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As Kyle was going through the interior trim pieces the last couple weeks he did find one that had a few pits...





http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16..._161834533.jpg





So we got a used replacement from the Stainless Shoppe in Seymour WI. A shame to paint this one :D





http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202352.jpg





As I was getting the next batch of parts ready for epoxy, Kyle was setting up the bead roller for making the lower baffle of the core support. But looking at the center bead, the Fasti didn't have quite the reach...





http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202355.jpg





http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202356.jpg





I had wanted to make axles for the bead roller dies to fit the English wheel, so today was as good a day as any. This will give Kyle some practice on the South Bend..





http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202357.jpg





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And my accomplishments for today...





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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202366.jpg





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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202369.jpg





http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202370.jpg





And as I had a bit of epoxy left over, time to seal the inner door to the door skin.. Both had been primed before assembly...





http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202371.jpg





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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202373.jpg





http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202374.jpg





Definitely want to cover the floor in doing this...





http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202377.jpg





Had enough to do both doors, should keep the rust bugs gone for a long time to come..

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I see some welds look pretty large diameter in comparison to the vise-grip next to them. Using a circular motion or? I'm just admiring the nice flat welds. Mine come out smaller and more proud.
You grind welds with a thin cutting wheel?
Any advice for straightening a 67-72 front bed wall bowed forward a bit from junk hitting it over the years?

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Wow, the inside of the hood looks better that a lot of top sides...Jim

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Just zapped at the gap, no circular motion. Try just a smidge more heat and less time on the trigger pull, see if it helps to flatten them out. I use a 1/16 x 3 cutoff wheel to grind the welds. About the smallest contact area you can get for the least amount of heat buildup, and the best thing you can use for an unobstructed view of what you are doing to better eliminate errant damage to the parent metal on either side of the weld from not being able to see (think flap wheel). You may want to pull the bed from the frame for better access.




Thanks Jim, the semi gloss is nice for showing any remaining defects..




Well it was taking a little longer on the English wheel adapter kit than I thought, and since that is on the shop's dime, I thought we'd try something that we could get done a little quicker. So the other machine with plenty of throat was the Lennox, so let's make some dies for it..... Also got in some more block sanding while Kyle was cutting out pieces for the dies.


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Pre-stretching the bead areas of the baffle...


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202430.jpg


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202431.jpg


Adding the bead, using the backstop...


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202432.jpg


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http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202434.jpg


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Laying out the petcock recess. This is about a 1/2" lower than the factory to alleviate the clearance issue..


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202436.jpg


The tipping and skateboard wheels are used to "trace" the bend line to make any hammering a bit easier to locate the correct "edge".....


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202437.jpg


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202439.jpg


Relief trimmed, ready to make the folds....


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202443.jpg


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202444.jpg

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Tonight we got the recess finished on the baffle plate.


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Test fitted...


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202450.jpg


Media blasted, ready to install....


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202453.jpg


Then Kyle removed the splash pan so he could clean up the core support prior to welding it in....


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202460.jpg


We also got started on some blocking of the parts sprayed last week.


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202455.jpg


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202457.jpg

Re: 55 Wagon Progress
 

Nice work! Mind stopping by my place and banging some of my sheet metal into shape...........

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Sid, are you going to the Hogtown meet? See the events listed on allmetalshaping...

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Probably not. My daughter has a swim meet that weekend. I've been in the past. Awesome talent there. Learned quite a bit.

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Are you going to the coming out show in Charlotte Hall.

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Not bringing anything (everything in pieces) but will be there to see the sights. If you see a bright yellow t-shirt with

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Today the baffle got welded into the core support, here with the plug weld holes drilled.


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202461.jpg


The modified relief we fabricated shows to be about as low as we could have made it..


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Then attention was turned to the rear quarter on the passenger side where we had shaved the lead seam..


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We had held off on the tail light opening as we wanted to fit the opening to the light bezels. We had received the reproduction chrome light bezels a couple weeks ago, and gave them a protective layer to keep the chrome nice and shiny..


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202465.jpg


The light opening seemed all out of sorts, with a bulge protruding out past the corner of the bezel here....


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202466.jpg


Let the modifications begin!


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And we had the opposite problem on the inner side...


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202474.jpg


The vise grip dent puller and the special hook was used to spread the opening...


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202100.jpg


A bit better.....


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202476.jpg


...and the tail light bracket is welded back together.. This mod seemed to make the attaching holes align better as well..


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202478.jpg


And Kyle continues to finish up the seam and we'll fine tune the opening once more when the welding and planishing is complete.


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202482.jpg

Re: 55 Wagon Progress
 

Wow, that is some nice detail fitting of the housing. Great work!

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Nice work on the modification...Jim

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looking good ..

loving the update(s) and the progress being made .. =0)

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Thanks for all the comments!


Well, it's that time of year again, and the local Arby's Wednesday night car shows are in full swing, so we've changed the shop nights from Mon & Wed to Tues & Thurs so that we'd have Wednesday free to stop by the shows. We plan on taking Brad's Fairlane (the last shop project) to a couple of the events this year, Arby's is just over a mile away from the shop, so his 4 gallon tank may just make the trip.. :lol:


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This is one of those cars that you'll feel and hear well before you see it, so it should draw a nice crowd :metal:


Last night's shop progress had me doing more block sanding, and Kyle continued on the rear quarter seam shave. The top weld is about done (except at the edge), other than final bumping and planishing. The weld through the middle of the mounting bracket was dressed out. The final weld seam that travels over to the gate opening will be addressed once the body is on the rotisserie, the planishing is a bit cumbersome working around a corner, so with the car up on it's side it will make the task a bit easier.


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The tail light fits much better but some final tweaking will be done after the gap at the top edge is completed..


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202502.jpg

Re: 55 Wagon Progress
 

We need to see some pics from Arby's

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More nice work...I wanna go to Arbys!

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I just sit and smile.

Thank you.

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Thanks for the comments guys. Brad is still waiting on his carburetor, he gets it rebuilt every spring, so it may be a couple weeks before we get to take it down to Arby's. But we'll get some pictures when we do..


Well since Kyle has the top weld all the way back to the tail light opening, we checked the top crown and found a low spot by the 90* in the weld seam. We had to change the hoop on the Watervliet but since this one fit in the tail light opening so well, this will make short work of raising the low area..


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We decided to go ahead and work on the opening a bit more, it was wide in spots as shown here...


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Some "friendly" persuasion...


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Much better fit....


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Damn nice work guys, as usual...Jim

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Man I'd kill to have you work on my truck....ugh such quality and nice work. That kid is lucky

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Thanks for the comments guys!


Got a care package in the mail yesterday, we had the hood hinges rebuilt at Wilson's Antique Car Parts....


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I had talked to a couple dealers about the reproduction hinges and did not hear good things, they indicated they had replaced a few sets due to the gears jumping teeth from being too loose. A member on one of the forums had recommended Wilson's rebuilding service, and I gotta say, this is top notch work. If you're having hood hinge issues, I highly recommend their services..


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202531.jpg


Kyle was looking for something else to weld, so on to the dash. Here he's prepping for welding the seam, bumping the panels a bit for better alignment before welding....


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202532.jpg


Checking across the gap using a 6" rule...


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Next on the agenda was to shave the radio holes...


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Weld, planish, grind, repeat...


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Kyle got some more welding done and we noticed the patch he made didn't quite have the same crown as the dash next to it. He had left the patch flat, so the difference was becoming more noticeable the more it was welded.


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202549.jpg


So the Watervliet planishing hammer was used to add some crown to the panel, and also to planish some of the weld while we were at it..


An 8" radius lower die worked nicely to duplicate the crown:


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202550.jpg


Planishing welds...


https://youtu.be/fAnfqtw-C6I


Two holes to go..


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202553.jpg


rear view... both sides still need sanding with the roloc, we'll get that once the radio knob holes are done and ready for sanding as well.


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202561.jpg


Tailgate is blocking out pretty nice, did have a few low spots to address that still need feathering out....


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202556.jpg


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...ure%202557.jpg