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  1. NickPickToo
    Material is hides from a leather wholesaler. $2.99 per sqr foot. www.4hides.com. Labor is local shop as mom doesn’t have a machine that can sew the thicker material. Dad said upholstery work is not cheap so don’t be messy and merry Christmas. I don’t think I’m getting much else under the tree thes year except some cans of POR-15 etc. oh and a pair of bumpers we’re finally picking up this weekend.
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    That looks to be the only hole or soft spot in the frame. The rest of the frame looks to be really solid and cleaned up well. Dad and I start rebuilding the front suspension this month and we’re fingers crossed that the hole can be patched and sealed without compromising “structural integrity” as he says.
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    Christmas came early! Seats look really nice. Cant wait to I'm putting this back together.
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    So my 47 came out of Indiana and had a familiar blue paint on the engine that I swear looks familiar to some posts you’ve put up Mr Coatney. highly likely I could have just had some under-Coatney blasted off this beautiful beast? ? ?
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    I do love me some patina too. But making this a daily driver and hope to be drivin it for a while. Here on these Michigan roads would like to start with a really clean and freshly sealed up underside. Perhaps some of the patina on the body can survive ?
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    Back from sandblasting. We can easily see the trouble spots now. Now can we easily fix. Get to start the rebuild ?
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    Dad says he’ll take the under and you can have the over. Loser pays the difference to the winner. Be careful my moms a real budget hawk and Dad has a way of finding volunteer engineers to walk me through what I need to know.
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    Not to mention that this beautiful old car will likely be around another 70+ year once were done
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    Engine of frame today. We will take frame in for sandblasting before rebuilding suspension and changing out the brakes. Will take this opportunity to clean up the engine on its outside as well.
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    This is a two man shop set up in one of the bins at a self storage facility it’s a no frills facility but They do sandblasting, powdercoating and ceramic coating. Couple real artist. They seemed more exited about the final outcome than I was. They were really happy for me. “Quality Powder Coat” in Heartland Michigan
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    Super Chrome is the color for the small trim pieces on the dash and Illusory Rose Gold is the main color on the dash and interior trim pieces.
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    It's called Super Chrome. Its a base coat that is then coated again with a clear coat to get the chrome effect. The dash is Illusory Rose Gold. It too is a base with a clear over it to get the effect. I am also not liking the price of chrome for bumpers. I saw another post on the forum where someone sanded down to bare metal and then treated with an oil before clear coating. Looks like a lot of work, but my dad calls it "sweat equity"
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    The chrome parts for the dash were powder coated rather than re chromed. real re chroming doesn't fit into the budget. The team at the powder coating shop advised me not to powder coat chrome color on any of the exterior parts (doesn't seem to hold up well in the weather) but that it may hold up better on the interior parts. We'll see.
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    Again i say Sweet....
  15. NickPickToo
    ook up the the this chain a little to see the before shots
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    ended up we couldn't save the original interior paint treatment. I got over it when the pieces got back from the powder coating shop just up the rode from us. Sweet!
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    Took so long to get the body off because some of the mounting bolts where hid under sheetmetal someone who had the car before us had patched the floor with.. I had to cut into the floor to open these up.
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    At the clean up, repair and replace stage right now.
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    Body off this weekend ?. Now the real fun can begin!!
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    Wow. That makes me want to put the time into saving it now. I was just telling dad that there was no way I could find the time and still be ready when I am driving. If we can't save the whole dash, maybe we can save a portion of it as a tribute. Also no risk in trying to save it because I was going to strip it down and repaint anyway.
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    Seeking advice. How can I tell which of the interior dash trim pieces are stainless and just need polishing and which have been treated or painted with chrome. picture is example of the main piece
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    Body still on frame this weekend but we made progress on other things. We were able to get the dash broken down and now have all the interior metal ready for blasting and a fresh coat. Found the original color of the dash. It was a fake wood like finish that was a greenish, brownish grey and a really nice clear glaze. Too bad it was painted over with the grey because it would have been sweet even with a little crackly patina here or there. Im going to redo in a rose gold, almost coper finish. I'll post after pics of when its done.
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    Dad was also able to snag a gantry crane, an engine stand and a cherry picker off Craig's List. All from some guy who's wife said she was tired of seeing the stuff in the garage. It comes out of my budget until we can sell it later, but Dad seems to really like the crane. Received some front suspension parts we ordered from Kanter and sourced a front grill and some missing fender trim from a forum member (Thanks Ken!).
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    Progress is slow lately with school. Also, last weekend we took some time to go to Cedar point. None the less, some important parts starting to arrive. We went to the source to pick up new springs and we are lucky to be so close and avoid shipping.
  25. NickPickToo
    So, I won't take physics until next year so I'm pretty sure the laws of thermodynamics don't apply yet ? (only half kidding but actually thanks for the advice.)
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