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Restoration work performed in December. Primarily Frame repairs and additional body work. Differential &
rear axle was cleaned up and rebuilt as well.
At present (but not shown here) the motor has been torn down & prepped for rebuild, the frame has been completely
repaired, epoxy primed, painted and Chassis fully reassembled. Next month should show some great pics.
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| Bare frame/chassis prior to sandblasting, repairs, etc.. pretty ugly, huh? |
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| Major corrosion (can you tell?) and right in a critical area... |
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| Cleaned up and cut out..... I saw the final repair on this and it looked great - no pic yet though. |
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| Similar damage exposed on both leaf spring braces. |
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| Repaired frame - ready for new leaf spring brace... look a little better? |
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| New Leaf spring brace installed. (Opposite side) Similar work done on both |
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| Major frame repair down one side on frame - pic in progress. The entire bottom here was repaired. |
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| Body structural quarter panel support replaced. |
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| New bottom portion of quarter panel welded into place. |
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| Rear axle/differential completely rebuilt. I saw the final, painted project and it looks great. |
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| 12/26/05; Mom, Peg, kids & I visited the shop. Clean, repaired frame. Primed later that day. |
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| Kids and Bird body. Shop is working on 3 frame off Tbirds right now. 57 body on left. |
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| Just to give you an idea on the condition of the chrome... Before... |
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| Although you can't really tell from the pic, these are the first pieces back - very nice!!! |
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That's it for December. It may not look very exciting if you're not a car nut but these pics represent
a lot of work... I've done a couple amateur restorations, one I spent well over a year on (and still have that car), but nothing like
this... these guys are great... and I didn't even post all the pics. Next month should be pretty exciting with
shots of the completed chassis, etc. Take care all -
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