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Time to face the floor. I thought it would be a good idea to brace the opening, so I used some fancy metal.
Another free bed frame from CL.
I still need to make an upper brace, but I didn't think I could get back into the car to pull it back into the garage. I may make the upper piece bolt in. Ran out of time today, so going to call it.
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Funny thing is , I've used many bed frames for building stuff too. But, when I needed a bed frame, I had to make one from angle iron.
On that expanding foam; once you've carved it, spray it with the flex seal, latex calk or whatever and paint it. If you leave it on its own it will oxidize and turn to dust over time (several years). Looking good though! I was going to recommend getting one of those 1.5" diameter tubes of silicone and have at it.sigpic
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Sealing that spay foam from water penetration is a must because if it gets wet the metal against it will rust. The stuff absorbs moisture like crazy. That is what happened to my wife's VW beetle...someone shot the foam up the rear pillars of the roof(perhaps for sound damping?) and it rusted from the inside out. What a time consuming mess to clean it out and weld in new metal to what was otherwise a rust-free car. cheers, juniorsigpic
1954 C5 Hamilton car.
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Originally posted by bensherb View PostFunny thing is , I've used many bed frames for building stuff too. But, when I needed a bed frame, I had to make one from angle iron.
On that expanding foam; once you've carved it, spray it with the flex seal, latex calk or whatever and paint it. If you leave it on its own it will oxidize and turn to dust over time (several years). Looking good though! I was going to recommend getting one of those 1.5" diameter tubes of silicone and have at it.Originally posted by junior View PostSealing that spay foam from water penetration is a must because if it gets wet the metal against it will rust. The stuff absorbs moisture like crazy. That is what happened to my wife's VW beetle...someone shot the foam up the rear pillars of the roof(perhaps for sound damping?) and it rusted from the inside out. What a time consuming mess to clean it out and weld in new metal to what was otherwise a rust-free car. cheers, junior
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Found a new mascot.
There must be a better way to approach this. I'll have to slowly disassemble the new parts to see what I can salvage and how best to reassemble this.
I did paint the lower repair section of the fender and of course, it doesn't match. Tomorrow, I cut out some more floor and start on the replacement pieces.Last edited by Topper2011; 10-29-2020, 03:49 PM.
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" I find myself staring at the car a lot, wondering, how did I get myself into this mess." oh man can I relate. My Dad would always ask..."why can't you just leave things alone kid?" which was really a case of the apple not falling too far from the tree...ha! I have plastered old TW covers on the ceiling of my garage and a hanging storage shelve above my Stude, that way when I'm wondering what the hell I'm doing lying on the creeper I just stare up at all the beautiful Studes. Keeps me motivated, as does your build, so you can't quit now, look how far you've come!sigpic
1954 C5 Hamilton car.
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Started the disassembly of the replacement floor. It helps me find where the tack welds are. It also helps me destroy the replacement piece.
Trying to get it to a manageable size by cutting the cowling off.
Outer rocker off and the inner doesn't look too bad, no rust throughs.
The "filler" piece. It was actually screwed into the inner rocker.The outer was just dented and a sliding hammer would have probably fixed it.
Replacement piece doesn't have the same curvature or the extension pieces that tack weld under the fenders. I will deal with it as I getting closer to installing them. Gotta go drop one of the kids off at the airport.
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