1955 Ranch Wagon Cruiser

[soltz]

Nice work [cl
I really like what you've gone, your updates make my day. [

Gota love those cheep rotisseries

 

[DJ3100]

Nice work [cl
I really like what you've gone, your updates make my day. [

Gota love those cheep rotisseries

Wow, that looks scary!

 

[soltz]

Solid as a rock and some what balanced [S

 

[DJ3100]

Rot

Removing the leaf spring hangers and this shows up.

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The other side isn't as bad, but will still need to be repaired.

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Makes you wonder what was holding this car up.

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Thought it might be a good idea to support it while the repair was made.

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Welded

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Finished

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[Old Iron]

"Makes you wonder what was holding this car up."
Good thing the bodies sit on the frames and don't hang from them.

 

[bob w]

Good as new. Maybe better. Nice work, fella.

 

[Torchie]

"Makes you wonder what was holding this car up."

"Force of Habit" That's what a guy I that I work with in construction used to say in answer to a question like that.
Frame is really shaping up nicely DJ.
Torchie.

 

[forbigpicture]

Again.....amazing stuff DJ

 

[DJ3100]

Frame

Here's a couple pics of the repair under the other spring hanger. All the pieces were coated with weld through primer on the inside.

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Straightening the crossmember started with a torch, hammer and dolly. The clamps pulled the hot metal the rest of the way.

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Have a guy coming Monday to dry ice blast the frame, inner fenders and whatever else I can afford - maybe the drip rail and roof.

 

[sgtpontiac]

Looking Great....

Doing a real fine job DJ.....[cl

 

[I-R-POPS]

Here's a couple pics of the repair under the other spring hanger. All the pieces were coated with weld through primer on the inside.


Straightening the crossmember started with a torch, hammer and dolly. The clamps pulled the hot metal the rest of the way.


Have a guy coming Monday to dry ice blast the frame, inner fenders and whatever else I can afford - maybe the drip rail and roof.

What U talking bout Willis? I've never heard of dry ice blasting. Tell me more please.

 

[Torchie]

What U talking bout Willis? I've never heard of dry ice blasting. Tell me more please.

I'm interested as well.
I have heard of it but have never seen it done. I followed a build thread of a guy over in Europe that was restoring an old survivor custom and he had the inside dry ice blasted to clean out all the old tar and body undercoating that had been put in for sound dead'ner.
Torchie.

 

[earthman]

What U talking bout Willis? I've never heard of dry ice blasting. Tell me more please.

 

[DJ3100]

Dry Ice Blasting

Here's a link to the company I am using. The video sort of explains it.
http://americandryiceblasting.com/

I have heard of it, seen it on TV, but I'll know more Monday. Assuming it works, there is no media to clean up and I don't have to transport the parts anywhere .

 

[jfg455]

Looks like a cool process. Maybe the ranch wagon will be on their website.

 

[Torchie]

Interesting. Never thought about the clean up aspect of dry ice.
The guy overseas that used it said that it was the only process that he knew of that would clean up old Roofing tar type undercoating.
Torchie.

 

[I-R-POPS]

Very interesting. Make sure you post pics please.

 

[hansgoudzwaard]

Rust Protection.

Do you use rust protection inside your frame after your repairs ?

 

[Neverdone]

seen ice blasting done many times. How we clean the blades on the big fans at the plant I work for.

 

[DJ3100]

Do you use rust protection inside your frame after your repairs ?

I am trying to figure out how to do that. The inside of the frame was pretty full of dirt. I scraped and vacuumed out what I could. I won't be able to get all the dirt or any loose rust off the inside so any kind of rust converter won't do much.

Any suggestions?