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04-19-2024, 04:08 PM | #1 |
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Re: 65 Fairlane pro-touring build
Made a material run to Metal by the Foot this morning to pick up some 18ga steel sheet to make new trunk floor drops. I had a pair that came with the car when I bought it, but they were supposedly made for 62-66 models. They had an angle formed into them that didn't match the subframe connectors in mine. So, I beat them flat and used them as a pattern to make new ones. While I was at it, I bead rolled a completely different pattern in them to suit myself.
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05-17-2024, 04:38 PM | #2 |
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Re: 65 Fairlane pro-touring build
We were gone almost two weeks on vacation so not much to report on the Fairlane. We went to Maricopa, AZ to the Dwarf Car Museum and then back to KC via Hwy 50 (The Loneliest Road in America). We just happened to be in Kingman, AZ during the Route 66 Fun Run Cruise also, ~800 cars there. Great time, but now I need to get back in the Fairlane groove. Had most of the trim powder coated before we left and managed to get the driver side quarter patch panel fitted up. I really need to finish up the mini tub on the driver side and the rest of the trunk floor, but I've been avoiding that by rebuilding the door hinges and working on taillight assemblies. Doing piddly stuff while I ramp up to the more difficult tasks.
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05-22-2024, 05:04 PM | #3 |
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Re: 65 Fairlane pro-touring build
Finally got off my butt and now l have a big ole hole to fill.
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Re: 65 Fairlane pro-touring build
Driver side minitub is coming along. Decided to fabricate the rear piece of the wheelwell after wasting a day trying to beat the stock piece into submission.
Found out my new belt sander has a whole lot more power than my old one. Got careless and it grabbed the piece I was cleaning up and wrapped it around the lower roller. Had to partially disassemble the stop to get the piece out. .
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Yesterday, 06:53 PM | #6 |
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