gatorincebu Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 Very impressive chassis plumbing!! Too bad about the paint issues you are experiencing. Be Well Gator
Custom Mike Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 Hate hearing that the paint is giving you fits, but you'll get it right!
slusher Posted July 25, 2015 Posted July 25, 2015 Glad your back on your 56 Joe, been wondering if you was ok...
mustang1989 Posted July 26, 2015 Author Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) Gator: Thanks! I'll get past the paint issue. Honestly I'm glad I stripped the body all the way back down. I noticed a nasty warp in the body up front and it would have resulted in a "twisted " look had I not caught it. A little bath in some near boiling water and I was able to straighten the twist right out. Mike: Thanks for your encouragement. I bought some Tamiya acrylic red paint and some acrylic gloss clear this last weekend and will now be shooting my paint through an airbrush vs. the rattle can approach. At the very minimum I'll have more control. Carl: Thanks for the good word Carl. I'm glad to be back on it too buddy. Just got a little overwhelmed with how I wanted the exhaust and a little frustrated with the paint issues but we're moving forward now. I got back on the exhaust again this morning after taking a day off from it. I got the passengers side exhaust lead pipe formed, the front of it pinned so it would fit into the exhaust manifold and then got the length trimmed off so that the muffler would sit nicely beside the other one. All I've got to do now is drill into the muffler so I can pin it to the lead pipe then I'll see about how I want to go about with the tail pipes. If I do tail pipes I'll most likely make them same side exits with chrome tips. If not , it'll be turn downs. We'll see.............. Edited July 26, 2015 by mustang1989
gatorincebu Posted July 27, 2015 Posted July 27, 2015 Real nice work on the exhaust pipes! They looks real good. Be Well Gator
slusher Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Exhaust is coming along great Joe. You could turn them down under the truck. Remember how popular that was....
mustang1989 Posted July 29, 2015 Author Posted July 29, 2015 Thank you Richard, Gator and Dennis! Carl: Thank you sir! I actually have given thought to that but I want to try exiting the exhaust. I've got my turn downs made but think I can push the detail one step further with the exhaust.
slusher Posted July 29, 2015 Posted July 29, 2015 Thank you Richard, Gator and Dennis! Carl: Thank you sir! I actually have given thought to that but I want to try exiting the exhaust. I've got my turn downs made but think I can push the detail one step further with the exhaust. What did you make your turn downs out of Joe ???
mustang1989 Posted July 30, 2015 Author Posted July 30, 2015 Carl: I made them out of the same solder but drilled the ends out in order to hollow 'em out. I just couldn't bring myself to end there though. Dan: Thanks buddy! Progress on this thing is super slow due to my not wanting to get ahead of myself and have fit issues. For instance, I glued the exhaust into place yesterday and I found a small glitch this morning when test fitting the cab onto the chassis. The rear of the cab contacted the mufflers so I had to trim the cab to fit onto the chassis correctly. So far it's coming along ok. I'm going to run the exhaust straight out the back and am going to start looking for some either AM exhaust tips or I'm going to fabricate my own and use a little chrome alclad on them. Anyways here are the beginnings of the tailpipes.......The stance is dead on so far in regards to how I wanted this to look overall. I keep getting closer and closer to having this thing done in time for the Austin show in October...............
mustang1989 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Posted July 31, 2015 'Preciate it Dave and JC! Well I've got the beginnings of the tail pipe routings and am at another decision point as to where I'm going to go with the exhaust. First off here's todays progress...I have two options at this point and both will involve chrome exhaust tips. Option #1 is to drop one outlet per side which will look great from the top side but looks a little funny on the bottom side to me.Option #2 is to drop both outlets on the same side which looks more uniform to me on the bottom side but to me doesn't look as good from the top side. I never was too big of a fan of same side exhaust exits though.....I've still got to go pick up my aluminum exhaust tips today so I've got a little time to think about it.
taaron76 Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Joe - nice progress! Love what you are doing on this build. I have functional OCD, lol, so I'd put one pipe out the left and one out the right. ha!Tim
mustang1989 Posted July 31, 2015 Author Posted July 31, 2015 Thanks Tim! I'm slanting towards option #1 it looks like. I did go out today and get the aluminum tubing I needed from HL.Here's how it looks right out of the package..So I cut a section and chucked it up in the Makita drill, grabbed some steel wool and went to town...........After the steel wool treatment I grabbed some Novus #2 and a polishing cloth. I dabbed some Novus on the polishing cloth and spun the drill up again on a low/ medium speed to polish the "tips" up. Here we are now with some nice exhaust tips. You can see the contrast between the side that was chucked up in the drill and the polished part. I'm happy!
gatorincebu Posted July 31, 2015 Posted July 31, 2015 Looking good! I'm gonna have to try that polishing technique as well. Be Well Gator
mustang1989 Posted August 1, 2015 Author Posted August 1, 2015 Gator: Thanks man! It worked for me. Carl: Thanks buddy! I got one tail pipe formed and the exhaust tip mounted up this morning. Will be working on the other side tomorrow morning. After that I'll get everything secured in place and from there it's on to more engine detail.
crazyjim Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 It's a lot easier to get some Simichrome polish to rub the aluminum.
mustang1989 Posted August 1, 2015 Author Posted August 1, 2015 What is this Simichrome polish you speak of? Hmm
crazyjim Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Good stuff. I've used it for years on leaded glass projects and found it works wonders on aluminum tubing.http://www.simichrome-polish.com/
mustang1989 Posted August 1, 2015 Author Posted August 1, 2015 Thanks for the heads up Jim!! I'll be trying this in the future.
mustang1989 Posted August 3, 2015 Author Posted August 3, 2015 I noticed that the tips were not to scale thickness so I took a step backwards and removed the tips, drilled 'em out to scale thickness and then coated the tips with Future to retain that polished look over time.
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