55 Fargo Posted December 24, 2006 Report Posted December 24, 2006 Hi all, decided to take the old girl out of the garage and start the engine, then I figured I bettter go for a ride. It's about 28 degrees here this morning and the ride was bone dry, so awy we went down the road about a mile and then returned. I know my car isn't much yet, but it's sure fun to go for a ride. Quote
Charlie Olson Posted December 24, 2006 Report Posted December 24, 2006 Merry Christmas, we all enjoy hearing about your car, it's good days and bad days stories, because it is just like being in the garage with you, enjoying our collective hobby. As for me, I sure enjoyed the ride down and back on that country road. My Plywood is locked up in storage and I can't even get to drive it until after the first of the year, so didn't we have a blast? Merry Christmas All. Charlie in AZ Quote
55 Fargo Posted December 24, 2006 Author Report Posted December 24, 2006 Merry Christmas to you and yours Charlie, the car started well , the throttle is a little hesitant at this temp, as I have no heat riser, but after 5 minutes she warms up good. Even though it's not finished by know means and not officially on the road, it's still fun to go for a cruise. The car now has windows and seats inside, sure beats when I used to go for a ride with an old 7Up box and no windows. I am currently working on the body, doing some welding on external panel patchups, not a whole lot, but some, when that is done plan to start the hammer and dolly, followed by the filler treatment, this is fairly uncharted territory for me, but so far so good. Quote
Allan Faust Posted December 25, 2006 Report Posted December 25, 2006 Fred, Be easy on the hammer and dolly treatment.... you can do more bad than good if you aren't careful..... do not think of your hammer as one being used to drive in nails.....otherwise ur in trouble...use just small taps..... I'll see if I can dig up the hammer/dolly "trucks tv" show that I have somewhere... shows you the dos and don'ts..... I'll let you know if I find it... Allan Quote
55 Fargo Posted December 25, 2006 Author Report Posted December 25, 2006 Allan, you are correct, you don't want to stretch or dent the metal even further than necessary. The hammer is used differently than a BF ballpeen, thats for sure. But have you tried to hammer and dolly these old mopars, with the heavy gauge metal, mine could,nt be hammered out with light autobody hammers, but you are right you have to be mindful of creating more damage, this is where experience helps, I have little experience but so far have done not too badly....................Fred Quote
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