63 Pinner Hightop

Finished up on the handle pocket today. Added a strap to where the handle bolts on to make it a little stronger. There, it was puckered when I removed the handle. After we got done, I bolted the handle back on to check out the contour. Looks good. We get the rest of the bottom, and we can sling some mud. I ran around the edges on the inside. If water gets in, now it will have no place to hide. This would not have happened if they hadn't boxed things in.




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Had a couple fun days here. The good news is we finally got some rain. My adopted Daughter drop off her car monday to have me put a drivers seat in it. I have not worked harder taking a seat out of a car before. It's put in with two bolts in the rear and hooks in front. The drive gear is broken so it won't move and the track is over the bolts. I had to take it apart from the top down one piece at a time still in the car. Just to get at the warm gear and twist it with the vice grip till the bolts were clear. Took all afternoon to get it out and help my neighbor weld up the tongue on the lion. Took 5 minutes to put the replacement one it. Had to take the car up to Rapid to day and get the front bearings changed. They were loose and activating the ABS system. Got home in time to finish cleaning up the back door and get the first layer of filler on it. Use the fibreglass stranded for the first layer for a stronger base. Hope the rest of the week is more productive.



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Well it had to happen. We finished up the trailer this morning just before the rain hit. It cooled down into the 50s and the heaters in the garage came on. Nice to finaly get some rain though. Suppose to be all week on and off. Time of the year to be glad for inside work. Got the bumper off the rear only 4 bolts had to use heat on 3 of them. Dumped the hardware into the rust dissolver let it soak there. We will need to sand blast the panel under it. Its still solid but pitted badly. Found a little more rust on the right quarter down under the rear surround trim. Knocked down that first layer we put on found a big low spot marked it with a piece of tape so i could find it inside and used the crow bar to bump it out little. The crow bar is the neatest thing to reach in and move a little metal with. Sharp corners and a chisel tip and enough weight to move things. Here is the low spot after we bumped it out some. Then one more layer on. Nice to be able to move that lion. It broke down on the 4th of July.



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Let's see if I can make the work tonight. Got the lower backside sandblasted off. Then, I blocked off the rear door. Used the short board to cut things down and round things out a little more. The gray spots in the second picture are, in truth, flat spots. The dark spots in the last layer were where we cut down to the fiberglass mix in the first layers.

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Put some more primer on the back door. Then got to looking at what we needed to do to finish cleaning things up. The door has to come off. I need to clean up the jam to replace the deal on both the door and the body so off it is. As long as it's off might as will run the hinges threw the bead blasted and paint them to. I have a big baby of roll locks that will clean up the jam will. I see we missed a pin hole of two in the lower frame. Notice the drain holes in the door are inside the seal? This is why the wood in the sill is rotted out and the flooring is damaged. I'll give it some thought but don't think there is room to move the drain holes mean time we need to order some paint.

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