A whole lot of progress! 2-23-14

Dad has been busy since the last workday:

This is the crank side fenders - painted and looking good

Speaking of the crank side of the car - here we are with painted floor boards, the fender from above and the side rails

Here we are punching holes into the floorboards for mounting

Nothing like a drill centered with a center punch to make it easier

Ok - I know - this is the bottom - but it won't stay that way!

More to come!

Replacement Floors

With the recent Floorboards discovery - it was time for some action. Dad got a piece of 3/8ths plywood and we managed to get the notches cut for the axle bearing blocks:

More to come! 

More Progress - 1/25/14

Well another work day comes - and a bit of disappointment:

I know what you're thinking - it looks decent. Well there was a problem. Back in 2007 (or so) I ordered a sheet of 1/2 inch marine grade plywood to form the 'floor' of the motorcar. What I didn't know then and I found out only on the 25th of January was that the thickness of the plywood would cause every single bolt hole, measuring point and height of material to be off. The total thickness of the original wood and sheathing was only 3/8ths of an inch. A very expensive, frustrating, setback. 

On the more positive note, with the assistance of an air powered Die Grinder - I was able to polish the lift handles and take off the previous owner's paint job. 

The one I've been working on is on the left, the right hand side is still left. 

More to come!

The first results from the priming process - 1-18-14

Let me own up to something - this restoration wouldn't be happening without my Dad. Why? He has an amazing ability to Putter on projects - he'll have two or three things going on at once and flip flop between them. This day was the first day that the priming process turned out some results.

Yes folks - my ride has fenders. These were just being test fitted in place as we were trying to answer a question about spacing or bolt placement and I figured why not just go to the source. 

First time those fenders have been on the car since 2005! Even just sitting there - it was good to see something going back ON not coming off.

More to come!

More Progress - 1-5-14

Whats next on the Restoration front?

Why removing the back portion of the frame for stripping, priming and painting of course! 

Here is the back tube that holds up the center portion of the car - note the paint and other rough stuff that I was sanding off - the hard way - in preparation of priming and painting. 

I started this blog with the Motorcar number of 62 - here is why - this small tag on the motorcar has this number - which is the Bangor and Aroostook assigned number for this car. Like most other parts on the car, the tag came off as we cleaned up the area. 

More to come!

The Restoration begins... with more disassembly? 12-21-13

So here is the car as it sat in Dad's workshop:

There was more going on behind the scenes between work days, but this was the first chance I got to actually come over and turn some wrenches.

First we removed the front frame member so it could be straightened, stripped, primed and painted.

Although not shown, We also pulled the Front sweeps off - those were pulled off to help facilitate the straightening. 

More soon!

The Restoration Begins - 12-7-13

After a few days of discussion and planning - it was decided to work on my M19 motorcar first and leave Dad's M14 (which from the previous post you can see is pretty much all together) until later. The first step was getting the disassembled car - more like a 'chassis' than a car really - into Dad's workshop. 

There she is - balanced on the forks of Dad's tractor, just a few feet from the workshop and as you can see, stripped down for restoration. But - where is the rest?

Ahhh - there it is! Dad had the courtesy to hang the roof and windshield pieces up in one of the sheds.

After getting the main part of the car into the workshop - along with all the replacement wood pieces that were in storage - work could begin. That comes next.