Thanks for your interest. Progress has continued since my last update but it has been slowed a little. Most of August was spent building a new storage shed in Dad's back yard. He had an 8'x8' back there but it wasn't enough. He upgraded to an 8'x12' and Sean and I helped him get it built. To say it was a Herculean effort would be an understatement. It was no fun doing it in August at the height of the summer. We all made a trip to Dallas the weekend before last to celebrate my twin nieces' birthday at the Zoo. It was fun...
We also lost a weekend to Hurricane Harvey. Progress has been made though.
Sean and Dad pulled the passenger door back off of the car and enlarged the slots in the hinges to provide more adjustment. The lower rear corner of the door was sticking out relative to the quarter panel and needed to roll in some more. They helped it a great deal but Dad wanted more. He pulled the door off again and worked on it a little more. The weekend before last, we spent Saturday working on improving panel alignment. We adjusted the passenger fender, adjusted the passenger door, installed and adjusted the cowl cover and adjusted the hood. Is it perfect like a hand made car or the show cars you see on TV? No. Still, I think it looks damn good. The gaps are a compromise. short of more cutting and welding they are as good as they will get. Here is a look at the realigned sheet metal...
Once we were satisfied that we were done with panel alignment, Sean and Dad turned their attention to pulling the driver's side window and wing window. There were several reasons for this. First, I need to tear down the driver's side wing window and replace the rubber in it the same as I did on the passenger side. Also, the outer window felt strips on the top edge of the door and quarter on the driver's side needed replaced. Dad had replaced them before but was unsatisfied with how it turned out. Sean and Dad have already re-replaced the passenger side window felt or 'dew sweeps'. Finally, the driver's side door glass really needs to be re-set in its window frame.
While Sean and Dad started pulling the windows out of the Driver's side door, I turned my attention to re-setting the passenger side door glass in its frame. It was a little loose in its frame and we didn't want to put it together like that. The lower frame with the roller track for the regulator also needed cleaned up. Here is a look at what I started with....
Here is a look at the dried up window setting tape in the lower run. Crusty....
This was the Saturday before last. I got the window frame cleaned up. I got the lower channel cleaned up. During the week (last week) Dad got the lower channel painted. During last week I polished the outside of the passenger door glass with the Eastwood polishing kit. It had an old hard water stain on it that Dad was convinced would not come off. It came off. I have everything at my house now to put the window back together. I hope to get it done tonight but I've been working late all week. If I don't, I'll do it Saturday morning while Dad and Sean put the vent window back in the passenger door.
Last Saturday I hosted Scott (Injectedcutty) and his brother-in-law Brian before they drove back home to Louisville. While I did, Sean and Dad went all the way around the car block sanding it. They needed to sand out the places they spot primed with the epoxy. The epoxy has been blocked out twice now. I don't have any new pictures of the blocking but I can tell you Sean came home tired and dirty last Saturday.
The plan is to get both of the wing windows and both of the door windows back in the car and then tape it up and shoot it with the lacquer based primer surfacer. Then the whole car will be blocked again. My immediate tasks are to finish re-setting the Passenger door glass in its frame, replace the rubber in the Driver's side vent window, and re-set the Driver's side door glass in its frame. That will facilitate getting all the glass back in the car so it can be taped up. Thanks for tuning in. I'll follow up once we have some more progress to report. Hopefully the glass will be back in the passenger door by the end of Saturday.
