1950 Split Restoration & Intro

sunroof · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:45 am Post subject:

Being German, I get it right away!

Don

mandraks · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 10:52 am Post subject:

it is interesting how one can ask for information, get it, and then complain about the how.... i feel the search function is a hairy bitch sometimes, that does not mean there is something wrong with me Smile

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Uli

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'53 3-Fold Oval, L35 Metallic Blue, looking for a narrow hatch panel

sunroof · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:08 am Post subject:

Listen: I was just searching the bodywork forum for info about cutting tools and was not getting what I wanted and my first thougt was "Thou search function, what a hairy bitch!". (shaking fist emoticon)

Don

Just wait, we're about to hear an earful from the Hairy Bitch Ass'n. (HBAA)

johnshenry · Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2015 6:49 pm Post subject:

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 4:44 pm Post subject:

So, anyway....here's the latest update. Carpet strips installed, doors installed, steering wheel and column restored and about to be installed. Just waiting to install the brush holder that Mika Virtanen created in literally 8 hours after I asked if he had such a thing. Here are the latest pics....

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Closeup of door edge

Here's the inside of the door, with the classic vice grip door handle.

The door shuts with a nice whump. The pointy end of the icepick door handle is hitting the door right now, so need to do some adjusting.

Carpet strip painted and installed. Also a view of the seat installed on the rails.

A closeup of the installed batwing wheel. Yeah, it's upside down in the pic. You can also see the hole in the column where the horn brush holder should be. Like I said earlier, Mika fabbed one up, so after painting and installing, I'll post a pic.

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 4:40 pm Post subject:

Took the day off and took care of a few more things...

The running boards are installed.....

An overall view from the back quarter.....

It finally has a face! The restored headlights from Rico Pohlan are finally installed. His work is so impressive that it was honestly a shame to hide the back of these lights in the headlight bucket....

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Mon Apr 13, 2015 12:55 pm Post subject:

Thanks! I did a little more work today, mainly getting the grab straps installed. I couldn't find any oval head, straight slot sheet metal screws, so had to use machine screws instead. I just tapped the existing holes for the right size & thread count. Seems to have worked fine.

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2015 11:38 am Post subject:

Now that the horn brush holder has been repaired, we were able to install the steering column today. Here's a close up of the brush holder that Mika Virtanen created the same day I asked him about it. Worked like a charm.

I also added the dash trim pieces after spending some time last week end polishing aluminum. All of those Kirby vacuum cleaners that I polished in High School finally paid off.

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 2:22 pm Post subject:

A little more progress.....

Door glass installed

And, the gear shifter installed

The flash makes the steering wheel look way lighter than it is.....it's color is the same as the hand brake, steering column, & seat rails that can be seen in earlier pictures.

nlorntson · Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2015 5:34 pm Post subject:

Making excellent progress! It's the little daily victories that add up to a completed car. Keep up the good work.

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 1:24 pm Post subject:

Made some more progress this weekend. I received my restored ivory speedo pod from John Henry. Check out the Zarwerks posts for how he resurrected this ivory pod. It's original to the car, & I'm grateful that John chose to work his magic on it......

The front of the pod. All of the cracks tell the story of a 65 year old car....

Wiring up the speedo pod......

The driver's view...

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 1:32 pm Post subject:

I received a beautiful sun visor from Ricardo at Split Parts Unlimited this week. Here it is installed on the mirror, which I installed today. It's the first time I had a view out the rear split window from the driver's seat......very cool. Do you really need to see any more of the car behind you than that?

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:12 pm Post subject:

Found a nice brake fluid resevoir from Paul Horvath. Installed & ready for the brakes to be bled....

Front bumper mounted....still need to add the bumper guards, but it was enough for one day.

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 4:15 pm Post subject:

BTW, the pan is chalky white because of the dust in the shop.....you can clean the car one day & have it covered in dust the next. Obviously I haven't cleaned the pan in a while.

p horvath · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 7:50 pm Post subject: 50

glad you went with the screw terminal brake light switch on the master cylinder. Very Happy

nlorntson · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:00 pm Post subject:

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: 50

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Sat Jun 13, 2015 8:19 pm Post subject:

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:53 pm Post subject:

Lots of effort to essentially accomplish the mundane this week. The dome light was the bane of my entire restoration process. Most of it was my fault.....I folded over the wire, taped it like crazy, and looped a pull cord through it. Then, I taped the pull cord too. Obviously, I was paranoid about losing the wire inside the body when pulling in the new wiring harness. When all was said and done, the wire itself was way inside the car body & I had to use my finger tips shoved through the dome light opening to unravel the tape. Finally, after lots of annoyance and even more whining, I ended up with a dome light....

Here's the speedometer installed in the ivory speedo pod. I'll be honest.....I was really worried about all of those little pod cracks turning into a massive pod explosion. So far, that hasn't happened, and the speedo seems to be staying in place.....

I also managed to get all four gears to function after spending more time than seemingly necessary to adjust and readjust the two bolts that hold the shiftter in place. I didn't take a picture of that, since my feeling of accomplishment was significantly higher than anything that could be captured on a camera.

Finally, we tried to bleed the brakes, but discovered a brake line connection that just wouldn't stop leaking. Looks like we'lll need to cut off the brake line and reflare it.

As far as wiring, I'm down to the wiper motor (need to find one nut), the headlight dip switch (should be here tomorow), and the dual filament tail light brackets. Those have been a major challenge. Bought two sets from KN, neither of which would hold a bulb. Have a set on order from Denmark, & we'll see how they go. If well, I'll post their name in this thread. If not, I'll post their name in the vendor forum.

mdvanderploeg · Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2015 7:29 pm Post subject:

"A" Profile ignition key....hard to find, way too expensive, but really cool....


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