1967 Family Patrol Project

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Postby faux40 » Tue Sep 15, 2020 3:40 pm

More Patrol action this morning!

A little clean up goes a long way!
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Now with improved drainage! But wait, there's more! Galvanizing spray inside!
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Here are those little cable/hose routing securing tab dingus
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And the cross member with three dingus' installed
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Done! Back to the blaster for some powder coat! (look at all the sand that poured out while I was banging away on it!)
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Frame may be ready tomorrow and the body panels by Friday!

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Postby faux40 » Thu Sep 17, 2020 3:07 pm

So, I popped by the shop today...

And lookie what I saw! The windshield looks awesome! I didn't see any evidence of rust -- It was just a quick look, but nothing bad caught my eye.
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But the real reason for my visit was to bring the frame home! This is what a Patrol frame looks when flying...
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And ready and waiting to head home!
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And sitting at the house... reminds me of the first day we ever had a Patrol at our place many, many years ago...
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Here's our first Patrol upon arrival Jul 31, 2013 (2,634 days ago for you numbers geeks) -- not Aerogirl, but ol' hack (yea, I just made that up based on the lovely work someone did on the firewall)
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Happy Thursday all!
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Postby mad4hws » Fri Sep 18, 2020 7:40 am

the frame looks amazing. It's a great base for the rebuild.

... just one question. How did the tree get smaller in the past 7 years?
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Postby RiverPatrol » Fri Sep 18, 2020 12:45 pm

The kids were so cute!
Beyond any hope for intervention

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Postby faux40 » Fri Sep 18, 2020 12:52 pm

mad4hws wrote:the frame looks amazing. It's a great base for the rebuild.

... just one question. How did the tree get smaller in the past 7 years?


Our mad gardening skills! Well, that and the drought that killed off lots of our few trees! We planted four new ones this year!

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Postby faux40 » Sat Sep 19, 2020 10:59 pm

Today was take-apart-the-axles day!

There was lots of pad left on the front brakes... Nice and oily pad! ;-)
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Springs and goodies!
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The brake drums all look decent
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Axles post clean up!
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Quick question -- one of the steering linkage shafts has little bends at each end -- I'd have expected the shaft to be straight, but it's not... Anybody know the answer?
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Happy Saturday Night!

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Postby Esteban » Mon Sep 21, 2020 6:48 pm

faux40 wrote:
Quick question -- one of the steering linkage shafts has little bends at each end -- I'd have expected the shaft to be straight, but it's not... Anybody know the answer?
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The bends at the two ends is correct. I just checked on mine. The one installed in my Patrol is a new one that I installed a couple of years ago (have had the parts for ages)
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Postby moore_rb » Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:01 pm

You are rockin on this project, Amigo...

great work
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Postby faux40 » Mon Sep 21, 2020 10:23 pm

Thanks Esteban! Glad to know that it's not bent!

Rob -- Yes, I am very, very good at disassembling things! ;-) Now I have to put it all back together!

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Postby faux40 » Tue Sep 22, 2020 11:54 am

The sandblaster sent over a couple pictures of the top -- It's bad, although not as bad as I expected!

The top front edge at the visor
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One side
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And the other side
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And a lovely fiberglas repair
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What have I gotten myself into?

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