356 B T6 Restoration
- Phil Planck
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Re: 356 bt6 restoration
Neil,
Looks great. Looking forward to seeing the final pieces and installation. Can you show us some pictures of your bead roller set up?
John
Looks great. Looking forward to seeing the final pieces and installation. Can you show us some pictures of your bead roller set up?
John
1963 B T6 Project
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Re: 356 bt6 restoration
full panels no sectioned patches? too much corrosion and nothing worth saving? piece of mind
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Re: 356 bt6 restoration
no no no i meant peace of mind right
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Re: 356 bt6 restoration
thank you phil and john much appreciated, i have posted a pic before of the bead roller but here it is again with a tipping wheel installed. its not the correct one for this bead roller but the adaptor works!
ryan, i don't think it really matters! we all know what you mean
ryan, i don't think it really matters! we all know what you mean
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Re: 356 bt6 restoration
both parts now etch primed and epoxy painted inside ready for welding in. been using the tig more often as i don't have to switch the gas pipe over from the mig any more, i finally went and bought a 'y' piece from the local welding suppliers.
quick pics of the final piece in the outer side chassis rail. and then painted
hopefully not too far away from completing the chassis now. i have sorted out something rather exciting and will post up a pic or two when its cut out and assembled. its a big step towards completing the front end and something i want to get done before my hand gets any worse. if you look at the last pic around the torsion tube hole you can see a square line, i put the hole in the wrong spot then cut it out, tig'd the hole up then put it in the correct spot. oh well its part of learning!
quick pics of the final piece in the outer side chassis rail. and then painted
hopefully not too far away from completing the chassis now. i have sorted out something rather exciting and will post up a pic or two when its cut out and assembled. its a big step towards completing the front end and something i want to get done before my hand gets any worse. if you look at the last pic around the torsion tube hole you can see a square line, i put the hole in the wrong spot then cut it out, tig'd the hole up then put it in the correct spot. oh well its part of learning!
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Re: 356 bt6 restoration
Neil,
That's a large piece to reproduce and it came out great. Thanks for including us in the restoration process.
John
That's a large piece to reproduce and it came out great. Thanks for including us in the restoration process.
John
1963 B T6 Project
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Re: 356 bt6 restoration
thanks for the kind words and for following along john
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Re: 356 bt6 restoration
i took a few pics of the inside of the rear x member (above the gearbox) just to show the state of the metal... as you can see the two pieces are not welded together through the centre, which i thought they would be.
this is the rear x member
and the new one trial fit
not too bad...
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- Phil Planck
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Re: 356 bt6 restoration
Neil
Nice work, again. Keep up the posts. May not be too late to enter Stoddard's contest.
Nice work, again. Keep up the posts. May not be too late to enter Stoddard's contest.
Phil Planck
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Re: WCSTA - 1963 T6 Coupe - 212096
Neil has asked to have his project entered in the Stoddard We Can Save Them All contest. He's got a head start on everyone, but I'm sure there are more projects out there that are prime candidates.
Time to step up!
Time to step up!
Greg Bryan
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Re: WCSTA - 1963 T6 Coupe - 212096
Excellent, what a cool project!
Per Schroeder
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Re: WCSTA - 1963 T6 Coupe - 212096
Hi Neil,
I looked into the Stoddard "We can save them all" competition and you must be a resident of United States which sucks for us.
Speak soon.
I looked into the Stoddard "We can save them all" competition and you must be a resident of United States which sucks for us.
Speak soon.
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Re: 356 B T6 Restoration
Unfortunately, the laws of the land restrict contestants in the We Can Save Them All contest to residents of the United States, so Neil has graciously withdrawn his entry.
Neil - please keep posting your progress - a lot of us are following your restoration with interest and envy of your skills.
Best regards.
Neil - please keep posting your progress - a lot of us are following your restoration with interest and envy of your skills.
Best regards.
Greg Bryan