This followed me home
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Re: This followed me home
Hi Rattyrod have a look at www.Mastersstephens.com.au go into clearing sales North Whoey Station they have a 37 chev ute coming up at auction don't know if you can get there with covid but agents might do a bid for you cheers phill
- rattyrod
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Re: This followed me home
Thanks for that , only 7 hours from home but can’t get more than 5 kms from home at the moment . Hard to tell but probably not much better than what I’m working with .
when are you going to finish it?
- rattyrod
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Update time . The front rusty sections have been replaced on the cowl and a new pillar fabricated with plenty of strengthening to support the hidden door hinges . My neighbour is a fitter and turner and was called upon to machine up some new brass bushes for the hinges , taking out all the slack . The door frame has been fully welded up with corner plates for strengthening , except for the top window track which I have raised to close up the gap to the top of the door frame . It has taken a fair bit of setting up and fine tuning but it is nearly there . Next will be sorting out the lower panels and how they will sit and seal to the sill etc
Pillar starting to take shape
Bracing at the back of the hinge and back to the firewall
Here you can see the gap on the window frame as compared to the drivers side
Pillar starting to take shape
Bracing at the back of the hinge and back to the firewall
Here you can see the gap on the window frame as compared to the drivers side
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when are you going to finish it?
- rattyrod
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Re: This followed me home
See if I can get a video to work
[youtube] X2FyLQ9G27I[/youtube]
[youtube] X2FyLQ9G27I[/youtube]
when are you going to finish it?
- rattyrod
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Re: This followed me home
Please work
[youtube]X2FyLQ9G27I[/youtube]
[youtube]X2FyLQ9G27I[/youtube]
when are you going to finish it?
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- Sly Fox
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Re: This followed me home
Great work Ratty, you've done an amazing job with the doors.
The original doors would never have functioned that good, even when they were new.
The original doors would never have functioned that good, even when they were new.
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Great that you nutted it all out.
Can take a hell of a lot of time I've experienced!
But worth it in the end if it all works out.
Can take a hell of a lot of time I've experienced!
But worth it in the end if it all works out.
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- rattyrod
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So this is what I thought would be the finished frame
Till I took the winder supports out which are bolt in for maintenance,and thought I might add another vertical tube because I think the hole looks too big . That’s tomorrow’s job
Till I took the winder supports out which are bolt in for maintenance,and thought I might add another vertical tube because I think the hole looks too big . That’s tomorrow’s job
when are you going to finish it?
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Re: This followed me home
Nice job Ratty.....
looking at the amount of work you have put into the 2 doors made realise that I have to do 4, then again I'm glad that I have I tourer and don't have to worry about window gear.....
I wont be saying that driving through a Tassie winter day when its on the road!
looking at the amount of work you have put into the 2 doors made realise that I have to do 4, then again I'm glad that I have I tourer and don't have to worry about window gear.....
I wont be saying that driving through a Tassie winter day when its on the road!
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36 Ford Tourer
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- rattyrod
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The sun was out today so I took a break from construction and did some deconstruction on the caprice . I removed the seats , gear selector, accelerator pedal and steering column , which collapsed in the accident and actually broke one of the mounts off , making it unusable . So what do I do with the parts ? Mock them up to see how they look of course . I will have to change the floor base around the shifter pivot point but apart from that it should all work
A slight modification to clear the pivot point needed here
I can even play videos for the car behind
A slight modification to clear the pivot point needed here
I can even play videos for the car behind
when are you going to finish it?
- Sly Fox
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Re: This followed me home
That looks the goods and fits nicely
It all helps get the head around the forward planning required to make it all happen.
Awesome work on the doors mate considering you had nothing to start with.
It all helps get the head around the forward planning required to make it all happen.
Awesome work on the doors mate considering you had nothing to start with.
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Looks like you can provide entertainment for people following when stuck in traffic with the rear screens too.
Marcus
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Not to try at all, is to guarantee it!
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Not to try at all, is to guarantee it!
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Has a downside. Some idiot sticking on his tail trying to get a better look.Gojeep wrote:Looks like you can provide entertainment for people following when stuck in traffic with the rear screens too.
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Then you switch on the reversing camera and broadcast his stupidity back to him!FRANK BASILE wrote:Has a downside. Some idiot sticking on his tail trying to get a better look.Gojeep wrote:Looks like you can provide entertainment for people following when stuck in traffic with the rear screens too.
Or maybe hook up a keyboard and send him some choice words... (only make sure there's no red light coming up...)
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What if climate change IS a hoax, and we make a better world for nothing?
What if climate change IS a hoax, and we make a better world for nothing?