MP&C Shop Projects

[Divcod]

Now if I could get them done in a week's episode...



Stopped by John's shop today, he had dropped off the front fenders to his painter after the Macungie show for media blasting and a epoxy primer to protect them until we can get the hood resolved. Then he'll get all the new parts painted blue at one time...


Here's the newly installed fenders with an epoxy finish..

Robert, The fenders turned out great. Finish of the epoxy on the fenders and when you paint are smoother and higher gloss than I am able to achieve. What size of nozzle and air pressure are you using?

Changed the paint line fittings to high flow as been told standard fitting increase air velocity resulting in decreased atomization. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[MP&C]

Dave, I didn't spray the fenders so I don't know what he used on those. For the times I spayed it I've used both a 1.4 and a 1.7 with air pressure up there, a bit over 80 psi. Can't remember for sure but check the SPI forum to be sure...

 

[Divcod]

Robert,
Dryer pressure 80psi, gun pressure 30psi and 1.4 based on web information. Guess next time will increase the gun pressure. Also sent a text to SPI for a recommendation.

 

[jbmatth]

Robert,
As so many others have said in the past I would like to thank you for sharing all that you do with us. I've just finished reading the thread and will undoubtedly have to reread when I get closer to the body work on my '57 Chevy which will probably be a few years off. I'll tag along until then.
JB

 

[MP&C]

Glad to help JB. Yeah, all the issues I ran across in the 55 should be there in a 57 also.

 

[MP&C]

More work on the seat back, a test bend to see how well it matches our corner....

Then to bend the radius on a piece of 19 gauge for the full width...

Then to bend down a flange to "hook" the frame....

The metal is thinned at the bend line using a tipping die to give us a more crisp bend...

Bent at 90* in the magnetic brake..

Next we slotted the panel for our 10" bass speaker. This should let out the sound but still support our upholstery material for a more subtle look..

Then the bottom flange is also thinned at the bend and bent on the magnetic brake..

.....and our test fit into the car...

 

[RivennHewn]

I was the youngest kid growing up. I always hated the center seat.

I'm thinking it was because it didn't have a big *** speaker in the middle

 

[racer-john]

Rob, nice work as usual but no pictures. on firefox.
Trotted over to Chrome and they were there.

 

[shortykorte]

Built in speaker grill, wow! This rear seat is going to be awesome when done.


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[Bob Heine]

Robert, that subwoofer is going to make a nice back massager for the rear seat passengers.

 

[MP&C]

Thanks for the comments guys. Definitely should have some built in massage therapy going on!

Rob, nice work as usual but no pictures. on firefox.
Trotted over to Chrome and they were there.

My photobucket premium membership renews the end of August, so enjoy them while they last. Annual payment for the past few years was $25 per year to avoid ads, with plenty of hosting space. I just can't see me going from 25 one year to 400 the next just to meet the new requirements to accommodate third party hosting. I post on multiple sites, so third party hosting is easiest for cut and paste to the multiple locations.


The new owners of the company need a bunk next to Martin Shkreli in a nice padded cell. I find it "curious" that their album download functionality seemed to stop operating in the same time frame that the extortion letters went out to all the "free" hosted members. If they'd like to renegotiate something here, I fully realize and understand increases in costs will occur, but what they are doing is nothing short of extortion, and I'll not bow down to it.. So all of my threads may be starting over from "tomorrow".. whatever day that may be.

 

[J Persons]

I was a long time premium PB user, since 2004. but do to PB's greed switched to www.imageshack.com The uploads are much faster, about 3 seconds from start to finish for a drag and drop upload, and they are only $18 per year with the first month free. and no adds that I have noticed. Their whole intent is 3d party hosting.

There may be a work around for Photobucket. Copy and paste the photos address from the thumbnail. Then change the

 

[zmotorsports]

Amazing job on the seat back Robert. Great work as usual.

Mike

 

[larry4406]

Thanks for the comments guys. Definitely should have some built in massage therapy going on!





My photobucket premium membership renews the end of August, so enjoy them while they last. Annual payment for the past few years was $25 per year to avoid ads, with plenty of hosting space. I just can't see me going from 25 one year to 400 the next just to meet the new requirements to accommodate third party hosting. I post on multiple sites, so third party hosting is easiest for cut and paste to the multiple locations.


The new owners of the company need a bunk next to Martin Shkreli in a nice padded cell. I find it "curious" that their album download functionality seemed to stop operating in the same time frame that the extortion letters went out to all the "free" hosted members. If they'd like to renegotiate something here, I fully realize and understand increases in costs will occur, but what they are doing is nothing short of extortion, and I'll not bow down to it.. So all of my threads may be starting over from "tomorrow".. whatever day that may be.

I hope this thread does not vaporize at the end of this month due to Photobucket Greed! It's akin to burning a library. I will have to go back to the beginning and save details for later.

 

[JoelReeves]

a tragedy, fixing 123 pages of broken image links is not a task for hand editing.

Something with a little more horsepower is required. You may want to talk with the administrators of this site to see if they can help automate the editing of the posts when you find a new home for the pictures.

Maybe something like the Internet Time Machine can **** up a snapshot of the thread and all of the pictures as of August 2017 for educational purposes. Its worth exploring.

 

[Ohmthis]

Robert, great work as always! I'm bummed to think that all of the pictures to the thread may be gone soon. I've really enjoyed watching and learning here.

 

[MP&C]

I have all/most of the pictures saved elsewhere. Its mainly the headache of fixing all the broken links..



Today was paint day for the remaining bus parts. One hood, three rear skirts, and attaching hardware.. After a sealer coat of SPI Epoxy..

And our yellow...

We'll let these cure a bit and get 580 put back together this weekend..

 

[dchance]

Robert I have enjoyed all that you have posted and look at the thread as a learning tool. To bad the links may go away but glad that you warned us.

Dwight

 

[SteveH-CO]

Nice work on the bus hood!

Let me re-quote (as best I recall) an earlier phrase in this thread: 'having you fix a vehicle is like having Moses come to your Sunday school class to give a presentation on the 10 Commandments'.

 

[JoelReeves]

I found this "simple rust repair" on a Porsche 964 that ballooned into something major on Youtube

Trailer

Ep #1 Rust Removal

Ep #2 Roof Removal https://youtu.be/3WW7Ol0g078

Ep #3 Strip Paint

Ep #4 to come

Ep #5 to come

 

[racer-john]

Anyone else having trouble with YouTube videos?
Can't view any of the above.

 

[MP&C]

The videos showed for me. Some of the fabrication and repair work looked a little hackish for what appears to be a pro shop.



Today the hood was reinstalled, all the bits bolted back together, and the rear skirt replaced..

All together and ready for pick up tomorrow..

 

[jimkinney]

Just in time to take the kids back to school. Most schools around here started last week with the rest this week. Oh boy!

Great work as always.

 

[petermanbmw]

My photobucket premium membership renews the end of August, so enjoy them while they last.

I have been stalking this thread for about a year now and I will reiterate what everyone has said, already - Robert, you are incredibly talented and your work is phenomenal.
I spent a little time and was able to create 7 pdf's of the entire thread. I couldn't bare the thought of all this information over all these years be lost. The pdfs have pictures and have retained all the links as well - which I was surprised about.
All 7 pdfs come out to about 620 MBs so they can't be emailed.
If someone has a public server they would like to host them on, I would be more than happy to put them there for everyone to download.

Thanks again for all the wonderful details, Robert!

Pete

 

[MP&C]

Thanks Pete. I may need to do the same to have a pattern for the "thread rebuilding"

 

[don long]

I lost several of my photos too
It upset me so much that I almost walked away from posting anymore, but I found flickr and after a few hours figured it out and can post pic's again.

I too enjoy your work Robert

Don

 

[MP&C]

Thanks Don!


Well last night found us carpenterin.... using some 3/4 MDF and some construction adhesive...

The amp will get mounted on the access cover.

 

[surpdlr]

I have been stalking this thread for about a year now and I will reiterate what everyone has said, already - Robert, you are incredibly talented and your work is phenomenal.
I spent a little time and was able to create 7 pdf's of the entire thread. I couldn't bare the thought of all this information over all these years be lost. The pdfs have pictures and have retained all the links as well - which I was surprised about.
All 7 pdfs come out to about 620 MBs so they can't be emailed.
If someone has a public server they would like to host them on, I would be more than happy to put them there for everyone to download.

Thanks again for all the wonderful details, Robert!

Pete

I can host the PDF on my web site if you would like. PM me if you want.

 

[jbmatth]

Robert,
The sub box looks first class, I have built a few dozen in my life and really enjoy a well rounded stereo system in my vehicles. I look forward to seeing how you finish it off.

I would love to have the thread PDF's linked so I can more easily reference them in the future. Thank you Surpdlr for doing that.

JB

 

[stsmytherie]

RE photo hosting, Flickr Pro worked fine for me for a long time. I'm wary of parent Yahoo getting hacked so frequently and closed all of my Yahoo-related stuff, but that problem could be addressed by providing only the minimum identifying information and using unique user name and password, which everyone should be doing anyway. (I recommend 1Password.)

In reality I could have stuck with Flickr and been totally happy, ignoring the Yahoo shenanigans.

Paid for a mid-tier smugmug account and am happy so far. I don't mind paying for hosting; sysadmins gotta eat, too.

Now back to the awesome fab work...

 

[MP&C]

Got the drivers corner for the rear seat back tig welded in place and flange folded. Now for the passenger side.

On a side note, officially gave Photobucket the boot as my subscription expired last Friday. Robert isn't paying their extortion fees. Surprised the pictures are still showing...

 

[larry4406]

On a side note, officially gave Photobucket the boot as my subscription expired last Friday. Robert isn't paying their extortion fees. Surprised the pictures are still showing...

Thanks for the reminder Robert - I just printed all 25 pages to pdf's! Files are quite large, but too much info to loose.

 

[JoelReeves]

FYI: this auction showed up on my Facebook timeline, some metal working tools

http://rasmuscatalog.com/cgi-bin/mmlist.cgi?rasmus1512/category/ALL

 

[BUGTHUG]

FYI: this auction showed up on my Facebook timeline, some metal working tools

http://rasmuscatalog.com/cgi-bin/mmlist.cgi?rasmus1512/category/ALL

where is that stuff located?

 

[MP&C]

I believe that is in Garland TX.

 

[MP&C]

Got a message last night from a buddy whose father is a retired body man. His dad wanted to sell some of his tools, and I was glad to give them a new lease on life. Picked these up this evening. A bumper puller, body hammers, dollys, vise grips, rivet kit, and even a Herbrand VL-540 valve lifter.




Started cleaning up some of the hammer faces....




And ground the leading edge of the ball peen hammer for flattening tucks for shrinking.

 

[shortykorte]

Looks like a nice set of tools. I can't wait to see you use the bumper puller on today's cars. Lol. What is the hammer with the really long handle? And with the mod ball peen, do you hammer the tuck inline with the tuck or perpendicular? I assume inline, working from inside to outer edge.


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[MP&C]

Looks like a nice set of tools. I can't wait to see you use the bumper puller on today's cars. Lol. What is the hammer with the really long handle? And with the mod ball peen, do you hammer the tuck inline with the tuck or perpendicular? I assume inline, working from inside to outer edge.

Long hammer is called a pecker, it gets used similar to a bullseye pick in that it's used for knocking out dings, in a more "manual" fashion. Just have to be accurate with your hammer taps..

The tuck shrinking hammer is used in line with the "backbone". I have seen them used either way, from outside the tuck or vice versa, but inline. Some prefer to capture the end (opening) and progress inward, some prefer to start at the transition...

 

[joeswamp]

Started cleaning up some of the hammer faces....

Wow that's impressive -- what's your technique for restoring the faces?

 

[MP&C]

I'll start with a Roloc sanding disc about 120 grit but ONLY IF there are dings. Otherwise straight to the Roloc scotchbrite pads, brown, red, blue. Then I progress through the 4 buffing wheels that I use on stainless trim. (Have two stands).