Coming along! 4-3-14

Dad's been busy!

Crank side 'Dog house' getting put back together!

The Pesky windshield is finally stripped down (stubborn old paint!)

Another Angle - getting closer!

Thanks Dad!

An Uplifting Progress report - and no Foolin' 4-1-14

After Dad's progress in the last installment - this one is even more uplifting!

Yes indeed - the second handle is installed!

Ok Two Handles - and we're ready to lift!

Now - here is a pop quiz - which one of these is an original Fairmont handle and which one is a reproduction from Dean Mark at http://www.fredericksburgshops.com/ ?? Bet you can't tell!

Thanks Dean!

And a big Thanks to Dad!

More to come!

TGFD - Thank God For Dad - More progress 3-29-14

While I have been unable to make it over to Dad's - Dad has been working without me

Remember those Tabs that were cut out of scrap? Here they are primed

The front hoop that got welded back together? Here Primed!

Another coat of paint across the Fenders and top of the Dog House

And the front was installed temporarily, but that has been removed again

Here is the original Windshield spacer on the operators side - cleaned up but will need to be stripped, primed and painted

Ah yes - the operators side lift handle - with a couple of spacers that are required to make the nut slip through smoothly.

Dad put the handle boxes together - only to discover that the top piece (and therefore the entire box) is unnecessarily wide so it will be coming apart again and be cut down closer to the width required.

A BIG THANK YOU to Dad - he's put a lot of effort into this project and a lot of it has gone un-credited.

More to come!

Of Wizardly Welding and more of Dad's fine painting

Remember the last post about getting help from my friends? 

Dad's good friend Jim is a very accomplished metal fab and welder and his skills have been much appreciated on many a project for our family.

Dad had some scrap lying around - we just needed to cut it to make some of these brackets

A few holes and I think we'll have it...

Not sure if I showed these pieces before - but they are part of the windshield support structure and had broken cleanly in the seam - with Jim's help, they're whole again

And the other side - smooth and load bearing

Remember the top of the dog house? Here is the underside with more of Dad's good painting

Remember that little clearance problem with the gas tank cap? Here is the notch Neil routed out and that shall fix the problem

More wizardly welding - the windshield had broken around the center line and needed to be repaired - thanks to Jim - we're a few notches closer to a finished restoration.

More to come!

Finally! More went back on than came off! 3/22/14

Got a lot done on the 62 today!

Remember the gas tank and brackets? Here they are back in!

This is Cooper 'helping' Dad to tighten up something. 

We even put the windshield on briefly to to check the spacing on the front piece of wood for the top!

After this shot I had a conversation with Cooper about standing in the gauge.... Not sure if it took :-)

Ah yes, the Woodshop - aka - Garage.

Here is the product of the woodshop - one piece of 3/8ths inch plywood cut to become the top of the 'seat' or 'dog house'. 

Oh and the 62 Tag went back on!

Fitted and screwed down to the three cross pieces

One glitch for the day - the gas tank with the cap on won't clear the last wooden cross piece. Whoops. Pulled that off for a trip to Neil's workshop for a brief conversation with a router. 

More to come!

The return of Dad's Paintshop - 3-20-14

While I was still nursing a cold - Dad was busy in the paint shop (aka the basement)

These are the original Gas tank mounts - just cleaned up, sanded, primed and painted

Remember those wooden pieces that I mentioned Dad had angled and placed? Here they are painted

And the original gas tank - stripped, primed, painted and looking GOOD for 70 years old!

And the original tank holders - looking every bit as good as the tank!

Huge thanks to Dad for this one! 

More to come!

Dad's wood work - 3-18-14

Remember those pieces of wood Neil made up for me? 

There are two of them - drilled and with the ends angled as the others are

There is the third one - all courtesy of Dad's good work while I was down with a cold.

More to come!