64 LeMans

[64 kiwi boni]

1 hour ago, Andy H said:

Not bad, since i soaked it in citric acid for a week before but some spots didn't get submerged so I got to work on those a bit.

Was thinking of getting some Eastwood rust converter and spray that on first when I'm done sanding like I did on the frame and after that some self etching primer before I paint with Por 15.

when i did mine i sand basted it , then used the crc rust converter then etch prime👍

[Andy H]

16 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

when i did mine i sand basted it , then used the crc rust converter then etch prime👍

I would make to much of a mess at my house for my neighbors to like it I'm afraid 😆 

What about warping? And how did you get all the sand out from in-between the panels?

[64 kiwi boni]

1 hour ago, Andy H said:

I would make to much of a mess at my house for my neighbors to like it I'm afraid 😆 

What about warping? And how did you get all the sand out from in-between the panels?

My sand blaster is a toy one 

so it’s not very aggressive … 

yeah biggest issue was the time it took to get all the garnet out of between the 2 layers !!!! 😡 ! 
I think it’s still got some in there !!! 

[Andy H]

Finished sanding the hood, sprayed with rust converter,let it sit over night,primered and painted.

[Andy H]

Worked on getting the shields installed at the front inside where the bumper goes and figuring out how all the rubber pieces are supposed to go.

Since this is a factory A/C car there's quite a few of them and all of it wasn't there when I took it apart.  

 

this one goes in front below the radiator and there's supposed to be a rubber lip attached the it nu my kit didn't come with one so I'll have to install the bumper and figure out how big it's supposed to be and make one.

[Andy H]

The battery that i got for the car less than a year ago took a dump, would not hold a charge so it had 24 month warranty so they gave me a new one.

The new one has a green top🤬🤮 looks out of place in an old car so i fixed it with som plastic bumper paint that I had.

[64 kiwi boni]

ewww! so glad you sprayed that battery top Andy ! wayy to green !

i write the date and where i bought each of my battery from on the top of all now ! justA because i have so many that fail before they are out of warranty !!

This includes batteries that get cycled every day like the one in my work van, i have had 2 fail within warranty period ! over the life of this lastest van ( 8 years old) 

[Wrongway]

Its lookin real good Andy! 

[Andy H]

10 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

ewww! so glad you sprayed that battery top Andy ! wayy to green !

i write the date and where i bought each of my battery from on the top of all now ! justA because i have so many that fail before they are out of warranty !!

This includes batteries that get cycled every day like the one in my work van, i have had 2 fail within warranty period ! over the life of this lastest van ( 8 years old) 

I have two friends that work for car private car collectors and all their cars have battery tenders hooked up to then all the time.

[Andy H]

11 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

ewww! so glad you sprayed that battery top Andy ! wayy to green !

i write the date and where i bought each of my battery from on the top of all now ! justA because i have so many that fail before they are out of warranty !!

This includes batteries that get cycled every day like the one in my work van, i have had 2 fail within warranty period ! over the life of this lastest van ( 8 years old) 

I picked the first battery because it was black and would look like it belonged and when they showed me the replacement 🤮 so I couldn't leave it as it was.

[Frosty]

23 hours ago, Andy H said:

I have two friends that work for car private car collectors and all their cars have battery tenders hooked up to then all the time.

I have battery tenders on all my cars except my daily driver. They work fine.

However, time is still not kind to batteries. They can still sulphate or drop a cell due to age alone.  I had that happen last spring with my Roadmaster. When I got the car from my dad's estate 5 years ago, I took care of it. The car also came with a spare battery. I hooked up both on their own battery tenders. However, last spring the car battery dropped a cell and wouldn't start. Same thing happened to the spare. Both batteries were well over 8 years old, long past any warranty and useful life of a typical battery. I ended up junking 2 batteries and buying a new Optima.

[Andy H]

1 hour ago, Frosty said:

I have battery tenders on all my cars except my daily driver. They work fine.

However, time is still not kind to batteries. They can still sulphate or drop a cell due to age alone.  I had that happen last spring with my Roadmaster. When I got the car from my dad's estate 5 years ago, I took care of it. The car also came with a spare battery. I hooked up both on their own battery tenders. However, last spring the car battery dropped a cell and wouldn't start. Same thing happened to the spare. Both batteries were well over 8 years old, long past any warranty and useful life of a typical battery. I ended up junking 2 batteries and buying a new Optima.

I think anything past five years on a battery is just a bonus but keeping it charged up sure helps.

I think i need to get myself a new battery charger also.

I installed this 300A bistanle relay to disconnect the battery so we will have to see how much that helps 

[64 kiwi boni]

I have the battery tap on 3 of my cars 

it’s good to stop

them draining battery 

Edited March 3 by 64 kiwi boni

[Fitzy]

I agree. I have one of these on two of my cars. Works a treat - simple, cheap and will at least slow down any thief who wants your pride & joy. On the GP I have one of these on the negative post and a keyed isolater on the positive. Although I would feel genuinely sorry for any jerk who actually wanted my car, I'd like some cash before they take it.

[Andy H]

10 hours ago, 64 kiwi boni said:

I have the battery tap on 3 of my cars 

it’s good to stop

them draining battery 

300A and it's hidden on the inner fender and I'll put a switch inside the car hidden somewhere, I'll be a good anti theft device at the same time.

I use a lot of these at work and the bistable function works really good.

[Andy H]

Installing hood hinge springs can be a pain but this worked pretty good.

[Andy H]

Front bumper painted on inside.

Got all the seals behind the bumper figured out and installed, I guess this is an A/C car thing.

Got all the bondo stripped of the nose piece for the front of the car and a friend is going to straighten it out 

My trans pan was leaking, old steel pan and probably didn't have the best gasket either so I bought a cast aluminum one, probably china made but looked pretty good and came with this reusable silicon gasket with a steel inlay In for less than $50 at AutoZone, 

Started looking at tires and the idea was to use 246/60-15 at least in the rear but was not sure they were going to fit in the front so I only got two for starters to test fit, tested in the front and tight turns left side hit on the fender opening at the bottom rear so I'm thinking 235s in the front but think I'm going to wait until I get bumper and hood on to see if it gets worse.

In the rear I was pretty sure there was not going to be a problem and they fit but I could barley get my hand in between tire and fender at the top especially on the right side so will test again later on with four people in the car to make sure it's ok.

[64 kiwi boni]

Looking good Andy 

[B52bombardier1]

Very nice.  You are so much further along than I am on my build.

 

Rick

[Andy H]

19 hours ago, B52bombardier1 said:

Very nice.  You are so much further along than I am on my build.

 

Rick

I have been at it a little longer than you on mine but from what i can see you are making good progress, I'll be checking in on yours to see what you are up to 🙂

[Fitzy]

On 3/3/2024 at 6:58 PM, Fitzy said:

 

Andy, I am intrigued. Can you explain the methodology here? Looks like a brilliant solution. Better than losing a body part as one of those damn things flies through the air and removes a limb.

Yeah, soz. I was quoting your hood spring installation method using the floor jack but computer said no.

I've said it before, but I am impressed by your slow & steady approach. Everything seems to be coming along very nicely.

Edited March 26 by Fitzy

[Andy H]

5 hours ago, Fitzy said:

Andy, I am intrigued. Can you explain the methodology here? Looks like a brilliant solution. Better than losing a body part as one of those damn things flies through the air and removes a limb.

Yeah, soz. I was quoting your hood spring installation method using the floor jack but computer said no.

I've said it before, but I am impressed by your slow & steady approach. Everything seems to be coming along very nicely.

Thank you

😆 I had the same problem writing and posting the last pictures on my phone, thought I had lost the whole thing twice before i was able to save it.

I believe it was my friend that sent me something along the same lines with the springs but initially I just put them up in the jack so I could spread them and get some paint in between the coils .

And since my hinges are still off the car I figured why not, I posted this somewhere else and of course I got 15 other suggestions on how this should be done 🙄😁 .

Slow is the word not as steady as I would like but don't exactly have a deadline, main problem is motivation and dealing with whatever whether is presented on my driveway 😄 

Right now I'm running up against how far to go since I don't plan on painting the car at least not right now but finding myself wanting to touch paint up here and there because I would really have liked everything to be perfect but in that case the car would never become running and driving it is probably the best motivator there is.

[Andy H]

Managed to get my helper out of the house to help me install the bumper, way to heavy and awkward to do by yourself.

He's not real interested unfortunately but he will come and help if I ask.

I cleaned up the grills but need to touch up the paint on those and I'm waiting to get the nose piece back from my friend.

 

[Andy H]

Slowly stated on the paint,cleaned up the inside of the

before I put on the hood.

Removed the funny looking beltline moulding that someone had installed and plugged up the rivet holes with bondo and touch up paint.

Got a hold of these little washer nuts for the heater cables, could have gotten them from Ames or OPGI for a small fortune but found the generic model at McMastercarr instead and they worked good.

Probably won't get much done this weekend because we're going to Bakersfield for street rod Nationals tomorrow morning but maybe Sunday.

Ohh yeah bought this Poppy's patina stuff I'm going to try for the paint, we'll have to see how that works out.

 

[Andy H]

9 minutes ago, Andy H said:

Slowly stated on the paint,cleaned up the inside of the

before I put on the hood.

Removed the funny looking beltline moulding that someone had installed and plugged up the rivet holes with bondo and touch up paint.

Got a hold of these little washer nuts for the heater cables, could have gotten them from Ames or OPGI for a small fortune but found the generic model at McMastercarr instead and they worked good.

Probably won't get much done this weekend because we're going to Bakersfield for street rod Nationals tomorrow morning but maybe Sunday.

Ohh yeah bought this Poppy's patina stuff I'm going to try for the paint, we'll have to see how that works out.