64 GT Restoration #8
Posted 09-12-2008 at 08:37 PM by 64TrotterAtl
OK, what a week. Lot's of welding and refitting the pan and blackwater tank, and attaching the subfloors with elevator bolts and fanged washers and lock nuts.
Today was the day I have been waiting for for 3 weeks, or more likely since I bought it. I now had a treated frame, new sub-floors, new bolts, POR-15, new wheel wells, new pan for waste tank, new cross members, new U channel on the sides. Today we slowly dropped the shell with 3 ton floor jacks, and massaged it back into place. We had no shape for the subfloors, so we had to cut as we went. I still have some trimming to do tomorrow, but mostly it went well. I have about 30 more bolts to install in the floors and also around the U channels tomorrow.
I am going to begin taking all tags, lights, old rusted screws etc. off the trailer. I am going to take any clear coat off with Removeall and begin to compound with Nuvite. I am very interested in seeing how it turns out after I get it cleaned up. I then am going to take some of the other interior skins off and looks for leaks, rewire, and focus on cleaning the interior skins before insulating and reinstalling interior skins. I am going to also rewire the running lights, trailer harness. I ordered a axle this past week from Dexter and it should be here soon. I am lookin forward to the replacement of the axle. I plan on doing it myself and documenting everything.
Today was the day I have been waiting for for 3 weeks, or more likely since I bought it. I now had a treated frame, new sub-floors, new bolts, POR-15, new wheel wells, new pan for waste tank, new cross members, new U channel on the sides. Today we slowly dropped the shell with 3 ton floor jacks, and massaged it back into place. We had no shape for the subfloors, so we had to cut as we went. I still have some trimming to do tomorrow, but mostly it went well. I have about 30 more bolts to install in the floors and also around the U channels tomorrow.
I am going to begin taking all tags, lights, old rusted screws etc. off the trailer. I am going to take any clear coat off with Removeall and begin to compound with Nuvite. I am very interested in seeing how it turns out after I get it cleaned up. I then am going to take some of the other interior skins off and looks for leaks, rewire, and focus on cleaning the interior skins before insulating and reinstalling interior skins. I am going to also rewire the running lights, trailer harness. I ordered a axle this past week from Dexter and it should be here soon. I am lookin forward to the replacement of the axle. I plan on doing it myself and documenting everything.
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