Gonna get Blasted

Delivered her to blast shop on Valentines Day

Wasted

While it looks terrible in places, a good body man and readily available patch panels will make her well again

photo drop

Photo Drop
From my phone
Will narrate as time allows
No particular order

A-Arm ball joint and bushing removal

Persey keeping an eye on things

Some of out tool set up

Welded frame inside to keep things square

Front end pretty well stripped down

New Parts

Old front end parts

Back end mounted to our transport frame

Car bolted to frame

Front end bolted up

More parts w/ new parts carts

And more parts

Fracture found in rear leaf springs

VIN

Mabel's smile

Shuffling tires

Well here it is February 1, 2017 and Mabel's restoration has begun anew. Actually I started a few weeks ago and Doug has been going off and on for quite a while.  We are in the full frame off mode.  Doug was responsible for getting the body off the frame by attaching cleats in the ceiling joists in his garage.  No small task.  She is pretty well stripped down with just a few incidentals left on the dash and around the headliner edges.  They are on the agenda for tomorrow.  The main body has an appointment at the blast shop on Monday,  The fenders are there already.

We bought a frame of square tubular steel and we have the body mounted on it.  This will roll up onto my newly acquired car hauler trailer.  The car's frame was stripped completely down and it has been blasted and has been painted. It will go to the shop for rebuilding into a rolling chassis.  All new front end and disk brakes in the front.

I had the rear end blasted and sent out for new bearings and seals.  It is now in the powder coat shop.

Mabel's Strip Tease

Well, Mabel bared all last night, interior stripped down to naked metal. The old gal is definitely showing the signs of her age. There's more than a few places in the floor pan where you can get a roadkill's eye view of the pavement whipping by under your feet. If her drivetrain were in place, that is.


Things weren't helped by the nasty old rags she's been wearing. At some point the interior carpeting had all been replaced with a rough-shod application of orange mat. There were portions of that rug that were damp even after being in a (mostly) dry garage for the last 10 months.



Nothing too interesting under the seats:


1 Quarter (1993), an old school pop top (I'll hazard from a beer can), one York "Xtra" peppermint patty wrapper, markings indicate maybe a 1983 vintage. Does that qualify as an antique? Previous to this expedition we did find a 1980's era Washington State ferry schedule under the seat, as well as the VIN plate.


In my prescient visions, I see a lot of grinding and welding in my future. Call it a hunch. :)

POWER

The Engine is pretty well assembled, and the tranny is attached. Boy is that thing heavy. Putting all that in place in one piece is going to be a challenge.