Re: Ken's 1937 115C Touring Sedan
Posted by Ken_P On 2011/5/19 20:21:00
Sometimes getting a little angry can be pretty productive...
I went and picked up a borrowed torch yesterday, thinking it would be the final chapter in my ongoing saga to remove my doors in preps for picking the body off the frame. After heating them and using every other trick I could think of, still no luck. I was pretty frustrated, and since I already had most of the interference removed, I decided to just pull the body off as is. I finished unbolting the body mounts (holy crap there are a lot of bolts in that thing!) and then put straps through the front and back side windows. My plan was to lift it very slightly off the frame and then see if anything was deflecting too much. It took a little bit of tension and persuasion to free the body from the mounts, but then it lifted straight and true, so off it came! I would've had to put the doors back on in three months when I have to move anyway, so it's actually a net gain.
Today I had some time off from work, so I took the rolling chassis to the car wash in a futile attempt to remove 74 years of grime. I guess that will be left to the sandblaster! Also found a local welder to TIG weld a crack in my exhaust manifold and found a local metal shop to bend a patch panel for my rotted out front engine crossmember. I won't be able to work on the car much until the middle of next week, but with luck I can have it at the sandblasters next weekend and then start the painting and assembly process. More to follow.
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I went and picked up a borrowed torch yesterday, thinking it would be the final chapter in my ongoing saga to remove my doors in preps for picking the body off the frame. After heating them and using every other trick I could think of, still no luck. I was pretty frustrated, and since I already had most of the interference removed, I decided to just pull the body off as is. I finished unbolting the body mounts (holy crap there are a lot of bolts in that thing!) and then put straps through the front and back side windows. My plan was to lift it very slightly off the frame and then see if anything was deflecting too much. It took a little bit of tension and persuasion to free the body from the mounts, but then it lifted straight and true, so off it came! I would've had to put the doors back on in three months when I have to move anyway, so it's actually a net gain.
Today I had some time off from work, so I took the rolling chassis to the car wash in a futile attempt to remove 74 years of grime. I guess that will be left to the sandblaster! Also found a local welder to TIG weld a crack in my exhaust manifold and found a local metal shop to bend a patch panel for my rotted out front engine crossmember. I won't be able to work on the car much until the middle of next week, but with luck I can have it at the sandblasters next weekend and then start the painting and assembly process. More to follow.
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