Labor of love

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » Thu May 12, 2011 7:14 pm

Hi all. Its been a while sense my last update on my tbird project. Most what I have been doing has been deconstruction. Rebuilt the front end , added the air-ride and disc brake conversion . The nightmare of tar on the floorboards , that the previous owner used to, I jokingly refer to, as a repair of cancer. Hope you enjoy the pics.

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jidi · Post by **jidi** » Thu May 12, 2011 8:16 pm

That front suspension is lookin' good!
I keep saving up to do mine, every time, something else comes up and cleans out my car fund.
Keep us posted, and thanks for the pix!!

Jim

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » Fri May 13, 2011 6:51 pm

Thanks for the kudos jidi. I will post more pix and don't give up that happens to me all the time too.

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » Fri May 13, 2011 7:07 pm

Here are some pics of the re-dye on some of the interior parts.

This is the system I plan to use for the bags. Its not cheap but you can buy it a piece at a time for a little less impact on the pocket.

jidi · Post by **jidi** » Fri May 13, 2011 7:33 pm

NICE!!
A little fresh dye sure makes things look new again.
I've talked to a lot of guys that wished they would have bought a unit similar to yours-after buying a piece here and there, they all said in the long run it would have been cheaper to get the whole system together with all the fittings and been done.

Jim

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » Fri May 13, 2011 7:39 pm

Yep SEM makes a great system for dyeing plastic and vinyl (PVC). Its better than duplicolor

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » Fri May 13, 2011 7:51 pm

And do I love to paint. I did an imitation carbon fiber with a paint in the engine compartment.

You can see a little of it behind the booster.

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » Sat May 14, 2011 3:49 pm

Well I got the air ride done in the front of my 63. Here is a video.[URL=./image-archive/s1124.photobucket.com/album ... .jpg[/img][/url]

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » Mon May 23, 2011 9:39 pm

When the money gets low , what do you do? What else.....? BODY WORK! So I migged in the eye-brows on the hood.

scumdog · Post by **scumdog** » Thu May 26, 2011 1:49 am

Dusty wrote:And do I love to paint. I did an imitation carbon fiber with a paint in the engine compartment.
You can see a little of it behind the booster.

Those 'spacer-bars' between the booster and its mounting bracket look kinda rough'n'ready, I guess they're only there while you get things sorted?i

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » Thu May 26, 2011 4:29 pm

Yep your right ..... Thats why I made them from aluminum so that I could cut and polish them later. Nice Catch !

novanutcase · Post by **novanutcase** » Thu May 26, 2011 9:02 pm

Yep your right ..... Thats why I made them from aluminum so that I could cut and polish them later. Nice Catch !

Are you going to make an actual spacer or just polish the ones you have already?

John

edpol · Post by **edpol** » Thu May 26, 2011 10:45 pm

What did you use to fill the brows, and what will you use for new molding, if you use molding?
Nova, that pic is too small to see the details. Hope I'm not encouraging.

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » Thu May 26, 2011 11:36 pm

edpol wrote:What did you use to fill the brows, and what will you use for new molding, if you use molding?
Nova, that pic is too small to see the details. Hope I'm not encouraging.

Well I didn't want to replace the molding and if I remember correctly, I made a temp-let from cardboard and cut some 18 gage. migged it in , ground back the welds and made some support for the back side.

Dusty · Post by **Dusty** » Thu May 26, 2011 11:42 pm

novanutcase wrote:
Yep your right ..... Thats why I made them from aluminium so that I could cut and polish them later. Nice Catch !
Are you going to make an actual spacer or just polish the ones you have already?

John

I thought I would cut the ones I have to the right length and polish them. But I am open to suggestions.