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This is so awesome! Thank you for keeping such a detailed diary of your F2 restoration! I have just purchased my F2 project and, daunting as it is, finding threads like this really makes me feel like the impossible is going to be possible! :)
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Originally Posted by Styliedawn
(Post 20117876)
This is so awesome! Thank you for keeping such a detailed diary of your F2 restoration! I have just purchased my F2 project and, daunting as it is, finding threads like this really makes me feel like the impossible is going to be possible! :)
Thanks, it feels like I started this project decades ago. It was my attempt at making a diary of what I did for my girls to see, and I'll be honest, it also helps keep me motivated. |
10-24-2021 Update
JUst a quick update for now,
The hood has been fitted to the truck, although I don't see how the hood hinge bolts I got from LMC are in any way for this truck, and the hood doesn't settle on it's own in the rear without my help. But it does fit and look cool, now on to the front fenders! Also in the shop this week I find a work order from none other than the shop foreman herself. She brought her car in for a much needed buff job and some suspension upgrades. She keeps me running for sure! https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...40dc89a840.jpg Hood mounted, sittin gout in the sun https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...238a786344.jpg ... https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...9f44945db6.jpg A few night shots https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...2712c5563c.jpg ... https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...52624fb5f7.jpg ... https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...f099290e2a.jpg ... https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...2b20b42f1f.jpg Stop everything! The shop foreman has another urgent work order on the hook! https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...6446cd7393.jpg A quick and much needed buff job and a full chassis lube, just to name a few items in the work order. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...e052203df3.jpg Rust in the places you'd expect https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...8327c1bedd.jpg Being an F2 I'm not sure if these panels are available https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...8ab1549749.jpg There's definitely a big difference in the wheel openings. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...f33a182755.jpg Rust removed and soaking in a rust neutralizer https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...3e6aefccc2.jpg dented, bent and rusted. This is arguably the most rust I have to deal with so far, but the bed awaits! https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...a562fab955.jpg Lot's of rust remediation here too https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...5adaed773a.jpg patina, shhmatina... I know it's cool to a lot of people but I think the truck deserves it's original color. I can say that when I first got Mater in 2017 I was just going to get the old engine runnng and do the brakes. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...c16aafaa71.jpg a non stock vent hole https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...304fd0cd4c.jpg more rust |
December 2021 update
Fenders update - I figured I'd have them done by now, but have been challenged with so much rust in odd places, plus countless hours of dent removal. Check my prior post for the photos of where these fenders started at. Thanks to Wayne for offering me some patch panels, but sadly I already had a set made for the F1, and in this update, you'll see how I had to make these work. As of today, they are ready for primer, but still not done. This update has a TON of pictures, I kinda went off the deep end, but what's abuild thread without an snapshot or 2.
Stay tuned for the next update once I have these in paint and hung on the truck, enjoy! https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...a90c1cc39b.jpg Heavily rusted here... https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...e621884023.jpg Smashed in nearly an inch https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...bec48dfab0.jpg Little rusty pinholes are extremely challenging to repair, and I am a novice at best. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...3dabeda5bd.jpg Driver side fender getting ready to be worked over like a boxer's punching bag. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...de9d2e7819.jpg Rusty, dented, but it will be saved. I don't like just replacing things when thay can be fixed. Nothing is more sad to me. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...f912789ee5.jpg Dented and rusty https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...5b12bcec31.jpg Smashed in pretty good in the front https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...9e4293b9b7.jpg On heck of a dent https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...9837a63822.jpg Smashed, rusted, and dented passenger side fender https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...63ca70f1ba.jpg Pounding out the dents, in which I will leave the history of the damage alone. I never intended this truck to be a show truck. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...8908c092b2.jpg Getting the really severe kink from the dent out of the metal. In this curve, I actually used the round dolly as my hammer https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...74e820447d.jpg Looking much better. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...1dc836bd71.jpg I can say that the flipping and rolling, and ultimately finding a way to balance it to even work on it has been a challenge. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...285c279b57.jpg I use evap-O-rust extensively on this truck, and love the effects https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...3ff85dd517.jpg Soaking the lower front panels in evap-O-Rust https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...79a6d97b99.jpg Rust cut out and ready for patches to be made https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...8e5f437baf.jpg Passenger side rust cut out. I have read in a few different places that patch panels that are not square will tend to not pull out of shape as much. So far that seems to be true. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...322e458c6d.jpg Tack welding the patch panel in https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...acab95bb76.jpg Tack welding the patch panel https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...321c99f1e6.jpg Stitch welded on the passenger side fender https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...d599c4cc7b.jpg Stitch welded and ground smooth https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...6c0bfc3c44.jpg Stitch welded and ground smooth. This one fought me mightily, as the "good metal" was rusted thinner than I expected https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...8e142c8e13.jpg Leaded and roughed in. I am really just getting started with leading, but I do want to try to use it more, as it becomes structural. https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...f7925bade5.jpg Lead applied and smoothed out a bit with the eastwood paddle. A speacial thanks to a personal tutorial with none other than Gene Winfield himself! okay... that is bull ****, I watched his youtube tutorial, but he is my hero. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...e971b4f6a9.jpg Filing the lead down to mitigate the amount of sanding you will ultimately do with lead, as it is much harder to shape than bondo, so if you're in a hurry, lead is not for you! https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...dc5e0ddc57.jpg Leaded and ready for shaping https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...6948df9a85.jpg More leading angles https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...933a5e6d6d.jpg Lead finish sanded to be ready for primer https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...c6da6af227.jpg Corner patch ground smooth for the next step https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...86cd2776e2.jpg Another spot where the lead has been sanded as smooth as I felt I could get it https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...b1f46156c1.jpg On the second fender, I cut the patch panel down to fit the F2 fender on an angle to avoid the kinking that seemed to happen on the first fender, which I plan on re-doing. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...8d6e5f9089.jpg Angle cut shorter to fit the F2 fender, which seemed to add some strength https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...9d33a7fe90.jpg Smoothing and sanding the leaded patch panel https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...be21d653c3.jpg Finished lower fender repair https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...16a9f31da9.jpg Finished the bottom corner https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...809069d260.jpg When using the lower fender patch panel, you will have to shape the edge to match the original metal, as the patch panel is far more rounded https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...9e4effb332.jpg More shaping of the patch panel edge to match the original steel https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...45247c9224.jpg Matching the edge https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...79cdcd1752.jpg More finish work https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...011e79dce3.jpg finish sanding and shaping will eat hours of time https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...8d13a9f176.jpg To say you will block sand lead for a while would be an understatement. I do like the strength of lead over plastic filler though, that's definitely apparent when you're working with lead https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...37f3eec5f0.jpg My fenders were quite bent out of shape so I had to let the patch panel "guide" them back into shape https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...d24abfd81f.jpg The panels I had on hand to fix the rust (Sorry Wayne, I had these already) https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...a77851152e.jpg The forst fender I cut straight (left of the picture). I didn't like the way it ended up once I was done https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...38d8c6b397.jpg Here is where I cut the F1 patch panel straight, and even though it welded in ok, I just didn;t like the final result https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...16939d5991.jpg Cut down F1 patch panel is necessary in order to fit the f2 fender https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...554adb413c.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...b679c237f3.jpg The chalky residue you see here is an acid etch that will help bond the KBS Coating I will apply once I finish the metal work https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...dddd9663a1.jpg smoothing out the passenger side fender, which was damaged the most https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...ffa6edbe76.jpg Pounding, shaping and smoothing... hours and hours. this takes a lot of patience, as I am finding it quite easy to over-work the metal. |
Very nice update Tony, great work!
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Originally Posted by pineconeford
(Post 20185524)
Very nice update Tony, great work!
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Tony,
Your doing great! Lots of work there on the panels and fenders! Good pictures! Regards, Chris |
Originally Posted by Effies 56
(Post 20190278)
Tony,
Your doing great! Lots of work there on the panels and fenders! Good pictures! Regards, Chris |
Wow!! Amazing work! Great job, you need to change the name of your thread, cuz your truck will look much better than 'mater...
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I find it funny that people are saying buy new metal. Have any of them searched for new F-2 to F-6 front fenders?
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I think you're going to regret keeping all the rear springs. I took mine down to 6 and it still rides like an ox cart |
Originally Posted by Greg Rogers
(Post 20196409)
Wow!! Amazing work! Great job, you need to change the name of your thread, cuz your truck will look much better than 'mater...
Originally Posted by 38 coupe
(Post 20196498)
I find it funny that people are saying buy new metal. Have any of them searched for new F-2 to F-6 front fenders?
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Hello Toni, thanks for the great report. I haven't been in the forum long. I only started the project in October. I am very impressed by your work. I definitely have a few more questions for you. Please keep it up.
greetings from Germany. greet bernd. my trade....... Mercury m47 to the 60 Birthday https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...7bc77a0d85.jpg |
Originally Posted by Steve Harlow
(Post 20197518)
I think you're going to regret keeping all the rear springs. I took mine down to 6 and it still rides like an ox cart
Originally Posted by bernd61hd
(Post 20203315)
Hello Toni, thanks for the great report. I haven't been in the forum long. I only started the project in October. I am very impressed by your work. I definitely have a few more questions for you. Please keep it up.
greetings from Germany. greet bernd. my trade....... Mercury m47 to the 60 Birthday |
12/30/2021 Update
Merry Christmas! For the last Mater update of the year, I was very happy to finally make significant progress on the truck. so many times progress seems to come to a slow grind when I move into the next part, and the front fenders were no exception, but at least the end result was exactly what I was hoping for. In this update I added a few pictures to show where the front end was, and where it is now. also as a reminder, I have desperately tried to keep filler off this truck as much as possible, and the only places I have used it was where rust remediation took place. If it was smashed in, I hammer and dollied it, and left it alone. Have a happy new year, and see you all on the other side.
Cheers, Anthony https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...4b3a0838ab.jpg Acid etched for the next step. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...d8c649508e.jpg Passenger fender acid etched https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...37b7a66c42.jpg Step 2 is KBS frme coating sprayed out. This stuff sticks to metal like nothing I have ever seen. https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...7188d8c3c3.jpg Driver side fender KBS coated. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...0a61182a57.jpg Only time will tell if this stuff was the right choice for a metal sealer. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...2eafe02130.jpg Filler goes on the areas where I did the metal fab work. This can actually be harder to do than to just smooth out the whole panel. I can actually smell the filler just looking at this picture. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...46f0abf825.jpg More filler where rust was. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...978ebafca8.jpg Passneger side filler https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...2049bfe5f7.jpg MOAR MUD! I swear I can smeel this picture. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...f6703edd37.jpg Seriously, are you still mudding that thing? Pfff.... no... whatever.... yeah. https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...aa47bd943b.jpg Smoothing out the filer with test primer sprayed over it. I'll sand that off usually, it helps me see the shape better than a guide coat. https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...f7440e6783.jpg Taking care of the pinholes that will just ruin all your hard work. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...52d56cba8e.jpg Seriously smooth now. When someone sees this truck at a meet someday, I want them to look at it and not be able to find any effor to smooth the metal. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...a4cec2252d.jpg More pinhole remediation https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...aa0783632d.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...b74253d6d6.jpg Pinholes and odd scratches https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...27d9210b45.jpg Nearly ready for 2K primer https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...b683d0df2a.jpg Last few pinholes https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...f4b4d3ffbf.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...af41f220d7.jpg As smooth as I can get it. Rady for 2K https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...24e2a4d1ad.jpg Smoothed out in 2K https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...468f7163d5.jpg More 2K smoothing https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...2f2c972b94.jpg 2K primer leveled and ready fro color - Driver side where rot and rust once lived. https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...3526db0fd1.jpg Primed and ready for leveling. https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...422acf486a.jpg https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...cac5c83429.jpg https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...c0756f8a9d.jpg https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...008dc2deed.jpg Passenger side drying https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...6e31f69a39.jpg Driver side lower panel drying https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...11789c166a.jpg Color hits the fenders https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...0dd4f81909.jpg Front fitting, shifting, bending, groaning, cussing. https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...13c4cb5f3d.jpg Upper fenders mounted loosely https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...142da1eea7.jpg Upper fenders now bolted into place https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...db632ee69a.jpg I used this rubber product instead of the material stuff. I am hoping it's a better way to cut down the aqueeks and whatnot. https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...aeaae18262.jpg This is a rubber product I bought on amazon, then used a grommet hole punch to male the reliefs for the bolts. https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...7cb54814f9.jpg Late hours trying to get everything aligned. https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...01ea3b24d9.jpg Tighten, move, shift, loosen, rinse, repeat. Thank goodness the shop foreman left for the day! https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...d7dea283da.jpg Hood bright work goes on the driver side https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...a2b55e9521.jpg https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...3da691b76e.jpg Front https://cimg5.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...e232e969af.jpg The bottom panels and edges were rolled under, rusted, and crumpled pretty severely https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...40cb8f6e62.jpg Front https://cimg6.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...63046aa4e9.jpg Mater's face before https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.for...0bc1248595.jpg Mater's face after. The grille was not re-painted, just soaked in Evap-O-Rust, then clear coated. |
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