Well, I found a 1965 Morris Traveler down in Norfolk Va. and had to buy it! It is rough, but I think we can do it over time. Here are some pics:
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Oh cool, good luck with the project. I've never seen a dash like that either.
It was one of the first things taken out! EEEWWWWW Anyone want it?
Hey your heel board is the same for saloon, pickups, wagons, ect... Mini sport has floor sections for pickups and wagons with the extended area already there if you're needing that too. Or you can buy just the extension, one half front to back, the whole section or whatever you need. Sedan floors don't work.
Cool, I didn't think the rear floors would work, but might use the fronts. I will check out minisport to see what they have. I want to get it cleaned up or blasted to see exactly what the damage looks like!
Yep fronts work just fine.
GOt the speedo, dash, wiper motor wire harness, glass, seats all out. Noticed the large amount of rush under the window frame corner. I will have to get the front off to see exactly how bad it is under there. Where do you guys like to cut the fenders off at??
On the wings if you cut along the seamo, maybe two or three inches along it, it can make it easier to pop off with a combination of drilling welds and an air chisel.
Yep, gotta say that dash is fugly! I like how the sides are open to the instrument cluster so that any metallic items can roll into the wiring on turns... dan
He He, yea, nothing like having something roll over and short out the entire dash!!! Well, I did work some tonight on " Woody" got the pedals out, seatbelt out, door lock. The other day I did manage to get the rear doors off, and now there's not much more to take out/off. The bottom of the doors are kinda bad. Have you guys ever replaced the bottoms with the repair panels sold at mini parts places? The car is of course showing more rust each time I get into it closer! I'm Not SKEERT !!!!!! I am wondering since the rear seat is in Very good shape, if anyone has any front seat covers in original red pattern like the rear seat? If not I may just take the rear over to my seat guy and see if he can match them up. I would love to find some originals, to make it match and to make it cheaper on me! I will take the old stuffing out and replace with some new foam etc. Going to make a list of things I will need to get. I am glad that it already has discs on the front, and it looks like the subbys are in ok shape. As soon as I get him stripped down its off to get blasted, then on the rotisseri. Looks like I will need inside sills, ((came with outers) mauybe an a panel inner /outer, rear heelboard, maybe just the sides, and the companion boxes stuff, and maybe the rear piece under the rear doors. I think I may use the shell I picked up in Philly to do the front floors, to make it ready for a remote shift. Oh well, enough boring you guys!
I'm curious to know how the bottom door panel replacement goes. I may need to do the same thing eventually.
I took the doors down to pop's (he's not home) and they fit inside his blast cabinet! I just did a little, and I am very sure this car was white. I am going to blasts these to see how they look. Glass bead.
I actually got out and worked on "woody" today, and got the subframes out from under it. It has some rough spot it to be sure, but so did my other car. Looks like the rear portion of the floors are good, but may need the two sides where the subframe bolts in. It is going to need front floors, and most of the sheetmetal up front. I have the other shell I picked up in Philly, and I could use the front floor section of that that already is stock set-up for the remote shifter. The subframes look very good, and will just need a good cleaning. That saved me quite a bit of money. I am thinking of having them powder coated though. It has regular drums on the back, and I was wondering if I could just switch out some stock spaced ones instead? I have some on some extra wet subbys I have hanging around. PErfect fit on the trailer, and you gotta love a car you can lift yourself! Gonna go and get it blasted after I get the subbys completely done. Still wrestling with the paint color! OEW or Tweed gray. It will have a red int. though. I am still looking for some good sewn front seats, anyone,,anyone..anyone? Here is some progress pics:
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Nice, it really doesn't look that bad at all.
I'm gonna get it blasted then put it on the spit. It has a small place in the rear where someone looks like they backed into something, but it should just jack out easily. First things first, subbys then the body.
very cool!!! 4.gif
Well, here is some progress I made today, not anything big but "baby" stepping toward the end goal. Bead blasting and powder coating anything I can get in the oven! Got my heater together tonight. I have two extras I will be bringing to the mini51 in Tenn. I am looking for a missing left ear ( I have 2 rights) and need a switch for one of the other heaters. they don't have the ears though. I need to get some made somehow! Oh well, here is a pic of today's work. Oh yea, I bought some blue springs off another mini guy, cheaper than I could buy the rubber doghnuts for! I just have to figure out if I will keep them blue or not!
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Got some more powder coating done last night. Trying to get everything ready for the front and rear subby's. Still need to get them cleaned up.
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Looks great. So knowing nothing about powder coating, how does one go about doing this themselves?
I have the same parts to prepare and the same question about using powdercoat. I was was going to use BC/CC.
And I am not sure if you have discussed this before, but do you have the wood?
Powder coating is easy to do!!! Mainly I go down to Pop's and he bought a simple kit from Eastwood I think. He has a nice bead blast cabinet and I blast all my parts I can fit in there! I actually fit a rear traveller door in the blast cabinet to see if it would fit! It did, but it was hard to blast it! I get them all clean, then take them out, blow them off with the Air compressor, then wipe them down with final wash. We use an old kitchen oven, 300-350 Degrees for about 15 minutes. We use the wire racks from the oven and take thin wire and hang the part on the rack. You have a ground strap that MUST attach to the part or the wire that it is hanging from, better to connect right to the part. There is a " transformer" that creates the electric that charges the powder, and it sticks to the part. The " gun" that shoots out the powder is connected to a low pressure pancake style air compressor and it shoots out the powder to the part. After coating you need to discharge the " gun tip" and we touch it to the wire rack, before disconnecting the ground. If you don't you get a nice surprise! Put the rack in the oven and wait the 15 minutes, pull it out and let it cool off. It looks great, lasts for a Long time, and is hard to get wrong. Humidity can affect it.
As for the wood for the wagon, I need that, mine is pretty bad.
I do need a RH side front over-rider drilled for a corner bar to get chromed. It doesn't need to be pretty, but no dents or dings. Let me know if you have an extra.
Ok so if I understand you correctly, you have a special powder coat gun, which you ground to the part you are spraying. You spray the part, then stick it in the oven? I found a gun at harbor freight, but do I need a special oven or can I ask my girlfriend nicely to put my parts in our oven? Maybe toaster oven?
ooops just saw the question, yes. My dad uses an old oven some guy was selling and it works fine. Large enough to put wheels in. I wouldn't use the oven from your kitchen, it makes quite a smell! Very simple, and works Very well.
Yeah I did some research and found that buying a used oven is the way to go.
Alright well I just tried doing some powder coat, created a bit of a mess. Came out pretty thick I guess, and didn't exactly stick on the entire surface. Going to have to keep playing around with it to figure out what I'm doing wrong.
It all worked out with the chrome shop, I bought a set from someone on the MM board, and sent my bumper, corner bars, and over-riders to the chrome shop in exchange for them losing my latches. I haven't done much on the Woody since the last post! I did some powder coating tonight, seat brackets, Rod change rod(upper) , plate on bottom of rod change housing, and I did the switch panel in a Great looking grey! Can't wait to see it with all the switches on it! Gonna go down this week and mess with the subbys. Taking the Woody to be blasted as soon as the new year begins!
Mike, I didnt see your wood question, but no, I need the wood!!! You have a kit to sell????? Cheap, for the father of twins, who has very little to spare on cars!
94 : You have to set your air compressor to lower amount of pressure, we use a pancake type compressor set low, and then you need to play with the amount of powder that shoots out also. Just trial and error really. I should have said that you need to " hang" the parts you are doing by a metal wire from the over rack, rather than to just lay it on the rack. Most things you can do by hanging.
Cool man, yeah I figured out what I was doing wrong. Haven't done anything else with it in awhile though, need to buy some different powder at some point and start cleaning up all the small parts I have laying around.
Hey meant to ask on your heater panels how do you go about printing off the words (on, heater, off)? Some kind of stencil that you powder coat on or something else?
I hand screen print the lettering on the faceplates. It is enamel screen printing ink. Just like printing a t-shirt, just smells a little different!!! I spoke to my Sand blast guy and it looks like next week will be when I take it over to him. I am wondering what I should have done, other than just the shell??? I think I may pick out the best of my doors and start doing the bodywork on them. I have one that has the holes for the cooper s trim, and need to decide if I will go that route with the other door? I think it would look nice with the extra brightwork? Also, I have some 12" stock mini wheels, minilight style, and I am thinking of using them. They are free, and would look ok after I cleaned them up and coated them. I would rather have some S wheels 10" on it, but I am trying to go low-budget on this car.
Latest work: Got the Steering wheel from a chevy truck dealer somewhere in the mid-west! It was in need of refinishing:
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Was going to say have them do your subbys in the blasting if they need it. What size wheel is that anyways?
It's a 14" dished wheel. The subbys just need some cleaning and a coat of chassis black.
New steering wheel pics, note the center emblem! Taking the Woody to get blasted on Friday! I don't care if it snows or not!!!!!!
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Ok, so the Woody goes to get blasted on Sunday. I need to start ordering all the bits to do the subbys. Where would you suggest I get all of it?? Overseas or here in the states???
If I order large quantities of parts I go over seas, its just cheaper in the end usually. Sometimes I can buy extra parts and shipping doesn't go up, you just have to play with the numbers.
Off to the Blasters!!!
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When will it be back? Anxious for before and after report. If only winter would break so I can get back in the garage. But inside house projects are better for it. Oh what am I saying. I have an engine and transmission on the bench to assemble.
I dropped it off, and he said he had a couple more things to do first. No problem, not in a hurry. I am going down to pops and get my subbys on sat. , or I will never do them! Out of sight out of mind.
Did some scraping and some wire brushing today just for a short time between shirt jobs. Man, now it's hard to do my work with the subbys at the shop looking at me! Here is just one tower cleaned up, with some Ospho on it. I actually think I might be able to get the front subby in my pop's blast cabinet. It's worth a shot.
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Gave in and is getting the subby's blasted by a guy I go to church with. He restores old tractors. He has some other stuff to primer, and then paint with some hard enamel paint, so he will do my subbys at the same time. Still waiting on the other guy that is going to blast the woody. No hurry. I have an order put together at minisport-usa, and it is a big one. The shipping is the expensive part, but I don't think the shipping would be much cheaper over here!
Minisport is the way to go.
Any luck with your speedo cable yet?
Wanted to out last night and work on it, but the TV won out! I did get a basin wrench to try, and need to get out there and get it done! My dad is going to try and pick up a cable at Spring Thing, and bring it back with him along with some other parts. I gave him a list, and hopefully I can save on the shipping a bit. THe woody is almost blasted, and should have that back by the weekend. Subbys should be done soon as well. I can't wait to get going on this thing!
Good deal. I got home last night and have a few days off. I may spend some quality time on my truck and try to get some things done as well. If you need a pic of where/how the speedo cable attaches to the engine let me know, my engine is out with the cable still on.
Dan, Spend so quality time with the GF too! :-\
Just went to dinner and even won some money at the Casino. 4.gif
I went out to lock up the shop and then somehow started trying the speedo cable again. MAN, I don't know how anyone in the world except for maybe Plastic Man could get down there and get that thing off! I tried the Basin Wrench, but no go. I finally had to go from under the car and take out the bolt that holds the cover on. I was quite frustrated at that point! I pulled the whole thing out and then put the cover back on! Whew! Now all I need is a new cable.
Glad you finally got the bastard. ;D
i avoided this by using a GPS based speedo instead
Interesting.... Very Interesting..... I gotta have my Smiths in there.
I finally got the other pin out on the shifter mechanism. I didn't want to break that part! Gonna powder coat the rod, and maybe the housing. I need to get a seal kit for it I guess. Now, If I can get my car back from the Blaster's!!!!!!!!
Subframes ready!!!
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Looking good. Funny how it feels so good to have clean subframes. ;D
I am thinking of using these wheels for the woody wagon. They are 12's thats the only thing that is bugging me. I was thinking of doing them in OEW like the car. They are leftovers from my first mini. I hate the idea of buying 2 separate size tires for my minis. It is merely a cost saving idea. Of course some of the wheel/tire combos are pretty cheap anymore. I was thinking of the reproduction S wheels, but they don't use the repro. hub caps?
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Clean them up and powder coat and wouldn't look bad at all. Not a fan of 12's?
naw, not really a fan of 12's, I did find a place where I think I can get a mk1 type brake booster(new Bendix type) online tonight. I will see if they are in stock or just on the site. 365.00 plus shipping.
Got the car back on Mon. It is painted with a rust proofing paint, but it will be sanded etc. I am going to take off both front wings to see exactly how bad it is in there. For now it looks like both front wings, both sides of the windscreen scuttle, a panels inner and outer, rear pockets, rear LWD extension, front floors, most likely both corners at the rear, lower bottoms of the doors, and both lower portions of the rear doors. I am happy about how straight the rear quarters are, not a ripple at all, the rear load bay, rear floors, both inner wings, and firewall, and the top is in pretty good shape. It is in better shape than my S was. I am just eager to get it up on the Spit and start getting into it. Crazy how people just put stuff back on and run a " weld" on it! Ugggg, nasty bodge job!!
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That is some interesting bodywork/bodge on there.
Ah yeah there were some interesting patches on there. I particuarly liked the scuttles.
latest bit of powder coating. Anyone guess the parts that aren't mini parts? What are they for???
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What's the big piece for? Can't seem to figure it out. I really need to start on my powder coating.
The two pieces on the left are for my Vespa scoot! The large one goes over the engine as a cowl, and the small one covers the carb!
Damn I almost said something bike related. Very cool.
WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!! Parts are here!!!! MiniSport is very good!!! WOW!!!!!
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Hard to beat minisport. Even if they don't have all the parts in stock they're pretty good about getting what they do have to you.
I'm not sure, but I think my sandblasting guy blasted away my wire harness. I never even thought about it, and left it in there! DUH I Know! Not blaming him. Anyone have either an extra one lying around??? Any ideas?? I thought maybe I could have one made, or make my own? I do have a left over rear harness from my S, and wondering if that would work?
A rear harness.
That sucks. You could probably make your own, or fork out the couple hundred bucks for a brand new one. I was tempted to buy new but figured I can rewrap mine and buy some new wire if I need to.
I have a nice brand new front harness, just need the back part. I wouldn't think it would be too off from a regular sedan? Might have to add some to it. Really, brakes, fuel, running lights... that's about it.
If its anything like the rear harness on the pickup, I'd just make my own then. Should be simple enough.
Here it is with the front wings off:
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The right side looks pretty good. Same with the front piece (front valance??) When are the new wings going on?
I need to order quite a bit before I can do the new wings. I think I am going to get the hard to find stuff from M-Machine in the UK.
Which hard to find panels will you need? Looks fairly good from my phone :)
Ron, open the wiring harness package from Minisport. When I bought a harness for my son's car, the rear harness was in there with the front.
I will have to check that! YOur son been driving the mini??
Yes Ron, I drove it for a while before I gave it to him and he has put some miles on it since. Of course there have been some interesting stories but it is doing well. It will certainly be at MME in July.
I found a set, 4 (plus a spare) of wheels for the woody wagon: Oh yea, they came with the hub-caps too! :
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Those wheels are SWEET! I have a soft spot in my heart for steelies with the moondish hubcaps.
Well, the trip to Carlisle was very fruitful. I picked up a whole sewn seat mk1 interior, seats door cards etc. for the woody, i had been looking for a set of front sewn seats for a while now. I also came away with a like new mini manual, red type, and a very nice white morris mini minor manual. Workshop originals. I also scored a drivers handbook for the morris mini minor woody.
Great finds!!!!!
WOn this on Ebay Sun night!! WWWWWOOOOOOO!!!!!
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Looks like you got a great deal on that one. Good job man. 4.gif
Well, I haven't done really anything to the Woody for quite some time. Screen printing business is good right now and I need to get the jobs in and out while I have them. I did order quite a few panels today, wings, outer A-panels, door steps, windscreen scuttle, sunframe mounting bracket LH / RH. I will order some more soon after I build up my mad money account again!
Got some of my panels yesterday, and will order another big order as soon as money transfers go through. I should have almost everything I need. Still need to figure out about the floors/sills.
Good deal. Still waiting on my sills and door frames.
Where'd you order from??
Gbcarparts but he was out of stock on the pickup stuff so had to special order. No biggie, still saved money.
Still trying to order with m-machine, they dont get in a big hurry! supposedly being packed up this week. That should give me just about all the panels I need less the floor parts, and one front wing.
Ah good good. Where are you getting floors from?
not sure what I am going to do about the floors. I don't know if I will replace the whole floor or just the fronts.
M-Machine parts will be here on Friday!!!! Next week should be fun!!!!!! I can't wait!!!!
Can't wait to see them pics.
Got the parts today, very impressed with them. The cross member is super stiff and strong. Everything else looks good, but will really be able to tell when I get the parts next to the car. Now to save up some more mad money so I can buy some more parts!!!
OK, Started to offer up the panels to the car the other day and came up with this: The door steps I bought aren't the right ones. After ordering them, and cutting one up I am now told that the ones I bought are for an internal hinge car. The web-site failed to mention there was a difference. not happy! (M-Machine panels were fine) I really only need the front part. So now I have two of these that arent worth the shipping to go back to the UK. Where do I buy the correct ones?????? Dan, I saw you replaced yours on the pick-up, where'd you get those???? Here is a pic:
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Also, what I am working with the panel for behind the inner A panel, seems to be lacking enough metal to go behind the inner a panel and door edge. Man, can't these suppliers get these descriptions right??
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Anyone need the rear parts for their car???
I'll need to get on a computer to take a look at that inner a panel, but gbcarparts has the door frame panel you need. He ordered two extra when I got mine. About 60 bucks a pop. I can send a link to them if that will help.
yes, please do. I got the parts and now I wait again!
Ok, well that inner panel for the A panel you have there may or may not be whats needed. See all I did was cut out a strip of rusted metal and fab up a new piece of metal to attach my A panels to. The lip and curvature of the A panel has to sit along the lip of the door frame either way, so its either gona work or not. Wouldn't stress over that piece, get a good fit to the door from with the A panel and see what you need to do behind it to make it weld up flush.
Here is what you need for the door frame. Bummer you got the wrong one.
http://www.gbcarparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=BD%2DMS47L (http://www.gbcarparts.com/proddetail.asp?prod=BD%2DMS47L)
Oh wait, I think I figured this out. Look at the picture I attached and the red circle. This is that door frame panel I had overlaying to test out fitments, notice the additional metal that would appear to line up to where you're short on your piece. Yes?
Looks like the proper order of panel fitment would be door frame welded to that piece you have, then inner and outer Apanels fitted. I cut off a good bit of that excess end off since I was hitting up against what I fabbed up. Makes sense now.
You are correct I'm gonna just buy some mk1 door steps. All I need is the front part
Ordered the door steps from Mini-City on Wed. Decent price, the shipping will be cheaper since they are close, and I like Dealing with Doug. Should have them on Friday. In the mean time I went to pops and bead blasted the seat frames, then primed them and painted with a epoxy paint. I figured I can work on them while not working at pops on the body. Anyone here do any recovering of their seats?? I have a few tips and tricks I have learned from some upholstry guys over the years. Gonna use some good foam, and them some memory foam too. I am even thinking of some heat elements for the seats too! Anyway here are some pics:
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I'll be redoing my seats. I was even thinking of doing heating elements, I hope you do that so I can see how to do it!
ok, so I got the door steps I ordered from NY and they are well, not very good. I will be sending them back, so this is strike two!!! I'm getting tired of this already! Gonna go with some from M-Machine in the UK, here is what they look like:
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Damn dude, so what don't you like about them exactly? Who made them?
The pic above are the ones i will be ordering. The ones I just got were cheap, thin, and the curves were horrible. I had already ordered the crappy ones when I got the email from M-Machine showing the ones in the pic above. !!!! ARRRGGHHHH I'm getting frustrated!!!
Interesting, mine had a sticker that Magnum made them. The curves lined up well, the metal was maybe on the thin side (hey weight saving!), but only complaint for me was the lip had some excess metal from where they cut it. Actually will help hold the rubber strip along the side on better.
Mmachine ever come back from holiday break? The parts I needed from sommerford have been shipped.
nope! Man I hate waiting on other people!!! Oh well. I want to order some seat rubber diaphrams for the bottom seat. The backs were in great shape. I was going to order them from M-Machine as well.
Ordered the door steps today along with the seat diaphragms . Hopefully I will get them soon.
Yeah hopefully, looking forward to seeing how you tackle it.
Got my door stePs from m-machine today! They are great! Should've went to them to begin with
Saw the pics, glad they are good quality.
Latest progress report, two front seats done, and started work on the back seat. Also, putting in a new gear reduction starter, and alternator on the S. Need to get a spot lamp bar made up that suits me. Pics:
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Front of the S :
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Looking for a new steering rack, LHD regular rack for the woody. Anyone got any ideas on the best ones?? Minisport minispares??????
Seats look good. I'm looking forward to doing mine, gona order new foam and everything. What's wrong with your steering rack?
gonna put in a new one in the woody wagon so I don't have to worry about it, gonna drive it alot. I sold a spare one I had today, and so the new one won't cost me much at all.
The Guru is home from Winter vacation... TIME TO BUST THIS PUPPY OUT!!!!!!!!!! He will be coaching, supervising, and most likely shaking his head alot!
Whos the guru?!
pops! He has done it all his life, his dad owned a body shop/garage back in the day. He has and has had some incredible cars. I'm the guy trying to learn. I should have paid attention when I was younger. I have done most of the finish work on my cars, but he's the welder, engine, suspension, and body man. I want the woody to be 95% my work. I can do all the interior stuff, wiring, re finishing blasting coating, things like that, just need to learn the other important stuff. Time is a major factor with me. I have decided that I'm going to be taking mondays off, and working on my car all day, every mon. It's at his shop with all the tools, and his knowledge.
Very cool. Thats good you have a solid day to dedicate to the project. I basically have 4 days a month I use to work on my truck as well. Really hope I get that bed in before the end of this month when I have 4 days in a row to knock it out. Momentum is everything.
pop's is back, and itching to get that woody out of his shop! ANy suggestions you can give us in replacing the front door step, a panels, and outer A panels. It is very rough, and not much to go by there.
Well take your time, don't go weld crazy till you know its right. After you've got everything tacked in placed and eyeballed straight as possible, fit your door. Since you have a wing in place already (I think?), you have that as a starting point, and the existing door frame as an ending point. Just make it work in the middle. Easy right!
Hey Wednesday night I'll be in your neck of the woods for a couple hours if you want to have me check this panel work out.
Now that would be cool!! Pop's worked on it a little today, I found out by stopping by before Volleyball tonight! I keep telling him I'm never going to learn to do it myself if does it all! He said, don't worry, I'm going to finish up my TR250 first!! Give me a call, 302.745.8284. I'll buy dinner!!! Let me know when you'll be close, we can just meet at my place, and roll down to dad's.
Great I'll give you a call. My girlfriend is taking some kind of class down there for a semester and I have to find something to do. Might as well see if I can help out.
Call me Wed. I have work all Day, and kids to pick up in the afternoon, but after 5:00pm I'm good to go. Unless you get with me earlier in the day. I have a window of about 10am till 2:15 wed.
Ok I'll be dropping her off around 5.
Coolio!
got my spot welder in from Harbour Freight!!! Now to get SERIOUS!!!!!!!!
I know I'm jealous!
Sweet!!!!
Well, I'm back after all this time!!! I had to re-register! Progress on the wagon again. I will post pics soon.
Here are some pics, been working on the Wagon quite a bit more. front floors in, both A-Panels inner and outer in, both wings on, new cross member in, door steps in too. now, just trying to figure out the back bits where the subby bolts up to the Heelboard. need to figure out how the bits in the companion bins go. I guess they are stiffeners?? Once I get that figured, then the rockers, and next the rear of the car. After that, time to start sanding etc. here is a link to the pics:
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the first pic is when i had just gotten it apart, not sure why that is there:
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Need me to reset your password or something?
Looks like you got your scuttles to fit.
yes, a bit of fiddling with them, and some filler, this is a driver not a museum piece. Need to order some small panels now, just fiddly bits, and the inner rear valance. Other than that it's going along pretty well. Just have to get the rear subby to the body part done correctly.
shop computer still logs in!
Lol you probably still can log in from other devices but I've had a bug for years I never figured out that will occasionally not allow you to login on the first attempt or two even if your user name and password is correct. No clue why. Try clearing cookies and cache on your other devices.
While serving as admin for the MOT forum, I found that there is an underlying "glitch" in the SMF software that causes issues with using the login fields that appear on the home page.
If you click the "login" tab on the menu bar and use the screen that brings up, it will work almost every time. I am now in the habit of always using the login tab.
Quote from: MPlayle on November 26, 2013, 08:23:23 PM
While serving as admin for the MOT forum, I found that there is an underlying "glitch" in the SMF software that causes issues with using the login fields that appear on the home page.
If you click the "login" tab on the menu bar and use the screen that brings up, it will work almost every time. I am now in the habit of always using the login tab.
At least I'm not the only one with this problem!