TooBusy wrote:
The cross member and inner rockers look better than any Brit car I've ever worked on.
Nice progress!
That crossmember stops at the trans tunnel. The PO cut and removed the center section and never replaced it. There will be work to do. The RH side is beat to all heck. It will take almost as much effort to rework as it would to replace. There will be more hammer and dolly work in its future. As for the inner rockers, pics are deceiving. They are rusted out at the front and have a lot of deep pitting along the top. I have a 4 ft repair inner rocker panel coming for each side.
Miatav8,MstrASE,A&P,F wrote:
Agreed. That tin is way too nice for you Chuck.
Are you going to redkote or POR the tank? Have a radiator shop clean it out? My tank is in good shape. POR in the trike tank did not hold up well and aluminum fuel cells are cheap now.
I've done 2 tanks now with Redkote, my 12gal steel tank on my Locost and my Cushman tank. So far, no problems. I'll probably wait until I'm ready to work on it. It will need an in-tank pump and return line added to support the EFI. At that time I'll wash out real well, then Redkote ( or Northern, whichtever I can find at the time) . FYI, I asked the mfgr, if RedKote was suitable for use on new steel. to protect from future rust This was the reply from Damon Ind.:
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Hi Chuck,
Perfectly suited for it. Don't use the phosphoric acid. Just degrease, dry and coat. Red-Kote and Northern are the same except for the color.
JD, my floors are coming from a small supplier in Canada. They are made from pre-plated steel and not painted. I can't say that I have heard of the Sunoco Blue floors. Not sure who made them. The ones I am tearing out are made of thinner steel and painted black. I don't remember the Sunoco diesel pumps but I can remember the Sunoco blending pumps around the late 60's and early 70's with up to 8 different octane possibilities.
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