Carl 61 Fleetwood Phyllis

[Clewisiii]

Somewhere I have the radiator support brackets. I have already sandblasted and painted them. But now I cannot find what box they are in. I think some sorting and organizing of what is left will be necessary this weekend.

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So the wires on this coil seem to be completely wrong.  Total of 5 wires going to the coil here. So I don't know what is going on.

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Picked up a correct Vacuum advance tube from inline tube on my lunch break today.

[Lexi]

Great attention to detail and parts restoration. Clay/Lexi

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My distributor is back.  Now a question. Do I paint it blue or leave it black as they painted it. 

I remember mine had some blue. I still have the tag and it has blue on it.

But I assume the distributor would have been painted before it was assembled to the engine.

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At the request of my sandblaster I torched as much of the undercoating off of my inner fenders as possible. 

Not my favorite thing to do in 90 degree heat.  And the fumes have probably shortened my life. 

But I have to say I am very thankful the original owner paid for the undercoating.

My 61 parts car came from the same town. And that had a lot of rot.


 

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The parts made it to the sand blaster today. 4 drums and 16 under hood metal pieces I should have back next week. I forgot to bring one behind headlight panel. I will need to blast that myself.

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Found them. My radiator support brackets.  And I have emptied 5 totes do far in cleaning.  I filling out label information for the other totes.  I may spend the rest of next week just cleaning and organizing storage.

[Clewisiii]

Successful cleaning day.  Emptied 5 totes. Collected 3 totes of obsolete parts I will not toss until I am completely done. Sorted and labeled by area.   Collected a few more pieces that I will have powdercoated.

But best of all opened up a lot of tabletop space to work through my next batch of parts. 

One thing I am thinking about is the firewall insulation panel.  I think a plastic reproduction was made.  Has anyone purchased or used one for 61-62.  I remember random screws across the panel. My original was completely rotted

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I clean up my fuel filter housing. And a spare. I am waiting for my tanks to warm up and I will begin playing these. 



I also have all the brass. Each time I try to clean them it seems I just burn the surface.  I will need to think of another method and try again.

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They look nice. The retainer is in now.

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I guess once I start this engine I should start looking at restoration insurance. 

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Looks like jewelry.  All of this still needs to be properly installed.  But I am going to take my time. 

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Thank God for the massive oil leak that my parts cars previous owner obviously had.

Other then a 1/4 inch of oily mud this looks perfect.

[Clewisiii]

To say that I am both surprised and pleased is an understatement. 

Most of the paint is still on it.
No pitting.

[Clewisiii]

I will need to make a drawing of this exhaust hanger. Grant in New Zealand may be able to make it and pair it with his other hangers to complete a set for 61

I may have to wait until I install my exhaust to my frame to confirm the cut runner length.

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I sent some measurements to Grant to see if he can make this unique bracket for 61. I believe most of the rest are the same for his set from 59. So maybe he will be able to put together a set for 61.

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Grant said he can make that exhaust hanger. So maybe he will be able to start selling a set for 1961

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I come home with a car full of freshly sandblasted parts. And it starts raining. I guess they will have to wait.

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The drums are getting POR15 today or tomorrow. The rest will be powder coated.



The powdercoater will most likely sandblast again. But I wanted a clean surface so that I can address visible pitting.


 Some I may be able to sand out.  The others I will use a high temp filler capable of being powder coated. I just need to figure a way to heat the moisture out of it. Or ask my powder coater to run it through the oven before he coats it.