dalef62

Today was a day of cleaning and touching up loose ends. A small batch of filler on a few areas, removing the lower stainless trim on doors, damp rag cleaning car, inside and out, and cleaning the pre drill holes that had filler in them. I am hoping to prime the body and hood tomorrow and if I get the rest of the trim off the doors I will prime them also.

Today I got a lot of little projects done on the convertible. Changed the location of the door stops, and filled the old holes. Adjusted and mounted the rocker panels. Adjusted the drivers door so it closes properly and cleaned the inside of the car. Then I had a little scavenger hunt in the back room looking for missing items. Found a glove box door, vent window glass, key lock and ignition switch, window chanel for roll up window and miscellaneous items! Always good to have spare parts.

Maybe someone could 3d print a mirror image of the one you have?

I picked up a gallon of body filler today, almost $40.00, I can remember when it was less than $10.00 a gallon. I opened the can and it isn't even full to the top. Also got 2 rolls of 3/4" green tape at almost $4.50 a roll. Crazy! Put a light coat on several places that needed filler and smoothed everything up. I am hoping to get it in a second coat of primer this week. Lots to do to get to that point though. The only way to get to the finish line is to move towards it!

Today I spent a few hours installing the doors. The passenger side went very well and with a few adjustments it will be good to go. It is complete with the exception of the inside window crank handle. The driver's side will need some adjustments to make it fit better, the rear of the door needs to come up about 1/4". It is missing the glass and the inside door panel, which will add a little more weight. There are no factory adjustments on Crosley doors, other than bending the door or hinge. It is possible that the hinge that mounts to the body is bent some as it was removed from a front clip that was wrecked.

Back the convertible today with more filler added to the rear panel, until I ran out of filler. It is close right now but it still needs a little more work. Then I moved to the dash panel, the radio section had been replaced before I got the car and it was weak at the lower part of the dash. I made a small metal panel to weld to the lip of the dash and installed it this afternoon. Now you can push and pull on the dash and it doesn't move. Hopefully tomorrow I can pick up more filler to finish off the body work.

Yes, my dad got that from a house he remodeled many years ago.

Finished the shadow box today.

I spent some time in my new building this afternoon putting up a shadow box that was in my dad's building. I am not done with it yet, but it is attached to the building and filled with cars, some models and some Avon bottles that he had in it. His sister sold Avon and every time a new auto related bottle came out she got it for him. I installed new LED twinkle lights to replace the old incandescent Christmas lights that part of the string was burned out. Hopefully tomorrow before the football game, not that I care who wins, I can gather a few people to mount the window to the front.

And more often than not my hand suffers from a sledge hammer to the hand instead of the chisel! Ouch!

A little more filler work today, I hope I am getting to the end of this...

Does anyone know what it would cost to ship a car from VA to Pitts. PA?

Lots of filler and sanding today, but it looks pretty good now! I just have a few small areas that need attention on this side, then it is on to the front and back.

Didn't get a lot of time to work on the convertible today but I did get some filler on and fitted the rocker panel on. To get the rocker to fit I had to grind the welds smooth that were holding the floor to the body support. The gentleman that installed the floors probably intended to smooth them up but after the body rolled around in his yard he figured that's for the next guy, me. There does seem to be more unevenness on this side of the car, so it will need more body filler.

I got a lot done on the convertible today. Passenger side was just as bad as the driver's side, maybe worse. First I tackled the front part of the rear quarter, cutting out the bad section and welded in the new metal. Next was the rear section of the rear quarter, it had tiny pin holes in the area where the floor meets the quarter. So I cut a piece of metal big enough to cover the holes and formed it over the quarter, then made and removed the bad section and welded in the patch panel. Then it was on to the lower front fender, I did the same thing I did on the drivers side and welded it in. Now for a few areas that need cracks welded and smoothed, then on to filler tomorrow. Don't you guys with big cars wish you had a small car to work on?

More work on the convertible today, removed the drivers side door and finished welding the lower fender panel on. Then did a little hammer and dollie work and some shrinking. Then put body filler on it and the lower front fender and smoothed it all out. Then it was time to turn it around and see what will be needed on the passenger side.

Moving right along on the convertible, I started filler on this side while it was still up on blocks. I still have a little welding to do on the lower panel on the front fender so i haven't filled that yet. Maybe Monday?

Today I repaired two small areas of rust out on the rear quarter panel. Also test fit the rocker panel and used the straight line sander to see how straight the body is. Not too bad. I will be changing the doors so I am not concerned about the ones that are on the car.

Just down the road from me. Might have to look at it??? Wife might get mad though.

JB weld set up enough to commence welding. Front fender panel is on and now needs a little shrinking and hammer dolly work. Also worked on the rear quarter, hammer and dolly and welding cracks and now they are ready for filler.

I got some time today to fabricate the lower fender for the convertible this morning. A little cutting, a little trimming, a little bending, a little shrinking, a little spot welding a bracket, and then it was ready to weld on... The mig welder gas supply line fitting has been messed up for quite some time and I decided it was time to fix it. A little tweaking and the fitting broke more and I wound up drilling it out and JB welding a 1/4" line in the fitting. So now I wait till the JB weld cures and then connect the hose and weld the panel on.

Maybe peel the sticker off? Looks like VW? Is there any indents on the back side? Maybe aftermarket knock off?

I got a little work done on the convertible today. The lower fender was rusted and bent, so I cut it off and will either be making a replacement or cutting it off a front clip that I have.

I'll send my 77 Vette out and you can do your magic to it then send it back to me! Great work!

While I wait for the bumper cover to be repaired at the local body shop I thought I would start on the 1950-51 Crosley convertible. First project is straightening out out the lower metal. The car was owned by a fellow Crosley club member and while he had the body off the frame and sitting outside a bad wind storm came through and rolled it across his yard! The body is pretty solid and will not need much metal replacement. The first problem I encountered was the left rear wheel was locked up and but I was still able to push the car by hand till I got it out far enough to get a jack under the rear axle. Then moved it further till I could smack the wheel a few times to break the drum loose from the shoes.