Danny Boy is BAACK! w/ '55 Big Window

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by hopped up

this place looks real good dan! i think im gonna have to try it out this weekend
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Yeah, give it a shot. Maybe coordinate your visit with when a good game is on cause they'll got two flat screens inside and a couple on the covered patio too. Their shakes are crazy food but SO chocolatey I have th make mine with vanilla ice cream or I think I'd go into a diabetic coma! Enjoy.
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[Dan in Pasadena]

Today's activities:



Out with my old, pecky fender emblems and in with the nice-but-not-perfect ones I bought off CL for $100. The V8 emblems are reproductions and I mounted them based on a Factory Assy. Manual diagram Ogre posted, thanks ,Ogre!

Then I began working on my seat replacement. Factory seat was held in with only two bolts total! I also found out the gas tank hold down straps are not connected in the front at all - DOH!

"New-to-me-seat" - It had some 4" long mounting studs rusted solid under it - what a PITA. Gibbs oil, double nutting & a long box end wrench cured that. I was lucky not to snap them though.

Under the seat I found THIS:


This whole sliding mechanism unbolts so I'm debating if I should have it sandblasted? I decided to spray it w/ Ospho and leave it overnight to see if I kill the rust. If I do I will spray with Rustoleum's rust arrester and leave it. Opinions?

[Dan in Pasadena]

Ha ha, an Aussie jonesing for fajitas and Coronas makes me laugh for some reason. But you PICKED a good combo to like.

(This'll piss off some people) Come on over to California and get some REAL Mexican food, lol. We've got some great places I could show you in East L.A. that will stay in your memory forever!

[fabguy]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Ha ha, an Aussie jonesing for fajitas and Coronas makes me laugh for some reason. But you PICKED a good combo to like.

(This'll piss off some people) Come on over to California and get some REAL Mexican food, lol. We've got some great places I could show you in East L.A. that will stay in your memory forever!

Oh yeah, like Manny's, El Tepeyac. Just to name a couple

Oh man I am getting hungry again just thinking about it.

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[Red Foreman]

Ah ya see, thats what I'm talking about, the last time I tried Mexican here in Melbourne the chef was Irish and I have a feeling he was making it up as he was went along
Damn I miss Fajitas!....Oh btw Corona's made it here back in 1990. If only someone was smart enough to poach a couple of Mexican cooks, hey there's a business idea right there

Sorry for getting off topic Dan's truck, my best work is never done when I'm hungry.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Mike, Did you hear that Manny died? Pretty sad but he was a classic. A guy I work with grew up near El Tepeyac and started working there sweeping up at age 15. He's over 60 now and when we'd go there Manny always treated us special, wanted to pour us shots of tequila!
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[Dan in Pasadena]

Scored this split bench seat off Craigslist today:



Notice the cool ass seat bottom sheet metal aprons included with the buy below:


It's from a '53 Ford Crestliner car and was newly reupholstered when the seller bought the car "...5-6 years ago". He replaced this seat with some bucket seats. I saw the car and it was a nice in-process project.

1. It was CHEAP! Only $100!
2. This seat will let me access behind my seat after I move the gas tank.
3. It's pristine, no tears, splits, nothing.
4. I had wanted to do my seat in cloth. I was considering red/burgundy.
5. Last? Those seat aprons will be a great touch when they're painted or chromed.

Detail shot. The piping is sort of silver:

[Rude Dude]

Great score Dan it will look good in the truck!

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Scored this split bench seat off Craigslist today:



Notice the cool ass seat bottom sheet metal aprons included with the buy below:


It's from a '53 Ford Crestliner car and was newly reupholstered when the seller bought the car "...5-6 years ago". He replaced this seat with some bucket seats. I saw the car and it was a nice in-process project.

1. It was CHEAP! Only $100!
2. This seat will let me access behind my seat after I move the gas tank.
3. It's pristine, no tears, splits, nothing.
4. I had wanted to do my seat in cloth. I was considering red/burgundy.
5. Last? Those seat aprons will be a great touch when they're painted or chromed.

Detail shot. The piping is sort of silver:

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks Rudy!
Yeah I thought it was a steal at $100. There was another one on Craigslist I liked even more in two tone red & white vinyl but the seller was asking $600! No way I was going for that. I can have my stock seat redone for less than that, but NOT for $100.
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[Baldeagle SR]

Great score. I am still looking for a seat for mine.
Rich
my build http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=576185

[Dan in Pasadena]

Originally Posted by Baldeagle SR

Great score. I am still looking for a seat for mine.
Rich

They're out there Rich. Hell, MINE will be out there soon enough. This seat came out of a Ford car and one of the aprons has the small riveted-in plate that says something like "Crest by by Ford" or some such. That's gotta go.

I went looking for a "Body by Fisher" plate on eBay last night but there weren't any the right size. They're oval and the Ford one is 7/8"x2-1/2" rectangular. I'll find something to put in there.
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[Kim57]

That's a real nice seat.
Kim

[Daze57]

very nice seat - good find!!!

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks guys.

I'm happy with it...for now. I may have a different opiio once I try to bolt it down and have to fabricate something to make it work!

[Number 9]

Good score.

[Russell Ashley]

Dan, the emblems look good, and I think you scored big on that seat. I would have probably done the same thing you did about the rust. Wire brush it, Ospho it. and paint it. If there's any pits that would be visible you might think about using a texture paint to paint it. Rustoleum has a good selection of rattle can texture paints.

[mknittle]

Originally Posted by Russell Ashley

Dan, the emblems look good, and I think you scored big on that seat. I would have probably done the same thing you did about the rust. Wire brush it, Ospho it. and paint it. If there's any pits that would be visible you might think about using a texture paint to paint it. Rustoleum has a good selection of rattle can texture paints.

I like the Rustoleum hammered paints a lot for rattle can paints. The black is my favorite it comes out a dark grey with Just a hint of gold metallic. Take extra time to mix (shake) though as the texture won't come out right if you don't.

[Dan in Pasadena]

Thanks Russ. Nah, none of the seat "guts" will show so I'm not concerned at all about appearance. I just don't like rust chewing on my "baby"!

It has those cool (to me) sheet metal aprons that hide the mounts - especially nice on a truck since we step up into them rather than how a car is low. I've gotta paint those and I'm currently thinking burgundy to match, though chrome or powdercoat chrome is possible. Opinions welcome.
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[Dan in Pasadena]

Oh, missed your post Mark. Yes, I've had real good luck with Rustoleum hammered paints. Especially their brush on type. I've got a big structural steel frame in my garage I painted with their silver using a little $2 foam roller. Came out great in my opinion. I even have some left...hmmm....
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[Kim57]

Emblems look real nice.
I used the Rustoleum Hammered black on my frame.
I'm real happy with how it turned out and it's easy to touch up.
Kim

[Dan in Pasadena]

Kim,
Was that the spray or the brush on?

My experience:
I used their black on my workbench awhile ago. I wanted 2 coats and because the label says you have to apply a 2nd coat within "X" hours or wait like 7 days (!) I screwed up and had to wait the full week - UGH.
It was nice after one coat but with two it is ROCK hard! I'm really pleased with it.

When I finished the 1st coat on the bench I had a roller full of paint and walked over to my truck and rolled the top flange of the frame. No prep, I didn't even blow off the minor dust, nothing. Since then it has sat outdoors exposed to the sun for months and that stuff looks as good as the day I did it. I'm a believer in it. It'll be on my frame for certain.

PS: I once bought some parts off a guy that used multiple coats of their black hammered rattle can stuff on his '46 frame. I asked him who did the powder coating? It looked THAT good.

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Kim,
Was that the spray or the brush on?

My experience:
I used their black on my workbench awhile ago. I wanted 2 coats and because the label says you have to apply a 2nd coat within "X" hours or wait like 7 days (!) I screwed up and had to wait the full week - UGH.
It was nice after one coat but with two it is ROCK hard! I'm really pleased with it.

When I finished the 1st coat on the bench I had a roller full of paint and walked over to my truck and rolled the top flange of the frame. No prep, I didn't even blow off the minor dust, nothing. Since then it has sat outdoors exposed to the sun for months and that stuff looks as good as the day I did it. I'm a believer in it. It'll be on my frame for certain.

PS: I once bought some parts off a guy that used multiple coats of their black hammered rattle can stuff on his '46 frame. I asked him who did the powder coating? It looked THAT good.

I brushed it on and waited the 7 days in between coats just to be safe.
One of my neighbors thought it was powder coated until I told him what it was.
It's been on for a while now and seems to be holding up just fine.
The black dries as a dark grey.
Kim

[Dan in Pasadena]

Good that you have had the same experience. Makes me more confident mine wasn't unusual so I'll feel confident to use it on the frame. Did you clean your metal well & prime? As I said, I did ZERO prep and its hanging on perfectly.
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[rgunlock]

Dan, I used rattle-can hammered black on a frame that I was going to use for my 59 over 1 1/2 years ago. It's been sitting exposed in Houston humidity and weather for almost that entire time and is still looking pretty good. The only rust I've noticed is from bolts I stuck back in it that weren't painted. I'll try to get a couple pictures in daylight tomorrow of it. I'm impressed enough with it that I also rattle-canned my current 78 project's frame and a lot of other parts.

[Kim57]

Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena

Good that you have had the same experience. Makes me more confident mine wasn't unusual so I'll feel confident to use it on the frame. Did you clean your metal well & prime? As I said, I did ZERO prep and its hanging on perfectly.
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I wire wheeled as much of the rust I could get off and brushed on the paint over rust Rustoleum primer. It went on nice and smooth.
Kim