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1951 Pontiac Chieftain


PhilA

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Had a little time tonight so drilled the spot welds off the brackets for the horns.

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Dressed all the edges back down flat.

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Repeat.

 

I have taken a look at some pictures of these things all dismantled and there's not much space inside, certainly not enough to put screws through the case. I think I'll end up getting the new brackets welded on. One of my neighbors does tig and mig welding so I may ask him and see what he thinks.

 

Phil

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5 hours ago, hairnet said:

I'm bored

 

There's not many of these about are there :D

 

Can't buy these here just UK type mugs with Horton or a maple on them fk off for 6.99

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Don't think there's a TH around here at all.

 

Not near enough to Canada.

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Painted up the inside of the outside half of the heater clamshell as it was just in rust proofer.

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Took the other half and cleaned the remnants of the seal off.

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Took it back to mostly clean metal with my DA.

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Coated the rest in Kurust.

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And then paint.

 

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All the screws were rusty, and by the look of it at some point chrome plated. Spun them down in my drill against some abrasive paper.

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All shiny.

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And finally given a lick of gloss black.

 

Phil

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3 hours ago, cort1977 said:

Looking good Phil, steady progress.

 

I saw a Timmy's in Ohio recently, never seen one outside Canada.

if youre virginia or above theres lots

theres two within 3 miles of each other from here :D no idea why

phils nearest dennys is apart from new orleans (no way i go there) 200 miles away

do they not do grits and okra and a mess of greens :D]

ps heater bling :D not that youll need it :D

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I made a start on creating some brackets for the horns last night.

Started by laying the original out on the blank.

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Marked out the positions of the major features with a scribe.

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Measured up the center lines and punched the center for the drill to locate in.20190626_165024.thumb.jpg.55a3d5bae50e60f458d99e73e03c329b.jpg

Drill the holes out with progressively larger bits.

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Get to 1/2" with the bigger of the two holes, the largest bit in my set. Start hacking at it with a file and make a real pig's ear of it.

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Give up and go to the store and buy a step drill that has 11/16" as a size.

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Lop the first attempt off, remake with steps above but with a much more circular hole this time. File end to profile.

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Test fitment.

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Bend, cold, in door frame. Drill two holes for bolts.

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Gotta make a duplicate now.

Also, electrical antenna arrived in the mail yesterday, a couple days early.

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I also have a new grease gun on the way, a Wanner. Same model my old man bought new in the sixties, because it never quit working yet and this car has a lot of grease points, so I wanted a decent one. The little cheap gun I bought a few years ago has already fallen apart.

 

Phil

 

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Yeah, a few of mine have reduced shaft, the chuck on my drill opens up to 10mm. The 11/16" bit they had at the store was $26 and 1/2" shaft so wouldn't fit anyway.

 

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So, given that, I bashed another piece of metal into an appropriate shape.

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Drilled some holes to weld through and offered up as a visual.

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Grabbed a couple wire brushes and started to scrub.

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Got the horns all duded up in a nice shade of gloss black.

Phil

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Tonight's Sitting On The Couch is brought to you by glovebox emblem. It's always irked me because it looks so.. crappy. Partially see through, partially silvered, partially red.

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Somebody's painted it red at some point in the past. Pictures of these emblems show them a nice vivid red. Nope, we have crappy silver and red-ish. Decided to attack it carefully with a brass brush to see if the surface finish would come off so I could redo it.

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The answer is "sort of". Although a good portion of the paint had gone, the rear surface has a strange textured finish which appears to be chromed. All this silver sits in the dimples and divots and won't come off.

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Yup, still looks like crap. Adding some color to the back with a Sharpie results in the same blotchy silvered finish. I think I may hammer the peened edge back, lift that out and sand the back smooth, to paint it back up again nice, deep red.

Phil

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