1957 Euro Palm Green/Sand Green, Logos, Semaphores

[unk]

#38389

Rustabus wrote:

I like this plan!!!!

Who is this Rusty guy?   I never met him.   I don’t think he actually exists……we shall see.   I always thought he was a pretend alter-ego of Jones.   🙂 🙂

[John Jones]

#38392

unk wrote:

Rustabus wrote:

I like this plan!!!!

Who is this Rusty guy? I never met him. I don’t think he actually exists……we shall see. I always thought he was a pretend alter-ego of Jones. 🙂 🙂

He’s pretty awesome.. but hard to nail down….  😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[John Jones]

#38409

Bus is on the lift for some hard brake lines and such… Franz is working on your beam..   Gonna have a “Kit” for you guys to slam together inbetween beers and food…. 😎  and maybe some sleep…  Unk we got plenty of room for ya here….  as well as you Andy!  😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Willy]

#38422

Sounds like you guys are gonna have a good time! Jealous!

[Pat K]

#38427

We decided to power wash the bottom side and cab area before we started assembling anything. 

Scraped a bunch of glue off the steering box  

Will start out tomorrow by unsticking brake pedal adjustment rod. 

JJ send a bunch of 10 and knocked out a primer session.

Franz has been working on the beam.

We will build it if it comes.

[jp]

#38433

Looks cleaner!

Did the White House paint come off?  The OG paint is under there and that floor would be neat to see.

[Franz]

#38443

Tom said he was going to mess with stripping that interior paint.

[Franz]

#38444

Beam fully welded.

I think the early center pin housing provides a little more strength due to the uprights to the top beam tube…but I also noticed the bottom of the center pin has almost no support. I made a little gusset to go there.

[John Jones]

#38458

beam is looking awesome.. Franz is putting Og bushings in it too… 😎

Pat is working on assembly!

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Franz]

#38486

That was a job.  But I was able to turn down the O.D. of the original phenolic bushings to fit the 2 1/4”  x .120 dom tube we used on the 3 1/4” narrowed beam. This thing is badass. Super strait, fully tig welded, tons of caster built in.

Once I press fit the bushings in the tube. They were a little tight on the I.D. this big reamer saved me. Also, I tacked on the original beam number for style points.

[Rustabus]

#38487

Heh! How many shops could knock that out??!!?!?!? 🙂

[Pat K]

#38495

Franz gettin it done yesterday!

Installed all of the break hard lines and master yesterday. 

Broken horn ground wire replaced.  Missing wire from brake light switch to fuse block ran.  Couple of other small wiring repairs and cleaning up connections.

Every weld along the clutch cable tube needed attention. 

Ended my day by cleaning out cable tubes. YUCK!!!! What a messy job!

We will build it if it comes.

[Franz]

#38546

Here we go. Engine assembly day.

[John Jones]

#38554

Pats been tidying up wiring and getting things ready for the “Big Assembly weekend”  😎  😎  Franz is all over the engine!!! 😎

Been a wild ride, but it got me here 😎

[Pat K]

#38557

Little tedious bits today.

Brake clevis didn’t come off easily. Broken pushrod and a little bent up. 

Drilled and tapped brake clevis, saved it!  Made up a new MC pushrod from an old case stud  

 

More wiring repairs.

 

Cleaned all the critical areas of the tail lights and swabbed with dielectric grease so the energy will flow.

New batt. cables and wiring grommets in.  All wiring connections repaired or cleaned.

 

Franz in action, getting shit done.

We will build it if it comes.

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