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Wesley Boyer

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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I sure do wish you were my next door neighbor, GREAT work.
Wes

Posted on: 2014/11/12 9:18

John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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Thanks Wes!!

Posted on: 2015/1/12 8:22

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John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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Been awhile since I updated this. We were waiting on a local fab shop to make new floor braces so I could go ahead and start welding in my new panels... but we weren't happy with the pieces they made. So all that time waiting was wasted. As rusty as the original braces are, they were still stronger than what the fab shop made. So we decided to patch up the original braces by reinforcing them with steel plate and bars. Some of the body mount areas were thin so I cut and bent 1/8" plate to reinforce them. Not pretty but they'll be between the brace and floor pans so they'll be hidden.

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Posted on: 2015/1/12 8:24

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John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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We took the body off so the owner could change the transmission out to an original overdrive trans. He also took the center section out of the axle and had a new crush sleeve installed.

Once the body was back on I braced the right rear body mount to keep it from collapsing. I leveled the body on the frame so I'd have a good starting point to start setting up floor braces at the right height. I'll get the floor braces blasted, then weld in the reinforcements and start welding in the new metal.

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Posted on: 2015/1/12 8:27

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John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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I had the floor braces sandblasted to remove the rust and started welding in the reinforcement plates and bars.

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Posted on: 2015/1/12 8:28

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John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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The owner had the original running boards stripped, then sent them to Hunley Acuff to vulcanize new rubber over the metal. We were very impressed with the way they turned out.

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Posted on: 2015/1/12 8:29

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RogerDetroit

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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Can you please tell me more about the Hunley Acuff runningboards?

Their website is down and when I call their phone number I get a recording that their voice mailbox has not been set up.

Do they really vulcanize new rubber over the old runningboard? Or is it some sort of rubbery paint-type product that is sprayed on? How thick is the material applied?

Thanks.

Posted on: 2015/1/12 10:38

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bkazmer

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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Roger, to be pedantic, i don't think anyone "vulcanized" rubber to steel, because vulcanization is the reaction to crosslink rubber molecules to themselves (originally via a sulfur linkage)

The Acuff parts look very nice, I'm not knocking them at all. I suspect they are molding over the steel and vulcanizing the rubber in either the same or a subsequent step. In that sense it's like the polyurethane route that is also used.

Posted on: 2015/1/12 12:54

John

Re: 1940 120 Convertible Coupe Restoration

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I'm not sure of the exact process used to remake the running boards. The owner of the car dropped the running boards off with Hunley Acuff and had them shipped to our shop so I don't know how they initially contacted him.

Posted on: 2015/2/19 14:52

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