Steve Van Ronk wrote:
>
> Hello again,
>
> Well I sure hope this was the dirtiest day of the project! Grind,
> grind, sand, sand, brush, ouch!, brush, guzzle beer, grind, grind,
> scrub, wash, guzzle more beer, vacuum and go take a bath. That about
> tells it all.
>
> After transferring all the rot and crud from the interior to one big
> garbage bag and my body, this thing is starting to look pretty cool.
> Got lucky - no malignant rust cancer at all. Starting with grandpa's
> old 7" grinder with 80 grit sandpaper, to my 4-1/4 grinder with
> sandpaper, then wire brush the metal looks pretty good. Not near as bad
> a job as I can see it could have been and I am very glad to have taken
> it down this far.
>
> Tomorrow will be paint, undercoat, and figure out (and start) replacing
> the tar paper stuff. From all the messages I got from you folks, I
> think it is exactly tar paper (maybe by another name from automotive
> manufacturers) and all of them have it except one respondent who said
> his was bare metal under the carpets. The brown fuzzy stuff is "jute"
> and is common to many cars. I just have to do a little research and
> make a decision what to use as or in place of the tar paper. With a
> good long day tomorrow, I should be ready to install the carpets that
> are coming from Curt at Classic Sunbeam Inc. <CMeinel464(at)aol.com>.
> Thought I'd give him a plug since he has put up with my daily questions
> and has many parts noone else offered.
>
> Thank everyone on this list for their quick and enthusiastic response to
> my questions. Sunbeam people really get into this stuff, huh?
>
> Take care,
> Steve Van Ronk
> glblitnpwr(at)nidlink.com
Steve,
Good work getting the nasty stuff out of the way. Come on down to my
house and show me how it's done! ;) The panel you were talking about
under the passengers feet... I found it. In the trunk, slightly rusted.
What it does, I don't know yet. Seeing as the footwell is very long,
maybe it just gives the passenger someplace to rest her feet.
Will give Classic Sunbeam a chance. It's hard though knowing I can pop
over to Sunbeam Specialties in about five minutes to ask lots of really
dumb questions (and look at really sharp Tigers hanging around). I am
still looking for sources for floor panels as the lack of tar paper has
obviously not helped the state of my pan. The frame parts look and feel
very solid. Something to weld onto if I can get the panels. How did you
get one of those rare SV OD units?
vbob SJ,CA
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