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08-16-2012, 12:13 PM
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Wow, some real surgery going on. Steve are you going to repaint the car, or leave it as is? Progress on the car looks great!
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08-16-2012, 12:58 PM
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Even nicely kept survivors need work. Well done as comprised structural work needs to be repaired.
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08-16-2012, 03:36 PM
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No plans for paint in the near future. Maybe next year. I'm just getting the needed structural repairs done. Can't do anything else until you have a solid foundation. Here are the finished repairs in red primer. After these baseline photos were taken I got out the black spray can and duplicated the original black overspray on the frame rails. I did it just as sloppy as the Norwood assembly plant guys did.
      
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08-16-2012, 04:03 PM
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And in case you'r wondering what the old rail pieces looked like, here you go. Both sides were swollen and corroded where the two panels were welded together by the exhaust hangers. A real moisture trap, just like the lower sections of the rails by the front leaf spring perches.
      I'm glad I got the full rails. Here's what's left, and some of the rusty, mangled front lower rail remnants: 
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