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The Exterior Paint Work is Almost Done...
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RAK402 |
07-16-2022 @ 11:53 AM
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Closer still... They are working with getting a better fit on the fender skirts... It should be back sometime this week.
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kubes40 |
07-17-2022 @ 11:23 AM
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Pretty cool! I am happy for you
Mike "Kube" Kubarth
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RAK402 |
07-18-2022 @ 8:31 PM
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Thank you sir! When it comes home, I will take the instrument panel, the parking brake lever, and the steering column out to be painted. Still might be home sometime this week...
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RAK402 |
07-20-2022 @ 7:25 PM
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It's home!
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RAK402 |
07-27-2022 @ 3:50 PM
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New (repro) grille almost in...
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RAK402 |
07-31-2022 @ 8:39 PM
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A bit more progress-Headlights are now installed.
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RAK402 |
08-02-2022 @ 3:07 PM
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Slow progress in the heat of the day... Rear license plate holder, tail light buckets, tail lights, deck handle. Connecting tail light wires and clipping them to the frame is next, them rear bumper brackets...
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RAK402 |
08-10-2022 @ 10:53 PM
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About to enter my third week of re-assembly... It is slow going but worth it. Additional stainless trim is now on the hood, the window glass, felts, channels and regulators are in three of the four doors, and the windshield wiper towers are in and connected to the vacuum motor (paper towels are wrapped around the ends of the wiper arms to prevent the windshield glass from being scratched before the wiper blades go back on).
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RAK402 |
08-14-2022 @ 10:42 AM
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My lovely wife painted the "V8" in the Hood Latch for me yesterday. This morning the Front Bumper and Hood Latch are back on. I have to stop, unfortunately, due to the heat. A little more every day (as many kind people, who have done or are doing the same work, have told me).
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RAK402 |
08-14-2022 @ 5:35 PM
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Garnish Molding Window Felt I spent the afternoon inside (where it's cool) working on the felt for left, rear door garnish molding. I followed Mike Kubarth's method (stainless steel wire) instead of staples (Ford must have had one h@ll of a stapler in the 30's and 40's to staple the felts to the steel garnish moldings). The wires are twisted inside of the frames, then cut short with the remainder of the twist folded up against the inside of the frame. If you are working on a 1940 Ford and don't have Mike Kubarth's book "It's Ford for '40" I strongly recommend that you get it. There is a huge amount of detail in it with many photographs. I test fit the Garnish Molding and was pleased with the result. One down, three to go...
This message was edited by RAK402 on 8-14-22 @ 5:36 PM
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