Recent content by Philip Andrews

There's a corner now.

Toom a moment to trim the rust back to good metal on the pillar and inset. Patched in the rust hole in the inner curve. Next up will be that square above it then the gasket lip. After that, I can rebuild the pillar and outer skin. Then, that's that corner done.

Little bit of zip zip hammer zip. That's more or less the correct profile now. Need to tweak it a bit more yet but it fits pretty well. Phil

Persuaded the rest of the screws along the top to undo, most of which were just rusted blobs of metal and needed hammer and chisel to unscrew. Cleaned the top of the channel. It's rusted in the stupidest places, like in the middle at the top. Guess the trim rubbed through the paint.

Slightly off topic- are these the correct door handles for a 66 Fury? https://www.classicindustries.com/product/1968/dodge/coronet/parts/MB2262.html?srsltid=AfmBOoo0GSxuw_X0F0Db2BGO94cvAU73_gxsHW7bHBE0kBz_ZumoEm7yqLA I have one handle missing the button and mechanism, but an not sure if it's...

Made a start on a replacement piece for the lower corner. It's a triple compound shape. Getting there though. These shall not be lead. They shall be steel. Much easier to fix when it rusts through again.

Cleaned the welds up.

Got the car running again. 4 bad spark plugs (that'll be the 4 that were full of water then) and it's running pretty well apart from an intermittent vacuum leak I need to hunt down. Decided to start on the bodywork. I really want to get the rear glass back in at some point so made a start on...

Well, that's nice. Child drove her friend's pick-up truck into the Plymouth. Guess I didn't like that hood anyway.

Mildly suboptimal. Need to wait for that to thaw now. Really need to fix the body so I can put the glass back in...

I really need to get a fan.

I emptied all the junk out of the back and gave it a cursory wash. Just need to finish up putting the trunk floor in now, then I can fix the deck lid lip, then the window surround. Motivation to do things is improved.

(ok, I'll quit being a smarta##) I got it running because I needed to move it. I filled it up with water- it didn't leak so I guess the hole rusted up- but it was running badly. So, I spent a bit of time having read the correct tune-up procedure for the Holley that's on it. Once it was up to...

That right there is steam. Is meant to be inside the engine, but it escaped.

Oops.