reading your blog.

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    1. Thanks! Can't wait to pop the drive train in her!

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  6. Alex, great little blog on the car:) Can't wait till you have it running and I get some pictures of it finished

    Steve

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    1. Thanks Steve, couldn't have done it without ya.

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  7. Long-awaited update of the body work and looks like candy to me.

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  8. OMG those pics look amazing! Congratulations!

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