Projects Rusty 47 Ford Reserection

[53mercury]

Simply amazing. I got tired just blazing through the post. I'm in awe of your talent and perseverance. Seems like it would have been almost easier to start with new sheet steel and build it from scratch. At my age I would never attempt to start something like this. I'd be dead before it was done, but I am going to try doing some simple sheet metal work on some of my stuff. Once again just amazing. Good luck with the rest of your work, and if your not using at least a dust mask working with all those cutting and grinding abrasives, please do. Mike

[koolkemp]

Managed to get a bit done yest and today, and a couple of pics from last Sat





Fixed up the door gap on the drivers side...

[koolkemp]

Also opened up the gap for the front edge of the door , it didnt bind but was way too small..



Time to finish off the sill area....again !



I used a piece of heavy gauge 1.25" X 1.25" angle steel ,overkill I am sure

[koolkemp]

Reworked the bottom of the fender to line it up with the bottom of the rocker, I also reworked the rocker on the bottom of the A pillar, reshaped it a bit .



I also re-welded some of the patch work I did when I first got the car...at that time it was supposed to be a year round 4 door beater lol.

[koolkemp]

Then repeated the sill plate re-do on the other side..

[fitzee]

You know your getting close when your fine tuning your work. Nice job and you must be getting close to the end of welded!!

[koolkemp]

Last night I felt like doing something fairly low on the scale of mental thought ...so I took a 3M strip wheel and the DA to the drivers door to get as much of the rust and paint off as possible then gave it a good scrub with some phosphoric acid. Now when I blast it it should only take a few light passes to get the skin cleaned up.

[koolkemp]

Originally Posted by fitzee

You know your getting close when your fine tuning your work. Nice job and you must be getting close to the end of welded!!

Thats what I keep telling myself anyways! I have about an hours worth of welding on each door to fix the inside front bottoms I will pull the doors off this week to do that. Next up is getting the front clip mounted to the frame ,finish trimming the inner fenders ,mount the front bumper , and fill in the old parking light holes. Then I can take the clip apart to blast so I can weld the fender halves together...shit thats still alot of work eh!

[fitzee]

Ya but you have a plan!! To tell you the truth I never think the welding is done untill it is on the road. There always some little think that needs to be welded. I thinking of doing up a welding list for the merc. Lists always help me get stuff done.

[koolkemp]

I actually started a list awhile ago my ADD doesnt let me remember stuff for very long so I started a notebook of things to do,things to buy look for etc, now I just gotta remember to look in it once in a while !

[nali]

Where did you find phosphoric acid ? I can find this only diluted in concrete cleaner , or pure and expensive in a chemical plant ...
Other option : crossing the border to go in a US Home Depot .

[koolkemp]

I got about 6 bottles of pure stuff that was a driveway cleaner from Wal Mart when they discontinued it...that was about 3 years ago I doubt they carry it anymore...

[nali]

Ok , thanks a lot ....
Another fallen hope
I ll need to remove rust everywhere on my coupé ... I ll try EvapoRust .

[Red White and Bluick]

just search this site for rust removal. I have used evaporust and I think it is a lot like the molasses mixtures in this site

[2345.coupe]

Eastwood Fast Etch.... contains zinc oxide, kills and removes rust.....can you get Eastwood products in Canada.........I swear by it.....

[nali]

Well , if Eastwood products are correct , I ll try .
They even ship from Niagara Falls now , it s easier for us in Canada .
Thanks . I like electrolyse and molasses , but for a whole body it s a pain .

[koolkemp]

There are a few dealers for eastwood stuff in Canada ,I got a gas tank sealer kit from a guy in New Brunswick last fall I should have his contact info around someplace. The evapo rust works good but you seem to have to submerge the part completely or rig up some kind of a shower for it...

[BrerHair]

Originally Posted by koolkemp

I used a piece of heavy gauge 1.25" X 1.25" angle steel ,overkill I am sure

Where is it? Upside-down, one side laying on floor pan, other side vertical hanging down at body channel point? Painted white? (Is my drink too stiff tonight . . . am I Blogging While Blind?)

Awesome progress, Steve. Your back must be killing you.

[koolkemp]

Originally Posted by BrerHair

Where is it? Upside-down, one side laying on floor pan, other side vertical hanging down at body channel point? Painted white? (Is my drink too stiff tonight . . . am I Blogging While Blind?)

Awesome progress, Steve. Your back must be killing you.

Lol its the little drop down so I can get a seal with some weatherstripping could have prolly bent up a piece of tin..

[BrerHair]

See it now. Had your tubing (for straight-edge) in my mind when I first saw the pic. What the hell, think how much longer it'll last now before it rusts through again!