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01-01-2018, 05:03 PM | #1 |
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Advice on starting restoration of my 50 woody
So after laying in-wait for three months due to insurance company woes, my car is finally able to be taken apart. I have an old flathead disassembled, and ready for the machine shop, and the chevy 327 is coming out once it warms up out here on the east coast. Where would you guys recommend me starting the restoration process of the car? I'm doing all the work myself, and this is my first woody.
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01-01-2018, 05:12 PM | #2 |
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Re: Advice on starting restoration of my 50 woody
I totally forgot, here are some shots of the damage to the car!
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01-01-2018, 05:41 PM | #3 |
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Re: Advice on starting restoration of my 50 woody
Wow, That is a shame! Looks like you have plenty of space for disassembly. Thats the key!!
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01-01-2018, 05:43 PM | #4 |
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Re: Advice on starting restoration of my 50 woody
Well, you need to work out what is good and what needs work. Then if there is anything good that is in the way of fixing something bad, take it off if it is removable. Ever done anything like this before?
Basically identify each and every job that needs doing and then work out if there is a specific order in which order they need doing. Then start doing them one by one, until everything is done. Good luck with it, by the way. Mart. |
01-01-2018, 05:50 PM | #5 |
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Re: Advice on starting restoration of my 50 woody
Hey Mart,
Yes I have done a few full on restorations, but this is my first woody. I'm a finish carpenter and stair builder by trade, so I am going to be doing all the wood work as well. Ron Hayden is going to be assisting me with any questions i may have along the way concerning the wood. This is, however, my first shoebox. My experience is with Model A's, and 70's and 80's pickups. |
01-01-2018, 06:41 PM | #6 |
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01-01-2018, 06:50 PM | #7 |
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Re: Advice on starting restoration of my 50 woody
Hey Woodiewagon! yes, I am a member. I was at wavcrest this year showing my uncles 48 chevy fleetwood. Its true what they say, woody people are the best people!
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01-01-2018, 07:16 PM | #8 |
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Re: Advice on starting restoration of my 50 woody
Get all the paint off along with the bondo and see what is good and bad with the sheetmetal. Since you already have assistance with the wood the sheetmetal is the next in line. I suspect you may need some patch panels. If the front fenders need panels I would try to find some nice rust free fenders. They are usually cheaper than trying to fix the old ones. Check the floors to see if you need floor pans. If this was an east coast car and not garaged in the winter it probably will need floor pans. Body work and paint is not cheap , but it pays to do it right. The wood and the paint/body work is what everyone looks at when you show your car, so it needs to be right.
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01-01-2018, 07:40 PM | #9 |
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Re: Advice on starting restoration of my 50 woody
I also forgot to mention that I have a donor car, which is where the flathead came from. Its a 50 custom deluxe Tudor. Everything is there, except for the floors.
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01-01-2018, 07:59 PM | #10 | |
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01-01-2018, 08:24 PM | #11 |
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Re: Advice on starting restoration of my 50 woody
Those shoebox woodies are cool. I always liked them in that pale green colour that they came in. Glad to see a flathead is going back in.....I wish I had woodie (truly).
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01-01-2018, 08:47 PM | #12 |
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Graeme, nothing purrs like a well tuned flathead! i learned this from my father when I was ten.
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01-02-2018, 09:20 AM | #13 |
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I'm near you and have a few shoebox parts but do not think you need much. The Early Ford V8 Club of New England meets at 7:30 the last Thursday of the month at the church in the center of Boxboro. Would be nice to meet you.
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01-02-2018, 11:40 AM | #14 |
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Re: Advice on starting restoration of my 50 woody
i have a fairly nice rear gravel shield for that car for sale..
how was the 327 installed? was it with an adapter?
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01-02-2018, 01:28 PM | #15 |
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Re: Advice on starting restoration of my 50 woody
Not sure what Ron recommends, I know a lot of restorer's use regular clear coat for the finish on the wood....my advice....dont't, to me the old fashion layers of varnish and cutting the layers as you build and sand is the only way to go...there is a reason its done that way and clear coat cant duplicate the look!!!!
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01-02-2018, 05:08 PM | #16 |
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Re: Advice on starting restoration of my 50 woody
I went with varnish on my '46. I don't like the look of automotive clear on wood, looks too "plastic". We did Wavecrest in 2010 and I really want to do it again. Perhaps we can meet up at one of the New England shows.
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