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06-06-2024, 09:21 AM | #1 |
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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.
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07-10-2024, 04:42 PM | #2 |
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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 |
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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
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07-10-2024, 06:56 PM | #4 |
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Re: 1958 Pontiac Wagon Build
Nice job on your heater delete plate. Did you use a MDF die to form the piece?
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07-11-2024, 09:25 AM | #5 |
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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)
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07-11-2024, 09:59 AM | #6 |
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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
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07-11-2024, 12:10 PM | #7 |
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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
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