Rusty Bowtie
General Category => General Discussion - Intros => Topic started by: Chemong55 on December 08, 2014, 11:06:17 PM
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Hi I'm from Hudson Bay Sask,and see some familiar names from other sites,so for the guys that haven't seen my build it is a 1930 Chev Coach,350/350 combo,68 Firebird rear end,1953 chev truck front axle with a speedway disc conversion,speedway 4-bar with coilovers.I'm trying to keep the rest of the car stock.TFoch suggested this site awhile ago just took my time to join as I haven't worked on the car for awhile but am starting again,so will have a lot of questions.I will try to post a few pictures along with one of my first problems the trim or proper name for it that finishes the seam between upper lower body panels.Picture attached.Thanks for your help and suggestions in advance.
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Welcome to the forum..really appreciate you joining. You'll find a great bunch of guys here.
Ed
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Welcome! That looks like a great project. Hudson Bay? I won't complain about the cold anymore. ;D
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Welcome aboard Chemong55! That's a nice solid looking project you have there. Don't knoe about that trim, though. If that's a seperate piece you are looking for it might be pretty hard to find. You might try the Vintage Chevy site.
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Welcome Chemong55 post those pictures of your build.
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Chemong55,
Welcome to the site. Lots of helpful guys on here. Looking forward to seeing more pics of your 30 Chevy.
Tom
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Welcome sir, I also have a 1930 Coach, 350 w/ 200R4 trans. This site and its member are a great source of information and support. You will not regret joining us.
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Nice looking project, and welcome to the site. The trim you are looking for as you know will be a hard one to find. Good luck with your search.
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Chemong55,
I like the looks of the full hood, but I never could get mine fitting to satisfy me. I always had to much gap at the bottom edge where it latched. Can you show me a picture of yours?
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Mines apart right now and I don't think I took a picture of the hood but will check my album and if I do will sent you one
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Welcome from Kansas, looks like really nice body. We use to get quite a few Saskatchewan custom wheat harvesters down my way. Great group of guys here on the site.
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Welcome to the site...you will find a lot of info here, good looking build
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Chemong55,
You may want to check out letalley1's build thread on his 1930 Chevy Coupe. He has pics of that seam.
http://s106.photobucket.com/user/letncat/1930%20Chevrolet/story
Tom
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On most of the early chevys I have built, that seam filler piece is made out of aluminum?
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Thanks for the replies,got lucky yesterday was cleaning up shed and found the trim pieces.They are made of aluminum and was wondering if I unbend the nail cover strip what are the chances of the cover piece breaking at the bend,tried a corner and seems to be fairly stiff however to get the nails out and to reattach it appears you have to open up the fold over nail cover.Any suggestions to reinstall kindly accepted.
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Here is a Link to more pictures of my build
http://s1122.photobucket.com/user/chemong55/library/
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What I have done on the 27 and 28 chevy is cut the nails off with a thin blade cut off wheel, then drill and counter sink holes every so often, I install the pieces with small screws, or nuts and bolts straighten the trim as you go, and body work as needed over the screws heads. mine was below the windshield.
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Thanks I had thought of doing that just wasn't sure if body fill would crack around screw heads
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Yes , you would have to assume that bondo body filler would crack and separate from the aluminum strip.
I might think about dipping the screw into a silicon caulking and wiping off the excess on the aluminum strip. That would give you a seal on the screws. To reduce the chances of leaking, do not put any more holes into the aluminum strip than is already there.
just my 2 cents thoughts
mike........... 8)
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Just checked bindi specs and says it bonds to aluminum
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Chemong55,
You may want to check out letalley1's build thread on his 1930 Chevy Coupe. He has pics of that seam.
http://s106.photobucket.com/user/letncat/1930%20Chevrolet/story
Tom
Chemong55,
I drilled through the nail cover over each nail, removed the nails, installed with screws (shot silicone in each hole then screw), counter sunk each hole, filled with JB Weld. JB Weld adheres to to aluminum (and any other metal I've tried it on), but not to to the masking tape used to hold it in place till it dries. That's what all the little patches you see in the picture are about. I see ghost28 does the same thing. The JB Weld has been in there going on 10 years without a single crack.
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Thanks that explains it very well