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09-20-2022, 05:18 AM | #1 |
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1929 Tudor cowl panels
My cowl panels are rusted at the bottom and was wondering if they just been to in like they look like? Anyone here replaced theirs ? Figured I’d remove clean and pain underneath and put in new ones if not too much trouble
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09-20-2022, 05:46 AM | #2 | |
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Re: 1929 Tudor cowl panels
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As for 'trouble', get the panel installed out of square or incorrectly and the gas tank and hood will not fit properly now will it fit tightly against the hinge pillar post. Do you have welding capabilities? If so, maybe it would be better just to graft pieces into the rust damaged areas instead of drilling spot welds and replacing everything. If you can post pictures of what you are dealing with, maybe we can advise on the preferred method??? |
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09-20-2022, 09:32 AM | #3 |
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Re: 1929 Tudor cowl panels
This would be something I would approach with the "body off" Separating the body from the cowl would make this easiest (and the way the car was assembled by Ford)
As Brent says - there are rivets to be drilled - and while you're at it you'll probably have to work on the "feet" underneath the cowl. These are particularly fond of corrosion from muddy boots AND infiltration from rain. It is a project for sure. Bondo might work on the exterior if you don't mind re-doing it again four years hence. (Bondo is notorious for corrosion underneath loosening up the patch.) My mind goes back to a 1970 Bel Air which got the quarter panels re-done in bondo yearly. Nice car with a 350 and the taxi-cab package. Hard to "really fix" the quarter panels. Joe K
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09-20-2022, 10:41 AM | #4 |
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