[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

Thanks Norm, they were pretty much of the gun I gave them a quick 3000 rub just to remove any peel that was there. I spray with 30% reducer and normal hardener so it has plenty of time to flow out. 
This is the guards about an hour after spraying them. 

[Seasons Greetings]

Merry Christmas 🎅 

Travel safely. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

9 minutes ago, nearchoclatetown said:

I like those stone guards. I don't think we had them here. 

Beautiful aren’t they. I have taken some patterns of them because I liked them so much. 
the kick plate look good to. Do you guys have them. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

8 minutes ago, nearchoclatetown said:

Matt, just wondering if all the lil' nose pickers have had a chance to put fingerprints on your fresh paint?

Hahaha they know better than to go within 3 feet of any cars that pop has or is working on. 
Had to make all the piping for the guards and fit the rear guard this morning while I was waiting for them all to wake up, before I could start mowing. 
Merry Christmas to everyone and have a safe one. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

1 hour ago, TonyAus said:

Matt, please rotate the starter/generator so that the fuse faces up as per usual.  Picky?  Moi?😁

Not sure why Bill put it like that when he fitted it after building the engine. 
I’ll get on to it. 😉👍

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

90% of the painting is finished so now the fun part of months of work putting it all back together. From here on it’s a great part of a restoration seeing it all come together. 
The body is loosely bolted on so I can get the side skirts on after I fit the kick plates. Everything has been pre fitted so it should all go back together nicely I hope. 
Guards and running boards will start going on tomorrow. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

Almost have all the painting finished. Got lots of small pieces painted today 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

Almost have all the painting finished. Got lots of small pieces painted today 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

1 minute ago, nat said:

         

      I thought you could could use a sample of bad advice.

      I don't know what the T section consists of or what purpose it serves.  If you can show me an image or two I might offer another hairbrained idea or two.

It’s definitely appreciated 😂😂

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

54 minutes ago, TonyAus said:

His website is www.oldera.com.au

Thanks Tony I’ll have a look. Cheers 

[Need advice on stripping down chassis]

If nothing has been changed you might need to put it out in the sun for a few hours and then attach it. Will it not attach before the top is fully closed up sounds like it has shrunk a little. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

10 hours ago, nat said:

    Make them from leather? It forms nicely when hot and wet.

I thought about that but what about the T section that holds it in. 
You’ve done well to chinks me Nat😂🤣. I did a test piece the same size/shape of the radiator and it nickel plated ok but I had a lot of grief with the copper coat. It kept on falling off. Bit confused with it all but I shut it all down and walked away from it all. I try again on Monday. This was my little test piece. It actually Nickel plated that nice it looked finished but would not last without the protection of the copper coat. I won’t let it bet me. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

7 hours ago, TonyAus said:

Again, try Peter Jackson.  He may be able to have some made to your sample.

Have you got his contact details Tony. 
Thanks. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

1 minute ago, nearchoclatetown said:

Matt, I do not make that style. Just up to mid 1920.

They shouldn’t take you long to reproduce Doug. What else would you be wanting to do. 😂

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

20 minutes ago, TonyAus said:

Rubbers for the saddles are available from Peter Jackson (Old Era Services).  He made patterns from originals I gave him many years ago.  They consist of half circles (top and bottom) held in place by protrusions which fit into the holes in the front section. The white rubbers are just visible in the attached image.

Thanks Tony. These are slightly different ones they are the full length of the rest. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

3 hours ago, nearchoclatetown said:

Just thought you may be going whole hog. I have not seen anyone nickel the top saddles, thought you may do the windshield too. 

If the windshield was in better condition I probably would have. The top saddles were originally nickel. Do you know where I can get the rubber for them Doug. It’s like a T section rubber 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

1 hour ago, nat said:

      I'm worried that your posts may increase the suicide rate of DB enthusiasts when we realise what under skilled under achievers we are.

      I think it's high time you gave some bad advice, ask some stupid questions and display some shoddy workmanship.

Nat

     

You might be just in time Nat I’m about to try and Nickle plate this radiator surround. 
It’s taken a few hours to get all the pitting out, so I hope I don’t stuff it up. 🤞🏻

Those little suckers seem to be so deep into the steel but they are probably only a few thou deep. 
Sanded down to 500g. 
 

Don’t worry Nat everyone is good at something there’s plenty of things I’m useless at. The girls could throw a ball further than me at school and I spent more time on the reserves  bench than I ever did playing any sport. I’ve been very lucky to have some good teachers. Stay posted because there could be some disasters plating the radiator. 😂🤣This is how much sandpaper gets used to get it like that. 
start with 80 on a soft 6” sanding pad on a sander polisher. Then with

120

180

320

500

1000  foam backed to finish. With an orbital sander. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

25 minutes ago, nearchoclatetown said:

I see the windshield corners on the floor. Will the whole windshield be nickeled? 

No it’s going to be black. I sand blasted it this morning and it has a few holes in it so it would be almost impossible to Nickle it. 
the top half is good but the bottom it where the trouble is. It was originally black on this car anyway. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

Bottom of the radiator is replaced and now just working on getting the rest of it looking nice and smooth. new piece I made on the bead roller. Had to run it through a few different rollers to get that sharp little return on the inside edge. 

welded in. cleaned up , and now get the rest like that. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

6 hours ago, nearchoclatetown said:

Matt, are you able to plate the top rests as an assembly without getting shadows?

Yes Doug I just made sure that they were separated as much as I could. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

The hood rests are all done. Something old looks new again. 
Taking apart the rear window today getting it ready for plating I found a lot of the screws were snapping of in the thread.  So a quick trip down to screw Heaven in the gator I found some nice little brass dome nuts and short counter sunk screws . I flattened of a bit of the dome and soldered them into the frame to replace the old threads.I then rounded the screw heads off and plated them also  the fit just perfectly into the frame so, really happy with the fix for this  

Started sanding the radiator surround getting it ready for plating. These are quite challenging with my plating set up but can be done. There’s a lot of prep work to do on this before plating, it’s quite pitted. So the more of that i can sand up first the better it will come out. The side aprons just need a quick clean up and I’ll get some undercoat onto them and get them painted. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

6 hours ago, nearchoclatetown said:

Perfect!! Matt, did the Aussie cars come with a jack? If so do you have any pictures of them. They have been a point of contention here in the US. 

Ben sent me pictures of the Jack last night Doug. This is it here. 
looks like Walker manufacturing on the side. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

With the hot weather I took the opportunity to do some Nickle plating. Works better when the baths are warmer. Still have a few pieces to do but almost have it all done. 
almost all done  These are the rug rack brackets and I think the arm section are solid nickle. This was just before plating. I have been preparing these hood rests. They are the originals that Ben found in the shed. We also have the original rear window frame and tools. 
Made a start on repairing the side aprons. Cut one side out and then used it as a template for the other and cut it out with the plasma cutter. I clamped the new piece to the top of the apron and used it as a straight edge to cut a dead straight line with a 1mm blade. This one is tacked into place ready for welding up. I cut just inside the top roll  I’ll make some cardboard template’s of these and use them to plasma cut out new pieces. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

Guards are all painted up and front apron. 
The gloss really shows up the shape of the guards. I think they will only need a light wet rub. 
I have a bit of work to do on the side aprons before painting them. They are badly rusted along the top edge. 
This will be tomorrow’s job to get done so I can get them painted and the body back on. 

[25 Dodge tourer restoration]

7 hours ago, 30DodgePanel said:

@Mattml430

 

I hope you're ok with this, but this should give folks at home some good pointers to incorporate into their paint experience. He covers the little things in a short video that would probably take up too much of your time that you would rather spend in the shop. Hope this helps everyone.

 

 

 

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/collision-repair-us/featured-products/trizact/#

 

 

Look for this section about half way down the page then click on the video.

Absolutely always willing to see what’s new and learn a few tips and tricks .

I had no idea that they did an 8000 now . 👍