Jans 53

[joedoh]

haha gorgeous!

I had a BMW friend who was married, he had some scheel seats in the living room and a M10 head with dual webers on the kitchen table. outside the driveway and back yard were FULL of projects. his wife didnt mind at all.

she lived one street over in her own place. he tried to fill up the driveway there with projects though and she had them towed to his place

edit: he is still at it. there are probably 10 cars in the back yard, and every bmw in the picture is his, from the blue one on the right to the green one on the extreme left and all up the driveway (the mini is built by BMW too)

[NorCalGal]

I am guilty of rebuilding a manual transmission on my kitchen island once (I did put plywood underneath to protect the tile). It was warmer and the lighting was way better than the garage.

[olcarguy]

Your truck is looking good Jan, soon to be driving down the road.

[Jemezcrusher]

Originally Posted by NorCalGal

Plugging along in the undercoating world. Last of the fenders done today, still have a lots of little painting projects to do on some brackets and core support. Thankfully the weather here is cooperating so far.

I used bed liner inside the fenders, under the cab, and also coated the running boards. I hope to drive my 50 regularly and don’t want to worry too much about rocks flying.

Should help reduce some road noise too

[reaper71]

You've done some really nice work Jan!


Mark

[NorCalGal]

Spent the day rebuilding my hinges. Think I’m going put a little blob of weld on the side of the pin after I cut and taper the end so it can’t ever back out while in the truck

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by NorCalGal

Spent the day rebuilding my hinges. Think I’m going put a little blob of weld on the side of the pin after I cut and taper the end so it can’t ever back out while in the truck

I need to rebuild my hinges as well....I'm thinking of out outsourcing that task. Was it as much of a pain as most people say it is?

Marc

[8man]

Where are the cover plates? I know you have them.

Keep it going!

[NorCalGal]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

I need to rebuild my hinges as well....I'm thinking of out outsourcing that task. Was it as much of a pain as most people say it is?

Marc

Not bad at all, had to heat up the the hinges to knock out the pins, welded up the door spring holes and redrilled them to 15/64 then drilled out the hinge pins to 11/32 lubed with some never seize.

[NorCalGal]

Originally Posted by 8man

Where are the cover plates? I know you have them.

Keep it going!

Yes Robert I saved myself a set. I think I’m going to drill my holes in the hinge and plug weld the plates on from the rear of the hinges

[youngrodder]

Originally Posted by NorCalGal

Not bad at all, had to heat up the the hinges to knock out the pins, welded up the door spring holes and redrilled them to 15/64 then drilled out the hinge pins to 11/32 lubed with some never seize.

Why are you not using the springs (cause the repop springs easily break)? The cover plates are a great idea. That is what is screwed up on most OE hinges. Who was reproducing them?

Thanks
Marc

[NorCalGal]

Originally Posted by youngrodder

Why are you not using the springs (cause the repop springs easily break)? The cover plates are a great idea. That is what is screwed up on most OE hinges. Who was reproducing them?

Thanks
Marc

I’m using the springs but the spring holes on the hinge are worn out so I welded them shut and redrilled the holes with 15/64 so their nice and tight.
I made a form and stamped me and 8man a set. Since then I saw that the filling station has them.

[joedoh]

beautiful work. you spend more time perfecting hinges than I do on most anything, there is something to be said for that kind of attention to detail! KUDOS!

[NorCalGal]

Originally Posted by 8man

Where are the cover plates? I know you have them.

Keep it going!

Here you go Robert

[8man]

Those look great! Wish I'd thought to weld them from the back.

[oldman3]

Very nice...Jim

[olcarguy]

nice is right....

[NorCalGal]

Sprayed a satin UreKem test color this weekend on an old fender I had laying around. It sprayed out great but not sure if I like it or not, thinking into the future I’m afraid it will fade over time into a pinkish red. Might look for a lighter color less prone to fade.

[dsraven]

or just spray what you like and redo later if it it fades, haha

keep it indoors so less chance of fade

[NorCalGal]

Originally Posted by dsraven

or just spray what you like and redo later if it it fades, haha

keep it indoors so less chance of fade

I don’t know that I’ll have another paint job in me, all this sanding is hard on these old shoulders.
I can’t drive it around indoors.

[8man]

Glad to see you back on the truck. The color looks good, but a little lighter could work too.

[youngrodder]

The color looks great. I would even like to see it a darker shade. My friend painted his 2nd gen Camaro in a satin maroon/burgundy and I thought that it looked very cool.

[NorCalGal]

This is what I was going for, just not sure I want to deal with the downside of satin and reds.

[8man]

That's a nice color. Shiny or satin, that's a personal preference.

[mongocanfly]

I like the maroon...but I agree...there is a downside to anything buy gloss