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[gdrill]

No problem here. I am very happy with them!

 

[MarPar]

I'm here... what seems to be the problem?

Just wanted to share that you have a satisfied customer!

 

[gdrill]

This one had the bigger crack in it. I pulled it apart to to show it. It had a previous repair but that had failed over time. I tried using MEK but this material is not meltable! Damn it. So JB Weld it is. But rather than just counting on the glue, I added two screws embedded into the insert and a piece of haywire hooked on each screw and then pulled together in the middle. Along with very deep scratches from an awl, the JB Weld should work. That should give it a ton of strength when it all sets up. I can cut it off and grind it down as required once everything is rock solid.
We’ll see tomorrow……

 

[gdrill]

Quite happy with it. Got JB into the smallest cracks. Gotta do some filler in some nicks here and there but this is gonna be great. When the hood gets here I’ll determine whether or how far I have to sand the underneath down.

 

[gdrill]

The second one is solid now as well. Some small body work on a few nicks and they will both be awesome.

 

[gdrill]

One more small task off the list. Many times I will just dump tumbler pieces because not too often somebody will try their key in your car. But this time I figured I would get the doors matched to the ignition. 100 flipping dollars! Wow. Have things changed. If he had warned me I would have dumped the tumblers. Of course that is only 37 cents American but it’s a hell of a chunk up here! The rod on the 71 seems to be longer than some and I was missing one. So I had to snip a couple and weld them together as one at the right length.

 

[gdrill]

Thanks Paul @allmoparparts67

Great price and shipped safely.

 

[gdrill]

Probably the best $100CAD I ever spent. That is roughly 83 cents USD.

 

[gdrill]

This is the damage. I was going to skin it into another frame. I’ll have a better look first.

 

[gdrill]

No turning back! But I never do. Skin removed. Overall very good condition. Happy camper.

I just did a Dart hood and learned to drill out the part you don’t need and leave the donor complete. I use a die grinder to make the cuts.

 

[gdrill]

Skin City.

It surprised me that the Dart hood is so much wider than it’s bigger cousin’s.

 

[0DegreeEngineer]

Great thread giving me motivation to do the body work i have been ignoring

 

[gdrill]

Great thread giving me motivation to do the body work i have been ignoring

Thank you Sir. If my cobbling together of parts can give motivation to anyone, then the pleasure of sharing it is all mine!

 

[gdrill]

Donor frame soon to be free. I am getting the Dart frame blasted and primed Tuesday so hopefully they will do this as well.

 

[gdrill]

Wala. Under an hour with beer breaks!

 

[gdrill]

The next few days will be torturous as I have to wait for the frame to be blasted. The skin needs some repair so I may tackle that this weekend. That is one good thing about having extra parts! All the sections I need are perfectly preformed!

 

[qkcuda]

The next few days will be torturous as I have to wait for the frame to be blasted. The skin needs some repair so I may tackle that this weekend. That is one good thing about having extra parts! All the sections I need are perfectly preformed!

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Not only the same contour, even close to the same colour!

 

[gdrill]

Not only the same contour, even close to the same colour!

LOL, yup. The whole thing seems like it was meant to be!