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PostPosted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 8:09 pm    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:07 am    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
It looks awesome, what is rural mail though?
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 3:51 am    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
In the Air Force I was stationed at Grand Forks AFB, ND. I was surprised about how nice car bodies were - I was told because it was too cold to use salt so they used cinders (ash) instead - not sure about that aspect. There were a bunch of old cars that had nice bodies but the interiors went to heck (when you sat on super cold vinyl you could hear it crack and pop).
I drove a 74 super beetle (fat chick?) and on cold mornings a line would be at the dorm door to get a ride - she always ran but with 4-5 passengers we had to leave the windows down some to keep from frosting the windows so bad we couldn't see - sticking your head out a side window was not pleasant at 30 below.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 6:47 am    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
Amazing how solid that car is! Looks great!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:38 pm    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
Jaiscossie wrote:
It looks awesome, what is rural mail though?


Mail service to farms.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 26, 2017 12:53 pm    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
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Rural Free Delivery:
http://www.like2do.com/learn?s=Rural_Free_Delivery

Or for boomers:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayberry_R.F.D.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 04, 2017 10:17 am    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
More rust repair and crack repair. Lots of stress cracks in this car. Not too worry, it'll be perfect before its done.

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PostPosted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 11:23 am    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
Does anyone know who might reproduce a wiring harness for this car?

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PostPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 9:58 am    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
The RockGuard went on yesterday. This car was originally undercoated, so I'm doing as much as I can to duplicate that look and protect the car into the future. It will also provide great sound deadening.


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PostPosted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 5:25 pm    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
That's a great looking bug.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:41 pm    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
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Fenders on the racks getting ready to be rock guarded and Cleared.
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 30, 2017 9:58 pm    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
one thing that the body guy has noticed is the lack of paint under the dash and on the bottom sides of the car. He mentioned that it looks like it was hand painted. I know for a fact it's the original paint, so it doesn't make sense. Does anyone know if at some point when the car maybe would have left the main line at the factory for the RHD dash, do you think that at that point it was more of a hand finished vehicle at that point?

Just curious
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 08, 2017 11:05 am    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
I sourced a 36 hp. Case for the car. It came with a 40 hp, so I found one closer to the build date of the car. August 1959.

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PostPosted: Sat Dec 09, 2017 1:00 am    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
JoelH wrote:
one thing that the body guy has noticed is the lack of paint under the dash and on the bottom sides of the car. He mentioned that it looks like it was hand painted. I know for a fact it's the original paint, so it doesn't make sense. Does anyone know if at some point when the car maybe would have left the main line at the factory for the RHD dash, do you think that at that point it was more of a hand finished vehicle at that point?

Just curious


It was no different than left hand drive cars.

The undersides of the dashes on many of my original cars, including the original paint '65 in my profile pic, are filled with runs in the paint and oaint inconsistencies.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 14, 2017 12:32 pm    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
More progress on the body. Everything has been rock guarded underneath now. The body is off the rotisserie and the apron has been pulled out from what looks like was a minor fender bender. Not much left and we clear.....This is going to be a NICE car!!

I might have the body back before the end of the year. I can then get start reassembly work. I have most everything I need to restore the interior. I need to get the seat frames powdercoated yet, but once that is done, it's go time on those as I have the padding and covers. I still need to order carpet and a headliner.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 20, 2017 11:42 am    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
Wash, Rinse, Repeat. Scrubbing the impurities out of the rust pores on the roof. We are so close....Should be shiny by the end of the week!


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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 5:03 am    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
what product are you using for the rock guard?
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 21, 2017 4:13 pm    Post subject: Re: 1960 RHD rural mail car Reply with quote
here's some teasers..... Time for some shiny rust!


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there were some holes here from an aftermarket mirror someone install. I had the holes welded up and bodyworked. sealed and spot painted to match.

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