Projects 62 Ford Falcon build

layed some floors,,

 

Looks sweet!

 

thanx

 

done abit more on the floors and firewall... had to reshape the tunnel for my foot for the gas,, so t******* and shaping the p***enger side.. floors are cut and ready to weld solid.. have to think of sound deadener/insulation between the 2 floors pieces after i seal it all up.. Its coming..

 

almost got the tunnel finished. then pulling the motor/trans,, lifting it all up and weld underneath them seam seal,insulate and weld the top flooring on.. hopefully better pix tomorrow

 

pulled the motor, finished the lower parts of my floor, making fillers for the firewall and tunnel and will weld them up tonite,then grind,fill,primer. looks almost even inside

 

I look at your car and Steve's and wish I sold welding wire!

Keep up the progress.

 

welll, start being our supplier,, not sure about steve but im close to running out ..

made some filler pieces for the firewall/doghouse.. jsut a skim of filler then good to go

 

Hey.. that's cool!

 

Hey if you got better pricing I will buy from you !! Looking good Rick, ya gotta make it down to Chads show in Canning on the 21,22nd !!

 

thats the other side of kentville right?? kinda far from me for a few hrs

 

Too bad...
I'm hoping to go up with Fred and Paul.
If they won't go I'll probably go by myself.
Get any time on the beast today? I managed to get a side of the bucket dipping in an electrolysis bath.

 

Dont be such a ***** its this side of kentville about 30 mins from my place and I am about 1:20 from Truro.........

 

if im not working then i will stop in, or add it on to the business account .. I will see when it gets closer..

 

That's close to 3 hours for me!
But I understand about traveling. I've had a crazy amount of time off and haven't got hardy a thing done. Losing more time is a pain but I RARELY get to shows.

Do anything more this evening or just chillin' from the day?

 

got a new welder, a patch panel for my p*** 1/4, time to remove the 4 layers of metal/rivets/bondo it on so its 1 piece.. The PO actually glued and rivetted 4 panels over each other instead of ****-welding patches..

started to do some repair work,cutting/fitting/tacking the patch. the repo panels didnt fit worth a **** so i needed a newer better top section (thanx panhanlejack)...

 

hopefully this week between after work i can spend a few hrs finishing this off and tackin on the repo panels.

 

good to see progress....

 

Think of all the weight you removed ,all that multi layering and mud! Good to see you back at it Rick!

 

Great to see progress. What is the story with that quarter? Poor car has some history of repairs on that corner!

 

this is the worst side, the dr side is the same deal but not as bad.(I have a pic that shows the 4 pieces to make a half decent 1/4 panel, ground off maybe 1/2in of bondo over the whole panel. the frame was tinfoil and undercoating,rivets,etc.. i took off 4 panel pieces just rivetted on the p***enger side and 3/4in of bondo jsut to make it look smooth. totally disgusted.. the fenders were the same way, doors too.. wife thinks im nuts for fixing it, but it keeps me out of her hair, so shes relaxed abit,lol..thats why the work im doing to it, (ie floors,firewall,frame,rad support,etc).. Basically building a new car,, only 20% of the frame is original,and maybe 60% of the body was salvageable. The front end all all ******ed up, broken loweer arm mounts, just rivetted back together,there was NO weld on this car, jsut glue,rivets,sshett metal screws,etc. But I will get it done.

 

I feel your pain. My 63 Studebaker is the same way. A welder never touched it in the 47 years it been around. Very strange if you ask me.

 

here you can see the drivers side panel and all the patches that were rivetted on by the previous owner the p*** side was worse but the whole car was like this.

 

You're making me feel a bit better about all the bondo in mine.

-Dave

 

oh man, check my photobucket link to see all the bad parts on it.lol

http://s236.photobucket.com/albums/ff267/new_falcon_owner/falcon/?start=all

 

small update

 

When you are done Rick that car will be better built and stronger than the day it left the Ford factory !! Looking good.

 

Ya... the new welder does better than the one he sold me. Hmmmm. I wonder.
Sly dog.

 

like the bionic man huh,lol

Joe,, no idea why,, this new welder isnt A B C D for heat,, numebrs to 10 so dials in better i guess


notched the engine bars tonite,, they fit better then the pic shows for some reason. bars moved when i climbed inside..

 

Great project, can't wait to see it finished!