I started the tear down first by removing all trim and bumpers. Then we pulled the motor. Although it ran well, we have found some "issues" that we wanted to take a closer look at. We are hoping to only freshen up the motor and replace all the gaskets. We are planning to do the same thing with the Cruis-O-Matic trans. The car goes to soda blasting as soon as I am done removing all the trim. I am going to detail the engine compartment before it goes to paint. Found a friend living under the 2nd seat! He was living off of bazooka Joe! =http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/showimage.php?i=10619&c=member&imageuser=401] [/url] Gutted rear passenger area. May be adding the 3rd seat option too! That is my first passenger, My youngest, Abby! =http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/showimage.php?i=10618&c=member&imageuser=401] [/url] =http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/showimage.php?i=10616&c=member&imageuser=401] [/url] My favorite Mechanics! Vogel Service in Plum PA. That is one heavy motor!! =http://www.stationwagonforums.com/forums/gallery/showimage.php?i=10617&c=member&imageuser=401] [/url]
say um, i dunno how to tell ya, but do you know those arent the original wheels??? ahh im sorry i couldnt help it.... looking good. question, howd you pull the raingutter trim? im scared to yank mine off. im afraid ill bend it beyond repair. Raf-
Looking at the picture the trim is still there. I read somewhere that using a old bottle opener works id you use tape on it to protect the trim.
Was it parked under a tree or found near a smoke stack? That looks like serious rust on the tops of the fenders. $arge, the raingutter clips are sneaky devils. Download the Glass Shop Supplies document (PDF) and look on page 8 to 11. There's one there for a 1966-1980 Galaxie (8941), mine is the 12130. http://www.oemhardware.ca/catalog_auto.htm The Ford catalog is about exterior moulding clips. (Also PDF)
I found out quickly that the gutter trim was best left to the professionals! Any trim you still see in the pics is coming off when I stop off at the body shop before it goes to soda blasting. I have no idea how to get that trim off without ruining it. I will pass along the bottle opener idea to the shop to see what they think. When I had the car at the body shop to see if it was worth restoring, they really did not seem to think it was a big deal to get the trim off the gutters.
Hey Stormin, The top of the car was baked in the Southern sun for for 40 years. Yep, there is rust on the roof, hood, and fenders. The underside is so nice. I was close to parting it out until we put it up on the lift and saw all the good parts. The parts on top as you know can be dealt with.
It sounds like you've got a good bunch of guys on the body restoration, and with the underside intact, you'll end up with a lion's pride ride!
Stormin, That is a very informative catalog. I can't seem to locate which parts you are talking about for the raingutter clips for my car.
Henry Ford was really the inventor of the modern Industrial Revolution. Although the Needle Trade in England's 1850 piece-work methodology got the major distinction of the advent of the Industrial Revolution. Henry was one of the first manufacturers to apply 'parts rationalization' and standardization across models, especially within the same lines or factories. So the clips from one model of a full-size are usually replaceable with another full-size bit of hardware. GM glommed onto Henry's efficient tricks with each brand they bought up, so in Canada, Chevy, Olds, and Pontiac cars shared Engines, Trannies, exhausts, wheels - non-cosmetic stuff.
My own car, built in Mexico's only Ford Assembly Plant, has a hooped headliner, a points ignition and other details that aren't built into American or Canadian built Fairmonts. They built Granadas on the Mexican line, and so mine has a headliner from the Granada wagon, sized to the Fairmont wagon.