1972 F100 rust pile

[UGLY OLDS]

I agree with George but was afraid to say it ......  :oops:

Bob...

[kb426]

Thank you for the comments, guys.
What do you do when you're not happy? Start sanding. There was orange peel showing so in so many words, I started over. I'm still not satisfied with what I have done but Because of the weather situation, I think I'll assemble the doors and this will be addressed next season.

[chimp koose]

jeez , that truck will end up displayed on a rotating stand  with mirrors under it if you don't ease up . NICE WORK .  

[kb426]

1st item: the doors are going to be repainted. The color isn't good enough. I probably should have done that instead of flowcoating. Hindsight again. The truck is in the shop. The mustang bullitt wheels are on. Dirt included. Everything is very dirty from the last couple of months of storage. It's time for brain change from paint and body to everything else. T.B. has set in. Finished for the day.

[chimp koose]

Those wheels look sharp on the truck !

[kb426]

I had some parts arrive today. I looked all of them over and brought in more stuff for tomorrow. I've pulled the plastic off most of the equipment in the shop so I can use it. The weather forecast tells me that I won't be doing any painting in the next 10 days so I'm back to assembling the truck. Now I have to remember where I was a few months ago.

[idrivejunk]

1st item: the doors are going to be repainted. The color isn't good enough. I probably should have done that instead of flowcoating. Hindsight again. The truck is in the shop. The mustang bullitt wheels are on. Dirt included. Everything is very dirty from the last couple of months of storage. It's time for brain change from paint and body to everything else. T.B. has set in. Finished for the day.

All I am hearing is " I enjoy passing up multiple prime opportunities for pearl coats." They eliminate flow coats altogether!

Add pearl to make the color more gooder  Get the big jug and just dump it, man.

[kb426]

O&S struggled today. Lots of thinking and figuring what was not correct with the steering column.  The wiper motor is installed. The crown vic master and booster with that pedal is installed. After Bob pointed out that I had a qmu cylinder, that scuttled my plan for using an everyday Ford master. I had to make a 1/4" inverted flare nut to adapt the 1/4" primary line to the 3/16" tee. With the lathe, it took longer to gather up the tooling than do the job. After doing the math on the brake pedals, it was better to use the crown vic pedal assembly. The throttle pedal is test mounted. A few little parts got installed. The steering column was wore out. I ordered bearings and some small parts to repair it. Depending on what year of column it is, it can have spacers or a spring and a lower column bracket to control shaft play. This had a hose clamp on the bottom. The bearings were wore out so someone filled it with grease. The shaft went to the vat this morning. After doing some mock up and measuring, I made a spacer for the bottom and Started on the top. After working for quite a while, it seems that there is some kind of fastener that secures the upper housing with the the tube that covers the shifter tube. I have looked at several schematics and see the 2 bolts that appear to do nothing and that's all. It looks like there's 2 j-clips missing. I will address that tomorrow.

[kb426]

Mid morning break. After a (pick one) ludicrous or embarrassing amount of time. The column is in. I made j-bolts to hold the top of the column to the turn signal housing. After that, I was able to redo the spacers to get the end play to a minimum. The brake booster interfered with the top of the external firewall brace. A little trip to the bandsaw fixed that item. I had some leftover rubber gasket material that fit the upper column cover next to the dash. One step closer.

[kb426]

End of day at O&S. I used as much of the crown vic steering shaft as needed. I retained the offset ujoint at the r&p. I cut down the original shaft to a length that would allow it to be removed by removing the 1/4" locater bolt that controls the end length. The cloverleaf part of the shaft is 3" long inside the slip joint. The end that was inside the car in a rag joint was a square with a hump on one end. I machined a hole in 1/4" plate and welded the shaft on both sides. After assembling the whole unit, I raised the front end in the air and twisted the wheels from lock to lock several times. It looks like it should be good. I have adequate clearance around the shaft everywhere. I placed the seat bottom in to check the throttle pedal's location. The abs sheet was cut for the headliner. It's notched and the center hole drilled for attachment. That's enough exercise for one day.

[kb426]

I ran 2 brake lines this evening. Metric bubble flare to inverted flare. There is a short line to fab up that connects the 1/4" line to the tee where it splits to both front wheels left.

[kb426]

I made the short brakeline that connects the 1/4" to the 3/16" tee on the front calipers. I have the abs headliner installed. It hasn't been cleaned yet.

[idrivejunk]

Cool!

[chimp koose]

That headliner is a neat idea , never seen that before !

[kb426]

I bolted up the stock crown vic ac lines that I purchased. The dryer is larger than the aftermarket items. I have to loosen the core support to install the inner fenders. That has to be done to see where the dryer will fit. I was tired enough that I didn't go any further tonight, Now I can order the spring clip fittings that I will need to adapt from Ford to Vintage Air.