dalef62 Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 It is almost all in primer! I sanded and preped the top side today for primer and got it primer, all but a small section on the front end where some of the original green is that I want to match to the new paint. Hope this keeps it from rusting with all this humidity! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted September 14, 2018 Author Share Posted September 14, 2018 The last two pictures of the freshly primered body! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted September 14, 2018 Share Posted September 14, 2018 WOW! Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2Wrench Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 5 hours ago, keiser31 said: WOW! Very nice! Yes I agree, it does look very nice, but you must remember not everyone has access to these special tools he's using. It isn't like angle iron and PVC pipe can be found at your local hardware store.... oh wait... never mind. Joking aside, this is another perfect example of craftsmanship. Tools are nice and helpful, but it is the guy using the tools that creates the masterpiece. Well done Dale! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted September 15, 2018 Share Posted September 15, 2018 Dale, I have not been on the computer much since early this week. I was shocked when looking at this thread today -- what fantastic progress you have made!! My hat is off to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted September 20, 2018 Author Share Posted September 20, 2018 Not much going on with the FOR lately. Shop has been busy, in fact I got a nice 1956 Thunderbird to get it up and running again. New fuel tank, lines, gauge, brake work etc. Also getting things ready for that show over by Harrisburg, I think it is called Hershey? ? Been going almost steady since 1980. If you need anything Crosley, 1957-59 retractable, 1957 hemi parts, or anything else... (lol) let me know. Dad has a lot of parts from various vehicles that he had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted September 28, 2018 Author Share Posted September 28, 2018 A little Crosley work to report tonight. Was having some problems with the 1949 Hotshot not running right, stalling, not starting. I replaced the fuel pump as it was bad, but still had problems so I took the top off of the carburetor and found a problem. The one float was still floating in the bowl. I think that might cause a problem... Now to get the torch out to weld it back on. Lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 Yep....that will definitely hinder your performance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luv2Wrench Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 At least it still floats... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted September 29, 2018 Author Share Posted September 29, 2018 I got the Hotshot carburetor all together and it runs good again. Hope to take it to a local fall festival tomorrow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 Took the Hotshot to the local festival about 10 miles away and it ran great! They have great food, fresh squeezed apple cider and lots of craft booths, was the biggest I have seen it. The weather was great too. And I forgot to take pictures.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted October 20, 2018 Author Share Posted October 20, 2018 Not car related, but if I want to stay warm this winter I needed to fix my waste oil furnace. It is a Lanair 180 that is about 12 years old. It developed a hole in the combustion chamber and there is a replacement panel and fire board available for it. I have it all tore apart and cleaning it up now waiting on the repair parts now. And they are calling for cold weather next week... brrrr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 Just a little update on the waste oil furnace repair. I got the furnace prepped and ready for the new parts which have arrived at the house today. I cut out the bad metal and gave the furnace a good cleaning. Now I hope to get the parts out here this afternoon and see if they fit! Hope to have it up and running by next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 More furnace progress to report on. I welded the repair panel in the furnace this afternoon and put the refractory panel in. All looks good now. I need to get one bolt a little longer than what they supplied to hold the refractory panel in, then everything can go back together. Once it is running I hope to get back on the FOR. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 The waste oil furnace is up and running. Most of the cars are put away for the winter and the FOR is now back in the shop. I started on the right front fender, applying a skim coat of filler. It is pretty much roughed in now, only a few areas need a little more filler. One good thing about a Crosley, they are small and the body parts are small. ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 3, 2018 Author Share Posted November 3, 2018 Moving on to the cowl panel today to rough it in. It will need a little more sanding but quiting time came.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 Another day, another panel. Today I had a little time to work on the FOR and got the left side of the cowl panel roughed in. It is starting to look pretty good. Also took a few pictures of the left front fender and headlight panel that will be next. I am sure glad that this isn't my 1958 Continental. ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Dale, when you are done it will probably be a lot slicker and straighter than when it came from the factory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 Today I got the left front fender somewhat roughed in. It will need a little more filler to get it right. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 Today I got the front fender and part of the front panel roughed in. It is looking pretty good. Most areas just have a skim coat on them, not much thicker than a sheet of cardstock. I hope to get the rest roughed in by the weekend and possibly get another coat of primer on it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GARY F Posted November 8, 2018 Share Posted November 8, 2018 Great job. I am waiting to see it done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 8, 2018 Author Share Posted November 8, 2018 Another day of progress on the FOR today. A very light coat of filler on the spot welds on the rear tub area and the upper lip of the tub. With that done, the body is about ready for another coat of primer. Still need the right side of the headlight panel roughed in. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 9, 2018 Author Share Posted November 9, 2018 I was hoping to get the front panel ready today but I have run into a problem with too much metal for the area.? The front fender was damaged and I thought I straighten it good enough but I find that I need to shrink the metal between the headlight bucket and the grille area. I push in on the area near the headlight and the area near the grille pops out, and when I push in on the area near the grille the headlight area pops out. There is a inner fender that is between the grille and headlight supporting the front panel. What is the proper way to shrink metal? I never seem to have much luck in shrinking metal so I put it out there to the experts, and not so experts, for some advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Zimmermann Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 The sole method I know is with a torch heating a point and hammering. I'm not good at that, I don't master that technique! In your case, there is maybe another method. Let see what others are telling. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 I did a little online research and decided that I would give the heat and hammer method. It worked and now the front panel is looking much better. Hope to smooth it out tomorrow. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 I am getting closer to a second coat of primer now with the front panel ready now. Today's plans are to do a thorough cleaning of the body and the work area and see how things look. I still have the rear panel and the hood to rough in where the spot welds are. It shouldn't take too much to get them ready. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 I spent some time this afternoon cleaning the shop some and cleaning the FOR body. It looks pretty nice in the shop now, cleaner is always good. The FOR still needs a little filler in a few places, hood, rear panel, etc, but all in all it is looking pretty good. I also removed the coil bracket and starter solenoid and a few wild screws on the inner fenders. So things are starting to shape up on the body quite nicely. A good sanding and fresh primer should get it looking good. It will not be long before I will be digging out a few more parts to prep for paint like the dash panel, steering column mount, and any other small parts I can find that get body color. I need to get a few more holes drilled in the body before it gets painted though, holes for rubber bumpers on hood, holes for spare tire mount, holes for top brackets, drain holes in rear of tub, etc. Oh, and I still need to make the battery cover plate, and spare tire bracket before I paint it so I can test fit them without scratching the new paint. I hope everyone is enjoying the restoration of the FOR... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 14, 2018 Author Share Posted November 14, 2018 With winter wanting to rear it's ugly head it was time to get things ready. I haven't touched the plow 1956 Jeep since last spring so I decided today was the day to get it ready. Charged battery, put gas in auxiliary boat motor tank in bed, and dumped some fuel in the carburetor and it would fire but not stay running. After several tries and tapping the carburetor and fuel pump it came to life. I checked the operation of the plow and forward and reverse and all were fine till I tried the brakes, pedal goes to the floor. I rebuilt the brakes several years ago when I bought the derelict Jeep that had been sitting in the back yard of a friends place for 8 years under some pine trees. I carefully pulled the Jeep into the garage and filled the master cylinder and pumped the brakes till the pedal returned to normal. Back outside it is now ready for snow (I hope we don't get any!). Then it was on to my winter ride, after my Thunderbird was wrecked I bought a parts car and used the parts from it to rebuild my car. I took the old parts from the wreck and beat them straighter and put them on the parts car. It is a low mileage (86K) car that seems to run good, and has brand new tires on it, so I thought I might as well beat it over the winter and save my Ram truck. It was sold to me with what the previous owner thought was a blown head gasket, but when I put antifreeze in it, the water pump was leaking like a sieve. There is no sign of a blown head gasket so now it is in the shop getting a new water pump. Will get back on the FOR tomorrow to get those last few bits of filler done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1lark Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 Cute Jeep Dale. It's a CJ-5, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 Yes, it is. A guy my wife works with had it and was going to restore it, but it was in nasty shape when I got it, sitting under pine trees and rusting away. There was no floor, big hole in the roof, engine was stuck, all tires flat, etc. But he told me it came with a plow that was partly under a stack of 60-70 sheets of OSB 1/2"X 4' X 8'. He said if I could get it out without knocking the stack over I could have it, well I got it out easily. My original plans were to part it out, but when it had a plow I decide to see if I could get it running. This was the week before Hershey a couple years ago. I filled the cylinders with transmission fluid and left it sit while I was at Hershey. When I got back I put a little pressure on a breaker bar and it cranked, put a battery in it and cranked it over to loosen every thing up and then dumped some gas down the carburetor and it fired up! Redid the brakes, put a floor in it with leftover Crosley roof sheetmetal, JB Welded the carburetor float bowl, and put a boat motor gas can in the bed. Has been running good ever since, knock on wood. Nothing is pretty on it but it does do what it needs to do. I keep resisting the urge to fix it up. And I have very little in it and it plows much better than the 1973 Chevrolet 3/4 ton stake bed truck that I had before it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 20, 2018 Author Share Posted November 20, 2018 I did a little bit of work on the FOR today. I got the rear panel and the hood roughed in and it is almost ready for another coat of primer. All that needs done now is the spare tire bracket and the battery cover made. This will all have to wait till after thanksgiving as we will be out of town till Monday. Everyone have a great Thanksgiving! Give thanks for who we have and what we have!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 27, 2018 Author Share Posted November 27, 2018 Thanksgiving vacation is over and I am back at it, I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Borrowed my brother in laws battery cover from his FOR and made a new one for mine today. Just a simple plate of metal with a few small notches at the front and two holes to secure it to the floor. I still need to drill the holes in the floor to hold it down. If I can get a warm day I will put another coat of prime on it also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chistech Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Looks like a few of us are all in the body work stages of our restorations. Keep up the great work! It’s so motivating when you start seeing the body coming to “life” ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted November 30, 2018 Author Share Posted November 30, 2018 It is so nice to have samples of all the parts that I need to copy. With my brother in laws hood and battery cover and now my Super Sports to use the spare tire bracket for, it makes duplicating parts easy. Today I was able to get the spare tire bracket off the Super Sports so I can get the metal to make a bracket for the FOR. Still waiting for a warmer day and time to primer the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted December 8, 2018 Author Share Posted December 8, 2018 Today was the day to put another coat of primer on the body of the FOR. It wasn't that warm outside but the waste oil furnace is working good and I set the temperature at 65 degrees and it got there in no time! It is looking pretty good, but we will see what happens when I start blocking it. I also got the holes drilled for the spare tire mount on the right side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted December 8, 2018 Share Posted December 8, 2018 Looking awesome! Great job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted December 12, 2018 Author Share Posted December 12, 2018 I was able to get some sanding done on the front of the FOR today. I was using 80 grit on a block to get the sand scratches out of the filler and primer and to smooth things up some. I got the right front fender, windshield support and the top of the left front fender sanded. It is hard to tell in the photos but it is looking pretty good, a few spots will need some attention. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted December 28, 2018 Author Share Posted December 28, 2018 Took some time off for the Christmas holiday, kids were home, lots of running and celebrating. Spent several days working in my train room. It is mostly a collection of American Flyer with a loop of Lionel that was my uncles. Seven trains running at the same time tends to keep me busy... I cleaned this room several years ago from a unused room with a dirt floor and cobwebs so thick you couldn't see the other wall (like 10-15 years ago) and laid out the platform and trains and always had to crawl up on the platform when there was a derailment in the back. I have been planing for years to cut holes in the platform to access the rear areas from underneath, this was the year! It is so much nicer to crawl under the platform then crawling on top and fighting all the accessories. I haven't run the trains much in the last couple years so there was lots to do, cleaning, rearranging, adjusting, adding accessories (now that someone doesn't have to crawl over the platform) that had been bought but never installed. The block sanding continues on the FOR. Things are looking really nice on it, a few small spot will take a little more filler and then another coat of primer. I hope everyone had a nice Christmas holiday and wish everyone a Happy and Healthy New Year!!!!! 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 And a new year is here, but the sanding continues... Hoping to get another coat of primer on the repaired areas by the weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalef62 Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 I was able to apply another coat of high build primer today. It is looking really good now. I hope this is the last of the primer and the next coat will be color, but only sanding will tell. This is the part of body work that I hate, sanding and sanding and sanding some more, till it is smooth as silk. And if you stand back 5' you can't see any difference. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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