72 TA : New Project

[mockingbird812]

Nice job "Mac"!

[DarrenX33]

Nice one Rick.

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What's your address Steve.

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[njsteve]

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What's your address Steve.

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I PM'd you the info.
I appreciate any help you can provide, Sir.

Now if we can just figure out how to hollow out the 8-track to house an MP3 player and then transfer the 8 track music files to a modern format...

Stay tuned for next week's episode of "As the Bird Flips."

[mockingbird812]

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Stay tuned for next week's episode of "As the Bird Flips."

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aka... flip the tape, not the bird

[njsteve]

Enoch came over on Sunday to pull the rear window out so I could clean out the butyl weatherstripping in preparation for bringing the body to him. We used the old, 2-man welding wire method to saw through the rubber seal and then lift out the window.






Here are the latest photos of the body work.

Here's the doors looking very smooth:





And the front bumper/bird beak:







The painted surface of the shaker getting wet sanded away by hand:





Mirror hardware:

[mockingbird812]

Dang Mac, given your current progress, when do you expect to have her completed?

[PeteLeathersac]

"...We used the old, 2-man welding wire method to saw
through the rubber seal and then lift out the window..."

No matter what some good intentioned 'magic tool' bearing experts/friends/helpers may say, this old two man wire method is always the best way to extract original glass in one piece!.
Your pic of the wire wrapped around the screwdrivers looks so familiar and reminds me of all the good times working at the boneyard where in the days before cheap aftermarket glass was available I pulled tons of used w'shlds sucessfully using this method.. Just make sure you or your helper doesn't get rammy and push the glass away from the seal too quickly after cutting it as constant steady pressure will allow it to slowly move away from cut, sticky seals, even in a hot day's sunlight.. It's like removing an old decal as pulling it too quickly and it'll break but constant pressure and it'll slowly come off..

The car is looking great!!!.

~ Pete

[kwhizz]

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Enoch came over on Sunday to pull the rear window out so I could clean out the butyl weatherstripping in preparation for bringing the body to him. We used the old, 2-man welding wire method to saw through the rubber seal and then lift out the window.






Make sure you save the "OLD" Trim Clips........LOL

Ken

[njsteve]

Cleaned up the window channel area this afternoon. All the orginal yellow clips came out unscathed. It didn't take much time, I used a metal gasket scraper and slid it under the butyl bead and it came up in one piece - and this was the original 1972 material, too. No rust underneath, just some flakey red oxide primer and original blackout paint. I then used a rotary wire brush to get any rubber residue out. Just trying to save a few bucks (and hours of Enoch's time) off my bill. I'll see about removing the trunk weatherstripping next. I have to hit the auto parts store tomorrow to see if they have some weatherstrip remover spray to loosen it up.

BTW, gotta love the typical 1970's hacksaw job on the speaker holes. Why the heck didnt people just mount the damn speakers under the panel instead of sawing a gigantic hole through the rear deck to bolt them on the top of the package tray. What were we thinking back then???

[njsteve]

While I was at it, I cleaned the front window channel too...