dalef62
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This is what I have been dealing with for the last 5 days. Western PA along with other parts of the country have been dumped on with rain. We had torrential rains just after Easter (almost 4")and again last Thursday and Friday (again almost 4"). The hillside behind my new building began to shift and leaned the concrete block wall to within inches of the building.
After 5 days of digging the wall is back where it belongs and I can now relax a little and maybe even sleep!
Lots of work now to make sure this doesn't happen again. And tons and tons of fill to get rid of!
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Haven't got a lot done on the convertible, dealing with a mudslide.
I did get a chance to work on it some today, polishing and installing a few stainless steel trim strips. Also installed the horn, water pump coupling, the front fender trim and a few other things.
I need to order some trim clips to install the rest of the stainless trim, along with a host of other items.
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Started tinkering with the convertible today, put the push button start switch back in the dash as well as the choke cable. The installed the hood prop rod after painting it. The on to the back of the car to install the license plate light and bracket after cleaning and painting.
Got several other items painted and will go on next chance I get.
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3 hours ago, Crusty Trucker said:
I hate subtle paint colors.
Maybe the roof should be painted to match the engine to keep the car from blending in with the background.
Kroten Green and Mist Gray Green, My dad had an Ambassador the same color combination.
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How long ago did you have the machine shop do the work? Maybe you could go ask them politely if they remember putting the cam bearings in and if they aligned the hole.
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4 hours ago, Roger Zimmermann said:
Is the paint one stage or base/clear coat?
Single stage.
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Today was paint day, a little over 70⁰ and dry. It is now all one color, took almost the entire gallon of paint also. There is one run on the drivers door window frame that I should be able to touch up without too much trouble. Otherwise looks good.
First several pictures are after the first coat with the HVLP, then I switched over to my old gun to finish it off.
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Yesterday I put the hood on the convertible and it didn't fit at all. When I took it off several years ago it fit pretty good. Those are the pictures with the car in black primer and red hood. I didn't do any major body work on the upper parts of the fenders so I don't know what happened. So today I twisted, bent, adjusted, pushed pulled to get the hood to line up better and close properly. For those that don't know there are no adjustments on a Crosley hood.
Now I can do final prep for paint, and when the weather warms up and stops raining I will paint.
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Did a little more painting on the 1950 convertible today. My HVLP gun gave me fits today, the needle would not seat after releasing the trigger and that caused the paint to drip, more like run out the nozzle. I switched over to the old gun and finished what I wanted to paint.
Now I need to get ready to paint the exterior by sanding the overspray some and masking off what is done.
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Wiper arms should have just a spring type clip, a small screwdriver to release the clip and then pry the arm up with another screwdriver.
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Paint arrived and I put a little on today.
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I got notice yesterday that the paint is on its way to me. Now if the weather will cooperate I will get it painted soon!
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That looks like PAT. NO., not Part No. on the can.
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Happy St. Patrick's day! 1950 Crosley Farm O Road.
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Is that orange fuel hose just a covering over top of a steel line? The fittings look a little strange.
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If the wire comes out the very bottom of the column, you may want to try going up through. I know it is completely different but the Crosley had a tube at the bottom that the wire had to go in to exit the bottom of the steering box. Remember that the steering gear box is full of grease, the tube keeps the grease from running out the bottom as it ends above the level of the grease. Pushing the wire from the bottom made the job easy.
Hope this helps.
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41 minutes ago, The 55er said:
My guess is they're the horizontal finish panels that attach to the rear bumper of a 1965 Lincoln on either side of the license plate. Those bolt on attachments are too heavy-duty for fastening a stainless moulding to a door, trunk, or rocker panel.
I think you nailed it 55er
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32 minutes ago, drwatson said:
Because of the studs with necessary back access, they might mount to the rear edge of a trunk lid.
Also the length of 25" each, would make sense to be two parts to a trunk trim. Having a center trim cover with maybe a key lock hole???
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Today worked on the rear quarter panels on the convertible. The driver side wheel opening area towards the back was weak and it had been bothering me so I decided to repair that today. Got the MiG welder out and positioned the panel the way it should be and laid a weld bead on the inside of the lip to strengthen the lip. After a couple passes it is quite strong now.
There were a few cracks in the lower rockers so I welded those up also.
Then cleaned up the weld and ground out the filler on the front side and added a layer of new filler. Sanded everything smooth and sprayed a light coat of primer on it and the other repairs.
Then it was on to sanding more of the body on the inside and around the doors. I still need to sand the hood and two splash pans, but should be able to get them tomorrow.
The paint is now ordered and should be here in a week.
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Yesterday was a day of rest on the convertible, the only thing I did was install the wheels and tires back on it.
Today I was back at it with sandpaper, 360 grit. Sanded the entire exterior of the body and it is looking really nice, just a few areas that will need a small amount of attention. My fingers are sore!
Tomorrow I hope to have time to sand the interior areas of the body, the hood and splash pans. And maybe even do the corrections that need done on the body.
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Over priced by about $2,000. Needs lots of work.
54 Rambler motor mounts
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Posted · Edited by dalef62 (see edit history)
Rambler should be a unibody, no body mounts??
I agree with checking the front motor mounts, if they are worn that could be causing your problem, a 1/4" drop in the front mounts could cause the tailshaft to be up enough to hit floorpan.