Landman

Tinus, Did I send you photos of the door post brackets?

Jim,Scott, Ian, Thanks for the good wishes. I have no one to blame but myself. There is feeling in the fingertips so I assume there's life there and they aren't about to fall off. This the tool that did it. The spatter on the fence tells a bit of the story.

You salvaged it Bernie, THAT'S what matters.

Well Chuck, I hope you are patient.Yesterday I managed to nearly sever three fingertips of my right hand on the router. Ironically,I was adjusting the finger joint bit. It is quite the feeling to look at your fingers and see a bunch of shredded hamburg. I wasn't aware that my eyes were directly connected to my knees.

Not only that, every little thing you do to it, however insignificant makes your car better and you notice them every time you look at it. Keep on plugging,my friend.

We need new metal workers. Flop can't do it all and the man who did my patch panels pulled his ads because he's too busy.

That looks like first class work.

No work on the car these last few days as we are reinstalling my wife's newly restored bookcases. I did however, receive a very expensive little shipment.

Gave the dash its toning treatment. It will need another tie-down coat before laying on the clear. Installed the oil gauge capillary line and the rear hood hinge bracket. Picked up and installed the corrected passenger side quarter window. Prepared the windshield and rear window for installation.The retired bodymen who had done the shrinking on some of the panels offered to help me install them. So, likely next week.

That is always a scary proposition. I remember doing something like that to remove the front coils from my Studebaker GT Hawk. I was using the weight of the car, undid the bolts and lowered the jack until the tension was gone. One of them slid sideways a bit and scared the **** out of me.

Figured out how to install the ignition lock conduit grommet with the help of the vendor. I had checked the operation of the brake light switch with a meter. I rechecked it with the dome light today. Further adjustments were required. Reinstalled the plates and the felt around the steering column and pedals. Reinstalled the other plates to the floorboards. Tightened up and adjusted a few more things that didn't deserve being photographed. Gave the dash its tie-down coat in order to do the toning step tomorrow. That tie-down prevents the ink from smearing.

Thanks Ken & Billy. Paul, their email address is: gitwoodgraining@gmail.com.

And here I was thinking Tan was a llama.Go figure...

Reinstalled the firewall insulator. That took some time. First attempt to use the push clips failed as they were too short on account of my new felt being too thick. Ended up istalling it using stove bolts and fender washers. Installed the data plate. Installed the grommet thing where the choke & throttle cables as well as the oil pressure and temperature lines will go in. Installed the coil bracket and the trunk corner rubber bumpers. Left the tabs up until we know whether we have to raise them or not. The other day when I was reading in the shop manual about the steering adjustments it said that the hole for the horn wire in the steering column mast goes under. Loosened the bracket and turned the column so the wire comes out of the bottom. Its amazing how you can putter for a whole day and do so little.

Good luck Mike! You have the makings of a very nice touring car. Flatheads of the 40's run smooth, quiet and forever. They are comfortable. Just make sure you take at least three times the photos you figure you'll need. I can see why you can say "who needs money" living where you live.

Rager you are correct with assuming it is a result of body repair. As a matter of fact it is a direct result of what I did in posting #52 on page 3.The window is now about 3/8" taller as a result. I had made wooden templates for each side but only brought one to the glassman by mistake and he cut two of the same.

Installed the caowl lacing and the cowl vent gasket.Removed the left windshield header and installed the wiper motor. Redid the vacuum line & hooked up. Touched up the steering column and its bracket. Installed the quater windows. The one on the passenger side has to be redone. My fault, I gave him only one pattern and the two windows are different.

Bernie, I get the same thing from time to time. Some of them won't ship to Canada either. I have a friend in the US who does exactly as Matthew suggests. It works.

Chris. All that cleaning is readily apparent to us outside observers. I think you are right that eventually you'll have a perfectly presentable car that you can just jump in and get a "fix" in within a few miles. You like the feel, the rumble, the thrust when it goes and all that. That's the idea, enjoying it.

Added rubbers to the door jambs. There were a lot of scratches and nicks on floor plates, the shifter, the handbrake and so on. Touched up a lot of that. Using a picture from a friend made an insulator for the transmission cover using sound deadener. Installed the Fisher Body plaque with the wrng screws. The good ones are somewhere. When I find them they're going on. Finished sanding the instrument cluster bezel. Gave it a base coat. Ready for the woodgrain application.

Oh yes! I've had my share of imbedded wires over the years of my project. So now it is face shiels all the way.

Two comments: 1. It is interesting for a Canuck, and a Northern one at that, to hear a Virginian complaining about the cold. 2. Isnt the Jag XK engine a thing of beauty even if you see one little part of it?

Scott, initially I had done the flat part across the top but I was having a hard time doing the curved part and blending it in. So eventually I wiped the top part off, did the curve (overhang) and redid the flat part. It was easier to blend like that. The tough part was the thin curved areas around the holes. Today, whipped out the 2-20 alingment tool (2 heavy objects and 20 ft of string) and straightened the wheels, took all the slack out of the tie rod ends, intalled grease fittings and cotter pins. Next is taking the slack out of the steering gear. Doesn't appear to be much. Also sanded the instrument cluster & gave it a coat of primer. Funny how the filler gives it a different texture. Also received the upholstery kit. As usual, UPS zinged me for $100 of brokerage fees. the picture with the crank gear shouldn't be there. I don't know how to remove it.

I think I would at least check the clearances while it's out in the open.

Thank you Mr.Keiser. I think it turned out OK too.