This posting is one in a series. If you have not yet read the earlier postings in the series, you’ll need to, as this posting won’t make much sense without having done so! Just do a search using the word “SLURP”.
In my last posting I described how a very kind body and paint offer from my friend David Horner at Restoration Specialties has caused us to change direction and complete the disassembly of Red in preparation for bodywork and painting.
As a result, Red lost his clothes over two more work sessions Thursday night and Saturday!
Eek! He is almost completely naked, wearing only the “briefest” of “underwear”now:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JimGnitecki/Redisinbriefestofunderwear008frameo.jpgAnd, his body parts are just about ready for David to pick up and start his magic on!
The sequence was as follows:
Rear fenders off (tough, rusted in CUTCH HEAD bolts, requiring two people to get them loosened off their nuts:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JimGnitecki/Redisinbriefestofunderwear001fender.jpgCargo box off (It turns out, that instead of 6 bolts holding the cargo box in as there should have been, there were only TWO! Someone took some short cuts somewhere in the owners’ history:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JimGnitecki/Redisinbriefestofunderwear002cargob.jpgHere, the cab has been almost (not quite) fully cleared:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JimGnitecki/Redisinbriefestofunderwear003cabalm.jpg“Cab on Deere”! The Deere has turned out to be a real asset on this project:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JimGnitecki/Redisinbriefestofunderwear005cabonD.jpgAt this point, before we removed the wheels and axles again, I guess we literally had a “rolling chassis”:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JimGnitecki/Redisinbriefestofunderwear006rollin.jpgHere’s how we bagged and labeled all the small parts, using Ziplocks:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JimGnitecki/Redisinbriefestofunderwear007partsb.jpgHere are the body parts staged for painting:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JimGnitecki/Redisinbriefestofunderwear009readyt.jpgWe made sure to include critical instructions for David at Restoration Specialties:
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JimGnitecki/Redisinbriefestofunderwear010paints.jpghttp://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JimGnitecki/Redisinbriefestofunderwear011paints.jpgThe steering wheel needs to be white, as the interior “will change”!
Here is how we laid out the bagged and labeled parts, so that they are located roughly where they would be in the actual truck (top of photo is front of truck, bottom is rear of truck):
http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh16/JimGnitecki/Redisinbriefestofunderwear012partsb.jpgThe tranny crossmember at the bottom of the photo is in a separate layout of new parts for the new engine and tranny setup.
The next work session will be Tuesday evening! Randy, with his experienced eye, now says we are almost at the half way point! Good thing – I am getting a bit weary of putty knives, Gunk, solvent, and brakecleaner. You wouldn’t believe how much greasy grit there is embedded and baked onto a 53 year old chassis!
Jim G
