New Sills!

It's October 29th, and reassembly of the wood structure has begun!

And now, Dan has started gluing the parts together that form the area around the rumble seat...

Still More Dismantling

Now, as we near the end of August, Dan and Deron have removed the cowl section from the sills (the long heavy beams that mount onto the frame and provide the support for the body structure).  They have also removed the sills for Dan to use them as patterns.  Here are a few photos of the progress:

More Metal Work

It is now early August, 2010.  Dan has finished a lot of needed metalwork on the main body section and lots of small miscellaneous body pieces.  A few pictures tell the story better than words.  His workmanship is remarkable!

A Little Priming

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

6-4-10  The main part of the body is back from the plastic media blaster.  Here, Dan is spot cleaning some tiny blemishes prior to applying a two-part epoxy primer that will protect the sheet metal.

 

 

Here is the rear floor pan from the 1932 Plymouth roadster.  It has been bead blasted, and Dan is spot cleaning a few spots with metal prep before applying the 2-part epoxy primer.  Can you believe this sheet metal is 78 years old????

 

More Wood Repair

6-2-10  Dan has finished saturating the two door jambs with Kwik Poly and has patched the end of one.  He has also scraped them back down to the original surface.  He has just begun saturating and regluing the large structure on the left of the picture that surrounds the back of the seat.  It is the piece that the lower edge of the top material fastens to.

Media Blasting

5-5-2010 - Dan Shady took the rear part of the body up to Murfreesboro to have it media blasted.  That should reveal any further problems we may have to deal with.  The cowl section is still mounted on the frame.  We'll probably remove it in the next couple of weeks.

A Bracket for Hangin' Stuff

While Dan has been doing woodwork, Deron has started preparing the firewall to receive the steering column, brake and clutch pedals, and other items that need to attach to it.  We wanted to avoid making any new holes in the firewall, just in case someone were to decide to restore this car in the future.  Deron came up with the idea of suspending a steel framework from existing holes and brackets.  This week (3-14-2010) he got it fabricated and mounted.

Brakes

The front brakes (at least) will probably use the 65-fin Buick brake drums that were used from 1958 through 1965.  I think they're beautiful in a really functional way.

Emergency Brake

3-5-2010 - After we installed the T-5 transmission, we evaluated using the original Model PB Plymouth hand brake.  It was very tall and we decided to go with something less obtrusive.  Deron had an old early 1928 Ford brake handle and it seemed much more appropriate for the size of the cab.  These are now being reproduced, so we bought a new one.  Deron has cleverly fabricated a mounting bracket using existing mounting points.  This is a slow, meticulous process...