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« Last post by Essex_29 on February 20, 2026, 01:18:00 AM »
Thank you sixball and sammons.
I think I'll never be done, I welded a ton of pin holes in one of the
rear fenders last night. Picking up my own sloppy work.
One more fender to go, I did this on the front fenders earlier.
I made the little shelf that bolts to the inside of the fender yesterday,
With the 1/4" roundbar along the edge. Of course I noticed that I
had tacked the roundbar on top of the sheet. Some cutting and
grinding later I could start over, tacking the edge bar to the
underside instead.
"Shelvse" between the exhaust headers and head light there just
to make it look more tidy at the steering box as the power steering
hoses aren't exactly stylish.
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« Last post by sammons on February 19, 2026, 07:03:16 AM »
Good to here Ed, stay up on the PT, (i'm sure you will). They say that is the key to good fexability and recovery.
My mom said first week was bad, and was having second thoughts of doing the other knee. A month and a half later it was so much better, she scheduled the second knee.
Thanks and tell Bonnie hey back! Finally got lab results, Staph infection. Antibiotics should take that out. Doc says xray shows my screws have moved out of place and need removed asap🙄 I'd like to know how they all of a sudden moved after 45yrs of no problems at all. I dug up my xray from '85, gonna take that to my next appointment to see if what she is seeing... i seen the top screw had a gap back then. Anyway, its looking/feeling much better.
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« Last post by FATnLOW on February 18, 2026, 07:15:26 PM »
Tomorrow will be 2 weeks ...First week was really painful my Dr. came to visit me after surgery and said the next 3 days would be bad expect to be real painful ..I thought he was exaggerating. But he was right... Then started PT was painful but now it is really helping...all in all doing good
Steve... Bonnie said hey...and hope you get to feeling better
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« Last post by sammons on February 16, 2026, 07:14:05 AM »
Ed how is your knee coming along? Hope all is going well.
After almost 46 years, i'm having trouble with my broke up ankle. Been giving me fits since late last summer, and somehow got a nasty infection above my screws. They got me on somekind of powerfull antibiotics, (from the 11th thru the 24th). Haven't heard back yet on the culture sample or the xray results to see if i have a "surgical hardware infection". That would suck, it feels better and a lot of swelling and drainage down.
So.... i'm kicking back also🙂
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« Last post by sammons on February 16, 2026, 07:04:45 AM »
Essex, nice press job. That came out smooth! 👍
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« Last post by sixball on February 15, 2026, 10:28:43 PM »
Very nice work.
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« Last post by Essex_29 on February 15, 2026, 05:13:09 AM »
Learning by doing. I made the little bottom piece for the front of the left
Rear fender. This time the shape came out flawless with no hammer
marks. Fun when you can improve on work and results.
Simple improvement, I pressed the edge instead of hammering it.
The right hand side is kinda all done now. I welded a piece of flat bar
to the front inner edge of the rear fender. Then drilled holes
through the apron and the flat bar for three bolts.
I also made five small mounts along the runningboard for the molding
and got it all bolted together.
Small but visual progress, it's fun when you get things that shows done.
Now one side is all but ready for epoxy and bodywork.
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« Last post by Essex_29 on February 15, 2026, 04:51:15 AM »
Thank you sammons.
I just had to try anf fix something that has bugged me for a while,
the front end of the bulges on the front fenders. Originally I thought
that they wouldn't be very visible, but as I got the headlights mounted
nice and low it didn?t look good.
Now the straight and angular shape is gone, and the new shape
Kinda follows the arch of the fender edge.
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« Last post by sixball on February 10, 2026, 07:27:40 PM »
When do the "Golden Years" kick in? I've been waiting a while.
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« Last post by sammons on February 10, 2026, 07:38:00 AM »
Looks great Essex.
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