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Topic: Coming off of the rotisserie
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kinger44
Gearhead Posts: 294
From: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 05-16-2006 08:44 AM
   
The car is finally going to be ready tomorrow or Thursday. It's been months in the paint shop, but I don't want to rehash that.My question is about what should and shouldn't be assembled when it leaves the paint shop. The fenders, trunk and doors are off the car now and have been painted separately. All the other little pieces too (1/4 caps, buckets, hood signal light pieces, valences etc.) So the "car" is just a shell with the hood (underside is painted), door jambs, 1/4's and roof left to paint. My assembly guy wants it all back together before we get it back. He wants them to have it all done so that we can see the lines, know that it fits etc. The paint guys disagree, saying that we will want the fenders off to assemble the drive line, the doors off to assemble the interior, etc. They also talk about the car sitting in the rotisserie and how it's flexed so if they are going to reassemble they want to put it on the floor to eliminate that. I see both their points of view. I'm stuck in the middle. What should I do? It's a total shell right now, no suspension, axles, nothing. Any help greatly appreciated as always. Thanks Gregg ------------------
68 coupe, red on black. FULL RESTORATION UNDERWAY!!! http://mustangsandmore.50megs.com/MembersPics/kinger44.html
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gjz30075
Journeyman Posts: 88
From: Roswell, Ga.
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 05-16-2006 09:02 AM
I'd make it a roller before putting on the doors and fenders. Start with the rear springs, axle, gas line, brake lines, and front suspension. If you can, put the engine in. You can also go with some cosmetic stuff like end caps, tail lights, gas tank, wiring, trunk lid, headliner and glass. Big care needs to be taken now with the doors and fenders.
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lonewolf
Gearhead Posts: 368
From: Colorado; M&M #3117
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 05-16-2006 10:00 AM
I would also reassemble into a roller. It's alot easier to fix any chips you might during assembly while it's at the shop than it would be at home.I also agree with assembling on the floor. I would hang all of the suspension first, then the doors and then fenders/hood/etc. HTH, Rick ------------------
Lonewolf
1968 Coupe in Pieces
99 1/2 F250
FFR MkIII
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Darryl Eichenlaub
Journeyman Posts: 43
From: Buckley,Wa.
Registered: Dec 2005
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posted 05-16-2006 10:48 AM
I also agree with the roller thing, front and rear supension, drive train, gas tank ect. Then you'll want as much of the weight of the car back on the car before you hang the doors, so before you install glass do the headliner. I feel it's a good time to just finish the interior. When you hang and fit the doors do them with the glass in (weight). After the doors fit the front sheet metal. From there it's off to the races. The old adage "A thousand different ways to skin a cat" can come into play here, but how many times to you want to gap the doors, then regap the fenders, ect.....------------------
Darryl Eichenlaub
1965 Mustang Coupe restomod 289,c4,body and interior mods.
1956 F-100 460,c6,9" major body mods, on going project.
1967 Mustang Fastback, father/son project 5.0,5spd,9".
1975 F250 4x4 Highboy 390,4spd,35",custom paint.
2002 Mustang v6,5spd, daughters college ride.
2001 Ford Escape, Wifes grocery getter.
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gmliebau
Gearhead Posts: 558
From: Port St. Lucie, FL
Registered: Jan 2004
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posted 05-16-2006 02:34 PM
I would really recommend that you allow the body guy to hang most everything...like fenders, valances, hood, trunk, doors, headlight housings, grill, etc. So if he dings the paint, it's his fault and will fix it.
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