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My wife wouldn't be my wife anymore if I bought that. Lol

More green! With temps in the single digits this morning, it took a while to warm up the shop to paint. The bottom side of the bed is now green. Let it dry good over the weekend and Monday I can flip it over and paint the top.

Sanding, sanding and more sanding...

I got the primer on today. Once it dries I can sand some more!

More progress on the bed for the FOR today. Several applications of filler and lots of sanding.

We can never tell what happened in the Crosley factory. LOL Just joking Jim. Today I worked on making the tailgate for the FOR. I got all the dimensions from my brother in laws FOR. I have most of the metal cut out now and bent where it needs bent. No fancy metal brake here, just a few pieces of angle iron and some vice grips and clamps. My brake is only 20" wide and the gate is 26". I will need to go to the metal shop to see what I can get for the bottom "hinge". My brother in laws has the bottom part of the tailgate metal just rolled around a 3/8" bar, I don't think I could get my metal bent around it as tight as they did so I plan on getting a piece of tubing, and weld it to the bottom of the tailgate and slide the 3/8" bar stock through it.

Would it be possible to flip that behemoth engine upside down during the rinse to get anything that has settled to the bottom out? Or maybe even on it side, then the other side? Great job and glad to see the progress.

Congratulations on a beautiful car! Well deserved.

Jim, it might have been. But Duane Gorrell has one just like mine that he got from the President! Does that make it right?

It measures a whole 2' long!

Thank you John. Work continues on the bed of the FOR. I got some filler on it today and sanded down. The bed isn't in too bad of shape. Hope to get the other side done on Monday and give the bottom side a coat of primer.

About 1000#.

The next project on the FOR is the bed. I had it sand blasted and primered when I had the frame done. Today I dug it out and began prepping it. I welded about 40 holes closed and straighten out alot of the dents and dings. I removed several add on angles and other oddities. Maybe by the end of the month it will be finished???

Well, if you add the speed of the bug coming at me to the speed of the FOR, it might stick in my teeth! LOL

This should help keep the bugs out of my teeth!

Peter, That is sort of where the Forums are right now. Heavy on over 25 years old and lighter on the rest. Leave it the way it is and keep moderating the way you do. Dale

For right now I just welded it without low air pressure. I will probably be putting a sealer in the tank before I install it.

I picked up the windshield glass today and brought all the pieces home to put it together. Two rounds of friction tape around the glass and a little silicone in the frames and everything went together as planned. The lower piece of aluminum did not fit, so I will have to either sand it down some or cut some off. Now to see if it fits on the car!!!!

PATR1OT46, The tanks are all basically the same. The only thing different on a FOR is the fill and pick up placement. For those who have used the vinager bath, how long does it take to get the metal clean?

I got the hole filled in and it is now getting a vinager bath. We will see what happens.

Congratulations 🎉. Looks good 👍😊👌

While the paint drys on the windshield frame, I started work on the gas tank. It is in pretty bad shape, several holes and rust. We will see... After I was done painting the windshield frame yesterday the glass man called and told me the windshield is ready.

They were painted already Jim...

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Did you ever find out what was wrong with the Metro?