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Tempest67 · 06-06-2024, 09:21 AM

Another little job, I am planning to use a 'Vintage Air' style of heater, so I decided to make a Blower Motor/Heater Core delete plate to clean up the fire wall.

leegreen · 07-10-2024, 04:42 PM

You are doing a great job saving that wagon and have no reason to be dissing your own metal working skills!

I like the one section at a time approach, it does not end in a shell suspended in a web of cross bracing with no floor at all being sold with the 'all the hard work is done' byline.

By the looks of that body you could switch from floors/frame to driveline and then drive it with exterior bodywork as-is. A reward period to rejuvenate your enthusiasm for continuing.

What are your plans for rust proofing inside those newly rebuilt floor braces ?

Tempest67 · 07-10-2024, 06:00 PM

Thanks for the kind words, but my metal skills will be really tested when I start on those quarter panels.

I did brace the doors when I did the rocker panels, as the X frame has no support there, and the doors still open and close without an issue.

I coated the inside of the braces with that 'stone guard/bedliner' stuff but soon found out it was flammable when welded, so I simply painted them and will follow up with somekind of paint sprayed in with a blow gun.

A Home Reno project and the summer heat has slowed progress lately, but I am looking forward to getting back at it.

Thanks again

**HO455** · 07-10-2024, 06:56 PM

Nice job on your heater delete plate. Did you use a MDF die to form the piece?

Tempest67 · 07-11-2024, 09:25 AM

not sure what an MDF Die is, but I used a cheap Bead Roller with the 'step dies'.

I used the same bead roller to make the beads for the floor pieces, but with the round dies. (tried to duplicate the factory design)

**HO455** · 07-11-2024, 09:59 AM

This guy does a good job of explaining how to use MDF to hammer form pieces. Never having had a bead roller I made a couple little covers in the past using MDF for a die.

https://youtu.be/oPgeZX46QTE?si=MaotjeF6bR9RQ7bR

Tempest67 · 07-11-2024, 12:10 PM

Oh OK, I know what you mean now. Making the wood 'dies' is alot of work, I waited for this cheap bead roller to go on sale ($200?) and it has been useful when needed. (Princess Auto is the Canadian version of Harbor Freight)

I know it is a cheap Chinese tool, but for what I am doing, it works fine.

https://www.princessauto.com/en/18-1...t/PA0008536773

That guy in the video is a VERY talented

06-06-2024, 09:21 AM	#1
Tempest67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Ontario Posts: 827	Re: 1958 Pontiac Wagon Build Another little job, I am planning to use a 'Vintage Air' style of heater, so I decided to make a Blower Motor/Heater Core delete plate to clean up the fire wall. Attached Images __________________ https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=797726&page=3 http://https://67-72chevytrucks.com/...=797726&page=3 51 Chev 5 window on S10 with SBC 1958 Pontiac Wagon build https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=849781

07-10-2024, 04:42 PM	#2
leegreen Registered User Join Date: Mar 2022 Location: Surrey BC Posts: 825	Re: 1958 Pontiac Wagon Build You are doing a great job saving that wagon and have no reason to be dissing your own metal working skills! I like the one section at a time approach, it does not end in a shell suspended in a web of cross bracing with no floor at all being sold with the 'all the hard work is done' byline. By the looks of that body you could switch from floors/frame to driveline and then drive it with exterior bodywork as-is. A reward period to rejuvenate your enthusiasm for continuing. What are your plans for rust proofing inside those newly rebuilt floor braces ?

07-10-2024, 06:00 PM	#3
Tempest67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Ontario Posts: 827	Re: 1958 Pontiac Wagon Build Thanks for the kind words, but my metal skills will be really tested when I start on those quarter panels. I did brace the doors when I did the rocker panels, as the X frame has no support there, and the doors still open and close without an issue. I coated the inside of the braces with that 'stone guard/bedliner' stuff but soon found out it was flammable when welded, so I simply painted them and will follow up with somekind of paint sprayed in with a blow gun. A Home Reno project and the summer heat has slowed progress lately, but I am looking forward to getting back at it. Thanks again __________________ https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=797726&page=3 http://https://67-72chevytrucks.com/...=797726&page=3 51 Chev 5 window on S10 with SBC 1958 Pontiac Wagon build https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=849781

07-10-2024, 06:56 PM	#4
HO455 Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 11,216	Re: 1958 Pontiac Wagon Build Nice job on your heater delete plate. Did you use a MDF die to form the piece? __________________ Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377

07-11-2024, 09:25 AM	#5
Tempest67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Ontario Posts: 827	Re: 1958 Pontiac Wagon Build not sure what an MDF Die is, but I used a cheap Bead Roller with the 'step dies'. I used the same bead roller to make the beads for the floor pieces, but with the round dies. (tried to duplicate the factory design) __________________ https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=797726&page=3 http://https://67-72chevytrucks.com/...=797726&page=3 51 Chev 5 window on S10 with SBC 1958 Pontiac Wagon build https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=849781

07-11-2024, 09:59 AM	#6
HO455 Post Whore Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: Portland Oregon Posts: 11,216	Re: 1958 Pontiac Wagon Build This guy does a good job of explaining how to use MDF to hammer form pieces. Never having had a bead roller I made a couple little covers in the past using MDF for a die. https://youtu.be/oPgeZX46QTE?si=MaotjeF6bR9RQ7bR __________________ Thanks to Bob and Jeanie and everyone else at Superior Performance for all their great help. RIP Bob Parks. 1967 Burban (the WMB),1988 S10 Blazer (the Stink10 II),1969 GTO (the Goat), 1970 Javelin, 1952 F2 Ford OHC six 4X4, 29 Model A, 72 Firebird (the DBP Bird). 85 Alfa Romeo If it breaks I didn't want it in the first place The WMB repair thread http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=698377

07-11-2024, 12:10 PM	#7
Tempest67 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: Ontario Posts: 827	Re: 1958 Pontiac Wagon Build Oh OK, I know what you mean now. Making the wood 'dies' is alot of work, I waited for this cheap bead roller to go on sale ($200?) and it has been useful when needed. (Princess Auto is the Canadian version of Harbor Freight) I know it is a cheap Chinese tool, but for what I am doing, it works fine. https://www.princessauto.com/en/18-1...t/PA0008536773 That guy in the video is a VERY talented __________________ https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...=797726&page=3 http://https://67-72chevytrucks.com/...=797726&page=3 51 Chev 5 window on S10 with SBC 1958 Pontiac Wagon build https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=849781



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