Rocker Panel Replacement...And Beyond

petew · 2013-12-21 13:10

Thank you Rich. Body shop is moving along nicely, I selected them because they do good work in a timely fashion. They said I should have it back in Feb or early March which is ok by me. Gives me a chance to chip away at all of the other parts that need attention.

BWhitmore · 2013-12-21 15:01

Beautiful engine. I am sure the car will turn out with the same quality. Happy Holidays everyone.

petew · 2014-01-01 11:14

In the process of blasting the front suspension parts and noticed the casting dates on the front brake drums. Left and right were made within 5 days of each other two months before the car was built. I can't believe that these could be the original drums. Could be a coincidence and the original ones got replaced with these I guess.

gasman826 · 2014-01-02 08:37

Owners must have taken care of their car. Drums had enough meat in them to last several sets of shoes...not like todays junk that needs replacement before the pads wear out!

RICH MUISE · 2014-01-02 09:10

or...pads have gotten better.

Jeff Norwell · 2014-01-02 09:10

Great work Pete. Love the detail.It's going to be stellar.

petew · 2014-01-02 11:11

Thanks Jeff, it's a lot of fun just picking at it and discovering all of these little things that indicate the cars past.

Ford Blue blood · 2014-01-02 18:31

I too love the "exploring" while cleaning and reconditioning....my Edsel build sheet was found, first build sheet I ever found in one piece.

petew · 2014-01-03 10:24

Now that is cool...

petew · 2014-01-08 17:31

Well the rear axle and center section are disassembled and mostly cleaned up. Parts are on order and tomorrow I will be steam cleaning the axle housing which should be a mess of flying oil !

petew · 2014-02-08 08:36

Slowly working through the pile of parts and going through each component. These cars were built like trucks, very little plastic and lots of iron.

petew · 2014-02-08 08:39

A few more pictures..

BWhitmore · 2014-02-08 09:34

First Class Work! Looks Great.

petew · 2014-02-08 10:26

Thank you sir, I'm into the steering column now. What an interesting engineering marvel it is with all of the manual transmission shifting linkage.

Ford Blue blood · 2014-02-08 13:50

Very nice! It all looks brand new!

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Rocker Panel Replacement...And Beyond