Blasting, priming, painting and wood work - OH MY! - 4/7/14

Dad's been picking away at a couple of wood projects on the #62.

These are the back pieces that keep things from flying out the back of the motorcar. 

As usual - Dad has done a great job - including cutting some notches to allow water to escape. 

After the control panel was removed Dad touched up the original cross pieces with orange

Remember that control panel? Here it is - all nice and ready to go!

One of the two original spacers under the windshield is badly deteriorated - Dad has sandblasted it and thinks that it can be salvaged with some accomplished welding. He also sandblasted the control levers and associated parts

Here are the two front windshield supports primed

This is the other windshield spacer that is fine as is - and Dad has primed it

This is the crank side lifting handle box construction - as you can see the top piece doesn't quite allow the crank to go through without hitting - this is next on the agenda then it'll be priming, painting and installation. 

Thanks Dad!

  

More to come!

Blasting and Priming - 4-6-14

As usual - Dad's been making progress without me :-)

Here are the parts that Dad sand blasted on this Day

Remember how it looked the last time we saw a tight shot of it? No sign of rust or corrosion now! Thanks Dad!

More to come!

The day I actually showed up and started doing something! 4-5-14

Dad's been working very hard on the #62 - the advantage of having tools and time. (Not to mention having it in this basement helps) This day I managed to get over and help!

Here is the first major contribution of new parts for the car. Electrical wiring - got to bring this car into NARCOA compliance. The Black cable is four conductor cable - 14 gauge - to allow me to run the lighting to both ends in a single cable

I know what some of you are thinking - that doesn't look like a Fairmont coil. You're right - it doesn't. It is however a surface mount brand new construction coil, setup for 12 volts. You can find one on eBay. 

Here is the Battery box I picked up to house all the 2000's electrical gear in the 1940's car. 

And here we are with the Battery box test fitted

From a different angle - note the cable openings that will be used to get the spark plug and other wires out to the car

First test fitting for the contents of the battery box - the Werker Lead-acid batteries will fit, but the lawn and garden battery doesn't seem like it will based upon the measurements I took. The Switches, contacts and other wiring will also be contained within the battery box, with the exception of the ignition kill switch which will be on the main control panel. 

It took me a long time - but I finally managed to catch Dad laying down on the job! :-) He's tightening up the boxes that cover the lift handles. 

While Dad was putting the boxes on, I pulled the control panel off

Took these shots primarily to remember how the timer and throttle levers were attached

Here is the control panel - all removed and ready for sand blasting

Confirmation of the crank working and fitting

Here is the operator's side handle cover boxes all tied down and ready for a tad bit of paint on the clips

Now for the Crank side - the two pieces near Dad's hands are the originals and the new piece is the top for the box. In this shot we're piecing together the proper length and width required

Speaking of Width - the piece was too wide (I gave the original specs I gave to Neil our resident wood worker, guess I was wrong) Here we are slimming the piece down to 2 and 1/8th inches to match the other side. 

More to come!

Windshield Primed! 4-4-14

As usual - Dad's been busy in my absence....

After getting it stripped the day before, Dad broke out the paint sprayer and laid down some primer

Looking good!

More to come!

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!