Larry,
I'll be doing the very same job very soon. We've just completed all of the
body work, now cleaning up the mess and, as soon as this is done, I'll be
bringing in the frame and start stripping it down. It also needs a bit of
welding. I don't have an air conditioned garage and yesterday must I have
sweated buckets, scraping the garage floor with a wire brush, besides a lot of
other things. I don't know how I get myself into these messes all of the time.
..:-)
I can't wait for the frame to be finished because this'll mean 'half way
point' for us. The assembly will be easy compared to what we've done so far.
However, the engine rebuild and transmission are still unknown territory, so
there'll be more hurdles to overcome.
With any luck, we'll be driving this car next summer. So there's light at the
end of the tunnel.
I think I'll write a book about the restoration. Always wanted to write a "
Best seller"...... :-) All smiles....
Cheers and keep on going....
Liv
----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Vaughan
To: Livia Haasper ; spitfires@autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: wish
Hey Liv,
I like to vent now and then. The temp dropped to 90 and I shut the fan off
and welded in my frame patch. I sprayed weld through primer in the frame
and
on the inside of the patch. The patch was about 2"x 5". I butt welded it so
it
was flush with the rest of the frame. I will spray some more weld through
primer over it and on the inside of the plate that will weld to the front
body
mount outrigger, that will overlap the patch!! Now and then it is fun!
Whoopee!!!
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