Neil's FB Station Wagon

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Errol62 wrote: Thu Nov 03, 2022 1:53 pm The usual cancer. Remind me why we love these cars again?


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Nostrovya to that cobber 8 ) 8 )

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Hi Rob;
Yes there is a fair bit to do to bring Franks Bride back to life not to mention the roof is being changed as well :roll:
I think it took me 2 years to repair Frank but this is far worse and you are right I will need all those parts I think, I have sent you a PM mate.
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Well after a couple of busy months of weekends doing family stuff :roll: and my right knee replacement coming good :clap: I was able to get into my workshop this weekend and start the laborious task of drilling out spot welds and cutting out rust :gasp:
Decided to start on the drivers side back floor as it was the worst and I need to get strength back into the floors before tacking the dash and roof replacements :shifty: :shifty: :wtf:
As you can see this is just swiss cheese and so thin its like tissue paper
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Did a rough cut out before turning the rotiss back so the wagon was flat again and I can lay the floor pan flat.
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When I opened up the rear chassis rail (you can see it had a hole in it anyway) it was full of rust and of course garnet from the blasting, I'm sure it wont be the last place I find this stuff.

No going back now, but I do question myself a lot :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Good work Neil. I see that you have lots of unique tool holders under there.
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Good to see you getting stuck in Neil. I reckon Thompson chassis in Traralgon are making those sections under the rear seat.


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Errol62 wrote: Mon Dec 05, 2022 6:27 pm Good to see you getting stuck in Neil. I reckon Thompson chassis in Traralgon are making those sections under the rear seat.


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I believe he may have already relieved EKmart of one .... :wink:
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Yes EK Mart is the store that just keeps on giving, Jack Daniels seems to go there a lot :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
The cut that I got does have a lot of bits I’m going to be able to use but the driver’s side does have a hole in the under seat area so I may have to get one of those pieces or become inventive :shock:
I had a look at Thomason’s site looks like they do some good stuff.

What would be the best thing to treat the rust inside the chassis rails with?? They are narrow and I don’t have a blaster.
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I have cut 3/4” holes in the top of the box section and got the pressure washer drain snake and even the garden hose in there. Also a length of thick wire with bends running in and out to loosen any scale. Areas I could reach from repair holes I cleaned and phosphoric acid converter treated. Eventually I virtually flooded the whole thing with fisholene. Best done after paint perhaps.


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Cheers Clay thanks for that I will give the phosphoric acid converter a go and hen fish oil when finished.

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Its been a little while, temperature has started to come off so time to get back into the shed, and Clay's flying along :lol: :lol:
because of the state of the rear floor section I decided that I needed to make a new tunnel as well so not having any fancy tools I had to improvise.
This is what it looked like before
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Racket Straps and Hitching rail.
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Just tacked and held by Cleco
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I've also cut out the passenger side rear floor and getting ready to tack the new pan in then fully weld.
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Should call this one "the reverend" - its mighty holey !!
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Giddy up mate!

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Good work Neil. Is that a seat belt mount on the floor? If it is I doubt it would hold much looking at the floor rust :shock:

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Good stuff Neil,

If I was ever going to do another one of these cars I would cut the lot out, invest in a bead roller and bender and just fabricate new peices for a custon floor.

Its a pity here in Australia there is no one willing to replicate the pressings in one section.

I've started on what i think is my last project mustang and you can get almost all the sheet metal, makes life so much easier.

Keep up the effort Neil it is satisfying and great to see I must admit.

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