'68 Coronet R/T wrote:I was being sarcastic. Hence the winking eye.
You take the same position I do. My name goes on it regardless of what the owner prefers.
I turn away work from anyone that demands substandard products or methods.
I know Buddy I was just having a bit of fun myself sorta like my post on the main forum thread "Blobs Blotches using Rattle can" thread. People need to grow some skin you know ?
For anyone who hasn't figured it out yet I am assisting with this car it belongs to my oldest Son who isn't helpless he is capable of doing this job by himself BUT he lacks the welding skills to pull off a really nice job and his Modifications skills are a bit lacking as well. that's something that comes with experience doing!
He wants it to look and drive as nice as possible so has asked me to assist him in these mods. So this time he is listening and taking my approach of Surgical clean clean clean FIRST!
I want this car OUT of my shop and rightfully so its been sitting there for almost a year now, He is moving on it way too slow for my liking so If I can push it along the sooner I get my Lift back! for customer work and I get to have some fun sharing and **** about it along the way.
So don't take all my complaints too seriously my main concern is his safety FIRST, I wont get another one like him again hence my complaints about not doing a back half Big tire car.
He worked on it for a whole two hours Maybe yesterday cleaning and started removing interior stuff woo hoo were making progress!
When Its clean enough and Prepped enough for for me to get in there to see things I will start marking spot welds for him to start drilling out spot welds and cut lines for the Plasma cutter and other cuts for cutting wheels.
The Right upper Box is going to be the worst of it and the hardest part to remove due to the previous attempts at repairing cracks SOMEONE DID (Gee I wonder who?)
I am NOT looking forward to that Dog turd mess! BUT luckily I don't have to do it! I will instruct him how to do it MY WAY!
There is gonna be A lot of grinding on that side its gonna be UGLY! I may have to cut it all out and Graft in a new section from another car? I don't know yet but I am concerned.
My next concern is Getting the Boxes square and even in the chassis before welding the new boxes in.
Not only has this car been drag raced to death Twisting it bad but It was also in a Bad front end accident at some point in its life as well! Its had MAJOR front end repairs Enough so that I know it should have been totaled! how it kept a clean title I have no idea?
Doing this on my lift is going to prove to be a tricky, I kinda wish it was on my Body dolly and then I could transfer measurements to the floor with a Plumb bob but I don't have that in this case so I am planning on making a Tram gauge to make a lot of my measurements with and going off factory measuring points on the chassis.
This would be best way in my opinion but this car is already twisted pretty good. I may have to bite the bullet & put it on my body dolly whether I like it or not and move it over my Tie downs in my floor and do a few pulls on it in an attempt to tweak it back strait at least straiter than it is now, I know I cant get it perfect but I think I can get it close, closer than it is now.
Dennis B.
A&P Mechanic, FCC General radio Telephone Operator
Line Maintenance A&P Mechanic and MOC Tech specialist.