[keithyboy]

After months of virtual inactivity and failure to update me I'm chased for the paint two days after I ordered it in front if them on my phone! :lol:

It'll be delivered mid week next week and we should be having primer on it by Wednesday

Have you got a plan for getting it home other than the pallet and the fork lift?

 

[MarkiT]

Good to see things moving forward Jim!

 

[73GTVJim]

Have you got a plan for getting it home other than the pallet and the fork lift?

Erm...not really

 

[73GTVJim]

Suggestions?

 

[keithyboy]

Hire some sort of beavertail/dropside arrangement? I think you can drive up to 7.5 tons on a car license and the the bare shell can't weigh more than 5-600 kg so you shouldn't need a monster.

 

[73GTVJim]

Something with a winch? How many ratchet straps do you have?

 

[keithyboy]

Something with a winch? How many ratchet straps do you have?

Two but they are only little ones. I'd want 2" ones minimum for a car body. They are dirt cheap anyway.

If you got a beavertail with a winch you wouldn't need the fork lift.

 

[GhostyDog]

Are they doing the body only Jim and you're putting it back together?

 

[73GTVJim]

Are they doing the body only Jim and you're putting it back together?

Yes and yes

 

[GhostyDog]

Yes and yes

Sounds fun, if you need an extra pair of hands don't hesitate to ask

 

[73GTVJim]

Sounds fun, if you need an extra pair of hands don't hesitate to ask

And a challenge! Thanks, all help is welcome. It may help you with understanding how yours goes together too. I'm hoping to attack specific jobs on various weekends and will be inviting helpers accordingly!

Next plan is more sociable. A welcome home breakfast bacon butty and brew "mini meet" like we did a few years ago assessing work might be quite nice.

 

[73GTVJim]

Two but they are only little ones. I'd want 2" ones minimum for a car body. They are dirt cheap anyway.

If you got a beavertail with a winch you wouldn't need the fork lift.

I didn't know they were called beaver tail but I was thinking along those lines with a winch equipped proper truck rather than the fork lift affair. Just possibly needing care with overhangs off the dolly as it comes down.

 

[GhostyDog]

Hi jim sounds awesome, have you got something like this to stick the shell on?

Rollover Jigs by Handling Solutions

 

[73GTVJim]

Sean, no. I don't think there'd be enough height clearance in my garage anyway.

I had this made up though to keep it off the ground until suspension and wheels go on.

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[keithyboy]

I think rollers are more for restoring bodyshells to be honest. It gives you easy access to the floor so you avoid setting yourself on fire whilst welding. Trying to put an axle on a car at 90 degrees to where it's supposed to be would need at least 3 people.

My only concern about the trolley is how to get the car off it once the suspension is on but you'll figure that out.

 

[GhostyDog]

I think rollers are more for restoring bodyshells to be honest. It gives you easy access to the floor so you avoid setting yourself on fire whilst welding. Trying to put an axle on a car at 90 degrees to where it's supposed to be would need at least 3 people.

My only concern about the trolley is how to get the car off it once the suspension is on but you'll figure that out.

Fair enough, they also have axle dollys on that site, any use?

 

[73GTVJim]

I guess a pair of jacks and high stands, pull out the dolly, lower car? Height for the jacks may present a problem but I thought a block or paving slabs might do then gradually lower back down.

 

[73GTVJim]

Fair enough, they also have axle dollys on that site, any use?

It's a lot of money to move it about a small garage Sean. It wouldn't especially help with lifting it into place as far as I can see.

 

[keithyboy]

What you've had made will do the job just as well.

 

[73GTVJim]

I watched another couple those Vintage Customs pieces on You Tube and picked up some useful tips again. I'd never have known that you need a special black caulk on the back of the stainless trim to prevent corrosive reaction. Or to start refitting from the back working forward.

There's a thick enamel type paint used about 3" wide along the interior panels at the base of the front and rear screens. Condensation pools here. Many restorations don't do it and it rots again after a while.