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Big Milestone! Tub is stripped

John Moore

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After months of no activity (other than hunting and gathering parts...) I finally got the tub stripped! My next step is to strip the paint. I'm going to try a chemcial stripper on the flat surfaces and I have a buddy's sand blaster to get the rust and nooks and crannies.

Looks like the sheet metal that needs to be replaced is:

Floor pans
Outer rockers
Inner Rockers (These might be patchable)
Quarter panels
"A" Pillar
Battery Tray
"Chin" on bonnet

I've bought all that metal.

It also looks like the bottom of the inside cockpit panel is crispy, where it meets the floor. I don't know if it's patchable...

I'm also hopefull the spring hangers are ok... we'll see.

I'm sure I'll find more rust, Always do.

It's been four years since the sill replacement on my B where I said never again. I guess never again arrived! lol

Oh yeah, I do have a rotissary that a guy in my LBC Club gave me. It's designed for a square arch midget, so I'll have to modifiy it to work on the rear of my bugeye. I'm not sure yet if how I'm going to use it. I wonder if it will cause the body to flex when I replace the rockers. I dunno.

But good news, finally making progress.
 

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Oh yeah, I left the doors on to help me align the rockers when I take them out.
 
JOhn you may be able to add some weld in braces on the inside, just inside the doors, since there's not much to Bugeeye doors to dodge anyway.
 
Good idea Hap.

I did that with my B when I replaced the sills.
 
Nice progress, John. Lots to do but you're well under way.
 
Once you get the paint stripped and the sandblasting finished, it will be full steam ahead. I see a saga forming. Maybe if it gets too hot in Niceville Jack will come up and lend hand.
 
Trevor Jessie said:
Once you get the paint stripped and the sandblasting finished, it will be full steam ahead. I see a saga forming. Maybe if it gets too hot in Niceville Jack will come up and lend hand.

lol! That would be "nice"! Our summers are cool up here by comparison!

But yeah, I feel like I got a head of steam. Just gotta keep it going. I was just out there now playing around with the aircraft stripper. woo hoo!
 
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