Bill -
I apologize for my lack of posting, and I appreciate your interest! Currently my work schedule has exploded. I'm normally a casual, but one of the two people I fill in for tore his Achilles tendon & is off for 2-3 months, so I'm working full time in his place, plus lots of extra hours & days besides. Last week I worked 72 hours and, at my age, that's a lot! I'm getting only 1 day a week off, and that's taken up with chores, house maintenance, looking after our 16 rescue critters, etc.
Even so, I'm still managing to squeeze in an hour here and there on the car, which at this point consists of slowly blowing the car apart in preparation for frame paint, after which of course comes body paneling. I've taken a couple of hundred pics as I go, so I have details of brake, fuel, wiring etc. routing, as well as precise fitting of some of the adjustable components.
This is the part where I'm really appreciating the extra time & effort I put into design. For example, removing the fuel tank took less than 30 seconds total. I designed it so the tank rests in a cradle welded to the frame, and is locked in position by two 1/4-20 screws. Remove those, tilt the tank forward, and lift it out. Simple!
As far as frame paint is concerned, my buddy is using 3-step prep, with two undercoats, followed by a 2-part epoxy paint, followed by a UV coat on top. I, on the other hand, am planning on using simple rust paint (Tremclad). I might even get fancy and use Tremclad undercoat first, if I decide to get fancy. I think it unlikely that I'll be driving the car in salt/snow conditions (
), so this should probably last, oh, 30-40 years or so. Certainly longer than I'll last! Plus, touch-ups are a breeze - not so much for my buddy's multi-step epoxy system.
Anyway, a couple more months and I'll be back to "regularly scheduled programming".
As for the rest of you, keep up the great work & hold up the side until I'm back in the saddle again!!
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