Progress on #782

[DanEC]

Or possibly reverse progress would be a better term. I had the frame powdercoated but left the bonding of the body for myself to do. So far I'm not having any big regrets. I have the body stripped down and loose from the frame and I'm waiting for the epoxy and urethane sealants I ordered to arrive. There isn't too much about how this car goes together that I haven't learned through this dismantlement process. Since this is going to be an under chassis exhaust car I'm boing to paint the bottom of the floor pans with a ceramic based thermal paint prior to riveting and sealing them down. I'm also experimenting with a shimming process at the rocker panel to try and mimic the curved rockers of the original cars a little closer. The ERA has a little longitudnal curve there but not as much as the originals. Doing my own bonding is definately going to add a month or so of time to the project - working on it a few hours here and there. But, once everything is stripped down it looks pretty straight forward. I matched marked the body to the frame at several points as a precaution, but the factory temporary assembly screws make getting everything back in alignment pretty much fool proof.

I haven't tried to attach photos on this forum before so here goes.



Unloading the car during the only snow of any account that we have had in the last 10 years.




Safe in the garage at last.



Stripped down cockpit.



Engine side. An example of the tape match marks can be seen on the firewall. ERA apparently does a really good job of centering these as I had identical measurements on both sides from the front wheel well lips to the same points on the frame.

Dan