Restoration of my families grocery getter

[Wonderwagon]

Decided to clean up the tailgate Door/ tailgate latch mechanism. Cleaned off the gray primer, got back to the steel, used the zinc paint to only touch up the rusted areas and the clear coated tge whole mechanism. Wait on a warm day here in Chicago, reinstall the latch mechanism and the window regulator. Once in need to do a heat shrink repair on the tailgate wire loom and I'll reinstall te glass.

 

[John FatFab]

Wait on a warm day here in Chicago, reinstall the latch mechanism and the window regulator.

The forecast for the next few weeks does not look promising for anything above freezing....At least down here in Indy anyways. I knew we were due a long cold winter as the past few for us have been pretty mild.

 

[Wonderwagon]

The forecast for the next few weeks does not look promising for anything above freezing....At least down here in Indy anyways. I knew we were due a long cold winter as the past few for us have been pretty mild.

Garage is about 2' to short, or need to get the old house doors stripped and hung in the house. Another warm weather project.....

 

[Wonderwagon]

Touched up the repairs, maybe a little to Red?

 

[Wonderwagon]

Welp it wasn't freezing in Chicago, but it wasn't beach weather either. Put on the insulated Carnharts and reinstalled the regulator and tailgate latch. Just need to figure out how the drivers side actuator rod connects to the door lever. While off found the cloth anti rattle sleeve serviceable, but in the need to be replaced. Found a company that makes cotton sleeves for wire looming. That's the plan at the moment. Looks pretty good for 50+ years. Need to scribes a line on the regulator and or count teeth for the optimum place to park the arms for removal/ installation.