Got home from South Bend on Tuesday night. Next day was spent mowing some of the tall grass that inexplicably sprang up while I was away. Thursday I returned Jim McIndoe's '51 business coupe to his home, and did some shopping in Calgary.
Friday was another lawnmower/weed whacker day, and the occupied half of the yard now looks pretty good.
Today (Saturday), I fired up the tractor and pulled my Hawk>coupe project car out of the shop. Since I had the tractor already running, I used the loader to haul a bunch more gravel into the shop to make a base for the concrete floor to come, and got rid of a small gravel pile in the process.
Once I'd tired of spreading gravel. I parked the tractor, and commenced working on the Hawk body. I'm now finished welding the floor pan on the passenger side. Cut out several large rectangles of "lacy" floor pan, and then welded in patches cut from a floor pan salvaged from a bad 2R truck cab. I was able to match contours and the pressed-in stiffening ribs pretty nicely. The finished floor on the passenger side now feels real solid, and does not oilcan when I stand on it.
Tomorrow, I will start on the driver's side. The floor rust there is less severe, and I expect that less time and metal will be required to make it sound again. Once that's done, the doors may well be next.
Gord Richmond, within Weasel range of the Alberta Badlands
Friday was another lawnmower/weed whacker day, and the occupied half of the yard now looks pretty good.
Today (Saturday), I fired up the tractor and pulled my Hawk>coupe project car out of the shop. Since I had the tractor already running, I used the loader to haul a bunch more gravel into the shop to make a base for the concrete floor to come, and got rid of a small gravel pile in the process.
Once I'd tired of spreading gravel. I parked the tractor, and commenced working on the Hawk body. I'm now finished welding the floor pan on the passenger side. Cut out several large rectangles of "lacy" floor pan, and then welded in patches cut from a floor pan salvaged from a bad 2R truck cab. I was able to match contours and the pressed-in stiffening ribs pretty nicely. The finished floor on the passenger side now feels real solid, and does not oilcan when I stand on it.
Tomorrow, I will start on the driver's side. The floor rust there is less severe, and I expect that less time and metal will be required to make it sound again. Once that's done, the doors may well be next.
Gord Richmond, within Weasel range of the Alberta Badlands
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