BODY WORK

Had other things to do last week but got around to doing some digging on the body with propane torch and putty knife today. I found what I expected to find. Bondo was 1/2" thick in some areas and rusted out holes underneath it.

The rest of the metal looks to be OK, I hope. I'll use Aircraft stripper to take the paint off and then sand blast to clean it all up. I think that cutting out a 6" wide strip and welding in a new piece will be a good repair and much easier than making a new body.

DASH BOARD

A dash came with the parts but was unfinished and needed to be fitted to the scuttle. That was the job last week. The wood is African Padauk and is a lovely piece of wood. The instrument panel is a reproduction and I sprayed it with wrinkle paint. The paint needed to be cured so I made used a wood box and placed the panel inside and aimed a Harbor Freight heat gun into the open end for 45 minutes to cure it; worked great. It took some filing to fit all the instruments but now is finished. I still have to form up the glovebox.