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Click on yellow mecum.
Picture of pilar post.

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That's helps. I'll be out at Pat Aldrich's place next weekend and I hope to get a plethora of photos of his wife's 37 120 Convertible Coupe which is nearly identical from the firewall back except for the dash panels.

Got the rubber skirts done on the inner fenders. Luckily I had an air hammer bit that has just the right shape to balloon the rivets as long as I back up the rivet head.

I used the air hammer bit with just a small ballpeen hammer.

Tedious, not perfect, but done. It's one of those once in lifetime jobs.

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Looks great! And you'll never have to do it again.

-Kevin

Looks GREAT. Forgot about the air hammer laying in a drawer :)

Would have made my project go faster..

I need to take the door glass out so I can get replacements made.

So the first order of business was getting the door panels off. These are not correct for this car, but will do until I'm ready to redo the upholstery. I believe they came from a '36 or maybe a '38. But they are missing the hole for the vent window crank. So when they go back on, I'll include that hole and reinstall the crank mech itself.

I wanted to get these panels off first thing this morning, so I could spray all the window fasteners with PB Blaster and let them soak all day. Then I can pull the windows this evening and drop them off tomorrow to get the new windows cut and installed in their frames.

The driver's door is pretty solid. The passenger door bottom is going to need to have some work done as it's pretty swiss cheesed. This is only on the door bottom (floor) area. The door skin itself is pretty good. Both doors need some attention with a wire brush and some paint.

Also, here is a shot of the "BUDD" plate on the passenger door. There was not one on the driver's door.

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My 41 has the Budd plate only on the front passenger door. This appears to have been the norm.

Good to know, thanks!

My 115C had Budd-made door plates on both doors.

The 38 junior cars had different bodies than the 35-37s.

"LOOK MA, NO WINDOWS!"

After alot of cursing, I was able to get the door and vent windows out. I doubt some of the fasteners had been removed in 85 years. PB Blaster, heat, a cut off wheel and plenty of colorfully language was needed to break everything free.

The windows have been dropped off at a local place to have the glass replaced.

Except for the window "fuzzies" I'm pretty sure I have all the rubber to beplace all the seals. Now to clean and paint everything while im waiting on the glass.