Awesome, John - congrats! Your car would have been People’s Choice, if the usual crowd of 300 showed up.
Dan
Yes John, it’s beautiful and the cars looks and your hard work deserve the award. Next year l want two tee shirts, ex. Large. Let me know the cost.
Dick
Lookin Good John, 11,000 Wow. A far cry from what it started and has ended. Speaking of ending *********** Dick so sorry to flip the calendar to November. (Mr. October) Mark
Mark - Just cut the picture out and tape it to November.
Dick
See?!! Dick has an engineering solution for everything.
I just cut and paste. I am not an engineer but I agree your Fury looks awesome!
Thanks alla’yall, it’s amazing what a little makeup will do!
Dick
John, tell me more about how you did this. Mine’s not damaged, but I’d like to remove it, rustproof and get it painted separately. Did you remove the heads of the spot welds from the rear of the car forward, or from the front of the car rearwards? Can you provide a pic of the burr bit you used?
Thanks
Dan
Dan - When l restored Charlene that rear splash piece was toast, l cut it off with a body knife. I got a replacement from John Fowlie, drilled holes where the spot welds were and bolted it to the body with 10/24 or 10/32 x 1/2" hex head cap screws sourced from Ace Hdwe. A body knife is a piece of hardened Steele approx, 1-1/4" x 14" designed to cut spot welds along a seam when struck with a 4 lb. Maul.
Dick.
Hmmm… My rear splash is in very good shape. I think it likely that I will bang it up if I smack the spot welds with a body knife. Is it worth it? Perhaps I should just let it be.
Let it be, let it be, let it beee, let it bee!
Thank you very much,
Dick.
Boy; Dick sure knows how to “whisper words of wisdom” Mark
Yeah. And the nod to Elvis at the end was a nice touch, doncha think?
What a remarkable project - too important to be lost to PhotoBucket’s clutches. And so I’ve downloaded the pictures from there, and uploaded here, in place. Hopefully I’ve done no damage to John’s wonderful narrative. Please call out any inconsistencies or omissions.
Enjoy!
Dan
Thanks for going through the effort to do this, Dan!!
—Joihn
You are welcome, John. Such a wonderful story - I’d be remiss if I hadn’t!
That’s pretty cool, Dan!!
Thanks for sharing this!
—John