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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Looks like it never even rusted out
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
And the next day final welding of the last patch, and now it's off to pound dents.
![]() Plus, I picked up some pipe to make myself a Pipe Anvil, something I wish I had when I built the Lethal Locost and the Fiendish Firefly. Video on the fabrication to come. ![]()
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
I haven't looked in for while so I got caught up on your build. You are doing some real nice rust repair. You've got some skills and you're not afraid to use them.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Thanks!
I'm really just cheap, stubborn, fiercely independent, but mostly cheap. "Skill Acquisition" and "Skill Mastery" are important to me. I'm getting there.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Pipe anvil made:
I wish I had one of these five project cars ago. ![]()
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Coming home from work I was inspired to get some more done on the fenders. Blasted specific areas of repair, and cut out some more rust in anticipation of patches.
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I was going to put wheels on one end so it's easy to move around, but through a comedy of measurement that didn't happen. I may still do it, though.
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Three patches here. Left side inner and outer, leading edge inner, and right side inner and outer. There was some bubblies in there that the blaster couldn't get at, but the needle-scaler attachment on the air hammer took care of that AND created some holes. Combination of MIG and TIG. Shrinking disc took care of oil canning nicely. Now to pound out all the dents in this fender.
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that is really awesome job!!
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Mostly yard work today, and trying to chase down a decent used mower.
I did get the passenger fender flange components sprayed in epoxy in anticipation of welding together. That's about it.
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Picked a nice mower from a guy who fixes them up and sells them out of his home. He took my knackered one in for a bit of a trade-in.
Mowed the lawn, of course, just to make sure it worked. Pretty much finished pounding all the dents out of the driver's fender. Not "zero-filler" perfect, but certainly "wee-skim-of-filler" or "thick coat of high-build" good. ![]()
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When you get down to the final few low spots that need to come out, you'll wish you had one of these. Took me an hour and a half to make.
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Used the bullseye pick today. Sweet tool. Y'all should build one. So much easier than blind braille and trying to hit the right place that you can't see.
With that, the driver's fender is ready for blast and primer. I'll peck the passenger fender tomorrow, after I weld the flange reinforcement on. Then that fender will be done.
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Re: SkinnyG's '61 Apache
Not sure what I like more on your thread Skinny, the body work or the tools!
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Another patch I neglected to do, now done:
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Bed sides.
There is quite a bit of corrosion where the fenders mounted (and subsequently rusted the fender flanges). I'm curious if the bed was assembled bare and then primed and painted, or primed first. Nevertheless, they will be epoxy primed at a minimum when I'm done. Left side with no patches: ![]() ![]() Right side with patches, all TIG welded so as to be very malleable: ![]() ![]() ![]()
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And for a little break, I CNC Plasma-cut a gauge mount for the air ride. I -think- I'd like to mount it here, but I will likely finish the edge such that I don't sever my leg in a collision.
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I don't guess they'd fit behind that ash tray lid, huh?
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I looked at the ashtray deal - I honestly prefer them there. It looks like I could fit them if I gut the slider thingies behind the dash and fabricate some sort of mount. I'll try and find the ashtray door in my boxes and see what I can do.
Both sides are patched. Now to make them flat. ![]() ![]() Also fabricated an adapter to use the air brush I bought in about 1981 so SkinnyKid1 could do this: ![]() ![]() I wasn't sure what this is - must be some kind of trailer brake balance adjuster? ![]() Then I was starting to get O Hungry and irritable, so I came in for some tea.
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I know a guy who said that as he was looking at a V8 engine and a Pontiac Firefly.
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