Corbrastang

Managed to find a little time today to put the new fender skirt in and pressure wash the frame. The dismantling and labeling of the frame and parts starts tonight.

65RDSTR

I like your body stand. Getting those inner fenders in just the right spot so the hood fits correctly is a trick isnt it?

DansYellow66

The frame does look pretty decent in the pictures except for the rear modification. Have fun.

Dan

Corbrastang

Rear modification?? Do you mean where it was hit??
I havent fit the hood yet. I am going to wait to do that until after the body is back on the frame. The c clips were only in place temporarily to make sure the rest of the skirt didnt move while the adhesive was setting up. Same with the radiator support-i just cant tell how it is sitting yet.

Allcoupedup

Damn! You move fast. Where do you find the time? The better the core, the better the rebuild. Looks like you'll have a nice result.
Brian

Corbrastang

It's all about the tools. The right tools make things go a lot faster. That and i am not married and i do not have any children that i know of . Just a girlfriend that requests thursday-Sat night. Sunday through Wednesday are mine most of the time.

Bill J

Don't want to butt in but I hope you checked the hood fit before bonding the inner fender. In my experience the fit can be changed a lot by the inner fender. A new jig built front end comes with the top of the inner fender unbonded so you can fit it to the hood.

Corbrastang

OF course not! That is why i replaced the skirt i the first place-b/c it sat below the hood due to a lousy repair where someone just riveted the fender and skirt together with very little bonding adhesive. . Well, that and it had a crack running the entire way down the skirt by the expansion tank. When i brok the skirt loose from the fender and tried to adjust the height the repaired crack opened up and became worse. So i ordered a new one and it is turning out great so far.
I will not bond it until i put the body back on the frame and the hood is in place. I actually mention this above.

75Brickie

Cobrastang ---

I have been following the beginning episodes of your restoration and I am curious of what procedure you did to lift your body off of your frame. Do you have any pictures of that? I am considering starting a frame-off on my 64 'vert. but have gone round and round in my head on what would be the best prodedure.

I have 9'-0" tall ceilings in my garage and I wasn't sure if that was high enough for the lift and sling method to allow the body to fully clear the frame/engine. I could resort to the buddy system if nothing else.

Keep us posted on your saga. I for one really am encouraged by seeing someone, other than a restoration shop, doing this at home.

John
1964 Convertible

gilmore1967

Hey Cobra,
Are you still in the running for those wheels? I hope so. I think they look nice.

Corbrastang

75 Brickie- I tied the body together with some eye hooks and some steel cable. I then called four of my friends and we put two people on each side of the car, one person in front to push the dolly in and then i had my mother and father pull the frame out from the rear.
I took basically everything out of the interior to make it as light as possible. Convertible top, seats, etc.
You can view all my pictures and keep up with the progress at
http://community.webshots.com/user/corbrastang

This really isnt hard as long as you have the correct tools and a little help from time to time. Oh, and of course the assemlby manual. Remember, always to label everything and to take a lot of pictures. That way if you are uncertain about something later you can always go back and look at the pics to see how it was before.