Why I havent been making many knives... My shoptime is going into this!

Aye carumba! 40 years of road dirt and grime and tar is a pain to get off, i dont think i'll finish both trailing arms today! I have one done though and the paint drying. I used VHT silver caliper paint after wirebrushing, sand blasting, degreasing, etc. I masked off the insides of the bushing mounts and the bumper and sprayed away.

VHT caliper paint says that it's the most durable if cured for an hour at around 200f, does anyone forsee any problems tossing a trailing arm in the oven for an hour at that temp? I'm not sure what temp powdercoating ovens get to, but i do know people have powder coated their TAs before

Also, engine hoists are good for holding a lot more than just engines! <3 my hoist now that I own one.

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It's a good thing that I'm not married, or I'd be sleeping on the couch or in the garage for a week =D But as you can see from how clean my oven is... i dont use it for that much anyways, so heat treating some car parts is all good.

The oven held surprisingly well at 200 exactly.

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One trailing arm is now done! (Well, almost done, I still need to drill holes for, and attach the shock in coil bracket from Rat-co and get new studs for it as well) The other still needs some more cleaning, but it's getting close. Should be done the second trailing arm tomorrow. New rubber plugs + silver paint and a good cleaning, and these things look totally different than what I started with =)

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Great thread, really interesting. Cool car, a relative of mine did an in frame rebuild and light restoration on one just like it, I always thought it was a cool car.

I'm kind of scared to start on my 62 Ford truck!
 
My mirrors arrived today. I do like the original bullet mirror look, but they're all but useless as actual mirrors. Looking around, I really liked the look of the baby Vitaloni mirrors that Paul Rego and Chandlerazman over at 6-pack are using, but I also kinda wanted the safety and visibility of modern turn-indicators in my mirrors. I found a company that makes what are essentially imitation Viatloni turbo mirrors with built in lights, and bought a pair. At 15$ each it's worth a try, and if they dont work out well, I can always go for the real things albeit without the turn signals.

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you've been busy! If you give up sleep you make knives again! Of course you could just give up work instead and still get to sleep. Looks nice, help me with my 74 cj next I've already done the frame work and mounted the fiberglass body just needs the finishing touches, like seats..
Paul
 
Heh, I havent finished a knife since I bought the TR6 =( Though I did forge a few out that still need to be ground and whatnot.

Cant give up work because that pays for the hobbies!
 
Justin.Mercier said:
Heh, I havent finished a knife since I bought the TR6 =( Though I did forge a few out that still need to be ground and whatnot.

Cant give up work because that pays for the hobbies!
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I sold my Model A - thinking I mighht buy a low mileage C5 Corvette - I have owned 4 Vettes over the years - nice cars - Would like a C6 but thats over my pay grade - tom
 
Don't panic, just because I just posted a @#%@#% ton of smithing tools and whatnot for sale doesn't mean I'm quitting, I'm not! It just means that I need more space, and I'd rather see the tools used! The car restoration hasn't robbed me of all knifemaking, only put it on hiatus!
 
The AMCO reproduction center console I ordered arrived today. I got mine with an autometer clock instead of a smiths gauge clock, because the originals used a Kintzle clock that looks more like the autometer. My eastwood internal frame coating kit also arrived this morning (as did some touchup paint from paintscratch.com for my TR7)

The console looks well made, and while costly, I've always absolutely loved the look of the original AMCO center-console with clock. I may add a quick fabricated metal brace under the rear console part just to give it a little more lateral stiffness, but that may not be needed once it's sitting over the driveshaft tunnel.

The colors for the front and back section are the same, it's just a trick of the lighting, the flash and the texture of the plastic that makes them look different in these photos.

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This weekend I took a road trip and picked up another TR6 body tub (with quarter panels) The tub is in about the same overall condition as my current one, but the rust damage is in different spots, so I am planning on salvaging as much good sheet metal from both tubs to get the best one that I can. The one that I just picked up I may even just be able to use the whole passenger side floor pan, which would be nice.

Thankfully the weather was gorgeous this weekend. I rented a U-haul 6x12 trailer to carry the tub the 300 miles round trip to my house.

I forgot to get photos of it hanging from the garage ceiling at Alex and Janet Thompson's house, but they've got a gorgeous garage for their TR6 and GT6

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Right now it's just sitting on dolleys in my driveway until I get a better place for it
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This sunday I then went and did the Eastwood internal frame coating. I found that 4 of the internal frame coating kit is just about perfect for a TR6 frame, it's a good thing I ordered one more can than I thought that I was going to need, my guestimate was 3 cans.

The eastwood kit is nice, coming with an 18 inch long nozzle extension that sprays all around in 5 directions at the tip. This is however pretty messy. You spray a ton of it all over inside, and it drips and runs out of all the holes, and gets all over everything! That said... getting all over everything is a good thing when spraying down the inside of your frame, it does however mean that I'll need to buy a couple rattle cans of paint to make the frame neat and pretty again =) Also, if any of you plan on using this kit, I recommend getting your frame outside before you do it as well, as the paint drips all over whatever is underneath, in this case my garage floor. That said, I was happy with the product, it seems well designed, and that it covers very well. Now that the frame is done inside and out (except for some touch-up to repaint the overspray) when we get some warm weather in the 70s I will break out the urethane foam and fill in the frame cavities, stiffening it up and sound deadening it.

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Hang in there - your doing a great job - it will be worth it - I'm all done with project cars - no more - it's for you younger guys - I found the 1 in a million vettes I was looking for - 2001 with 7,200 miles - showromm perfect!
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The TR6 has always been one of my favorite sports cars - absolutely beautiful lines! I had a 914 in college and that was fun. Good luck with your restoration.
 
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