Hello Alvin. Wow! Those two corners look great! Everything is looking up so far. The weather here is now tolerable to work in the garage. I will be using the techniques that I see you and Fitzee show in your postings for sure. Thanks again for posting. George B.
Hi George, It's nice to hear you will be getting back to work on your T-Bird...you won't go wrong using Fitzee's methods for repairing sheet metal! 😎😎😎
Haven't seen anyone put this much effort in before great to see, u must have a lot of inventory of parts hope u find everything she will be the nieces one out there when done
Thank you mcrick...I have a complete 65 Tbird for parts, it's a hardtop, so I don't have any extra convertible parts, I hope I won't need to many of those!
Boy does that look amazing Alvin. Its very hard to appreciate the hours of work you are putting into this off camera, but I can tell you its paying off... Amazing job my friend
Looks great Alvin! I’m sure it’s a nice break to do a little repair vs complete panel rebuild and the results are very satisfying. We just got done rebuilding my son’s Holley, and now addressing his cooling system hoses and vacuum lines. Soon I’ll have to fire up the bead roller to replace his front passenger side floor board.
Hi Troy, it is nice to get onto something a little different...I spent the this morning stripping the paint on the drivers side, it make the old girl look much better! Making floor panels for the front are on my list of things to make as well, you'll have to let me know how they turn out, and any tips on making them will be helpful if you don't mind. 😎 Thank you, and stay safe!
Thank you Mike...I don't know when I'll be in Oregon, but my wife and I are planning to make a parts run to Bird Nest for new front and back springs, and likely a windshield. So you never know!! 😊
Amazing progress! It looks darned good! I have that same rust-through issue on my trunk lid, but only in one area. Helpful video. I've been meaning to ask you: Will you need a master cylinder when you get to working on the brakes? I have a new one that I bought, but never used...you're welcome to it, free of charge. I'll even pay the shipping to you. I feel I should contribute something to you for sharing all of this information with me and other Thunderbird owners. I actually don't know if it's brand new or rebuilt - it's a Cardone - but I bought it to use on my '65 Landau. However, I decided to go with a dual reservoir unit and matching booster which I've already put on my car, so the one I would send you is completely unused. I can also send you my original master cylinder and booster unit if you want, which seemed to be working ok when I took them off. Just let me know where I can send them. I would provide my email, but maybe I should contact you so that some random person claiming to be you doesn't send me a bogus address. If you're interested, let me know how you'd like to proceed.
Thank you for the offer, I have two of both the master and booster...and like you I may switch over to a dual master, but as generous as the offer is, I really don't need them, and taking them would be a little on the greedy side! Lol I sure do appreciate your generosity...thank you very much!! 😊😊😊
Hey Alvin, nice repair on the deck lid. I bet the two dents on the top are from the deck lid being bent by the hydraulics. That is where they bend when the deck lid is still locked down and the hydraulics are trying to lift it. Id check the frame underneath and see if there is any damage in that area as well. You might want to install the deck lid hinges and attach the deck lid to those when fitting and welding the quarters back onto the car. This way you know the deck lid is where it is supposed to be. Using paint stripper is risky in some cases. I had a big discussion with a body man about that once. Its common that people use paint stripper and some of it gets stuck in hard to get places and they do not clean the areas thoroughly enough. Once the car is painted, the paint stripper that is still hiding in those places starts to attack the new paint. I can see this being a big problem with the deck lid since there are so many places in between the frame and outer skin for the paint stripper to hide. It might be worth it to steam clean the entire thing thoroughly to remove any remaining stripper. There is a similar problem with sand blasting. Removing all the sand is very difficult and I know some guys that restored cars and said that there still is sand coming out from places on the car after the restoration was finished. Its always something. Anyway, another great video.
Hi Nick, thanks for the advice on getting rid of the left over stripper, I'll wash it all out so there isn't any danger of it attacking the new paint. When I set the gap on the tailgate of my Ranchero, and my F100, I did reinstall the hinges...it makes for a more accurate fit. I had a car sand blasted years ago, I will never do that again, I'm sure there is still sand falling out of that car! Lol Thank you and take care!
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You do beautiful work!
Thank you!
Nice job patching the lid. Looks original!!! Nice to see that you can finally work with the garage door open.
Thank you James, it sure is nice to see the bare metal, and having the doors open is refreshing. 😊
Hello Alvin. Wow! Those two corners look great! Everything is looking up so far. The weather here is now tolerable to work in the garage. I will be using the techniques that I see you and Fitzee show in your postings for sure. Thanks again for posting.
George B.
Hi George, It's nice to hear you will be getting back to work on your T-Bird...you won't go wrong using Fitzee's methods for repairing sheet metal! 😎😎😎
Alvin,
Wow! She's looking like a T-Bird again. Leave it that silver color and name her "DeLoreanette".😁
Regards,
John
I love it! My very first car was a 65 Thunderbird- love seeing them being restored
Thank you Bryce...they are a pretty nice car to cruise around in!
@@J_R_Shop absolutely!! 🤜🏼🤛🏼
Thanks for your time
Thank you David!
Haven't seen anyone put this much effort in before great to see, u must have a lot of inventory of parts hope u find everything she will be the nieces one out there when done
Thank you mcrick...I have a complete 65 Tbird for parts, it's a hardtop, so I don't have any extra convertible parts, I hope I won't need to many of those!
Boy does that look amazing Alvin. Its very hard to appreciate the hours of work you are putting into this off camera, but I can tell you its paying off... Amazing job my friend
Thank you Ron...she's is looking much better with that old paint removed!
Fun to watch you work on your 65. My wife and I have a 64. It is not a convertible. We drive it in good weather
Thank you Walter, lets hope for good weather!
Looking great nice job 👍🏼 take it easy mate 👍🏼😎🇳🇿🍺
Thank you, and I sure enjoyed that sunset video you make!! 😎😎😎
Nice!
Thank you Morgan!
Looks great Alvin!
I’m sure it’s a nice break to do a little repair vs complete panel rebuild and the results are very satisfying.
We just got done rebuilding my son’s Holley, and now addressing his cooling system hoses and vacuum lines. Soon I’ll have to fire up the bead roller to replace his front passenger side floor board.
Hi Troy, it is nice to get onto something a little different...I spent the this morning stripping the paint on the drivers side, it make the old girl look much better! Making floor panels for the front are on my list of things to make as well, you'll have to let me know how they turn out, and any tips on making them will be helpful if you don't mind. 😎
Thank you, and stay safe!
Wow, just excellent work, looks like new on the deck lid. So..... when do you want to come down to Oregon and work on my Tbird?
Thank you Mike...I don't know when I'll be in Oregon, but my wife and I are planning to make a parts run to Bird Nest for new front and back springs, and likely a windshield. So you never know!! 😊
Amazing progress! It looks darned good! I have that same rust-through issue on my trunk lid, but only in one area. Helpful video.
I've been meaning to ask you: Will you need a master cylinder when you get to working on the brakes? I have a new one that I bought, but never used...you're welcome to it, free of charge. I'll even pay the shipping to you. I feel I should contribute something to you for sharing all of this information with me and other Thunderbird owners. I actually don't know if it's brand new or rebuilt - it's a Cardone - but I bought it to use on my '65 Landau. However, I decided to go with a dual reservoir unit and matching booster which I've already put on my car, so the one I would send you is completely unused. I can also send you my original master cylinder and booster unit if you want, which seemed to be working ok when I took them off. Just let me know where I can send them. I would provide my email, but maybe I should contact you so that some random person claiming to be you doesn't send me a bogus address. If you're interested, let me know how you'd like to proceed.
Thank you for the offer, I have two of both the master and booster...and like you I may switch over to a dual master, but as generous as the offer is, I really don't need them, and taking them would be a little on the greedy side! Lol
I sure do appreciate your generosity...thank you very much!! 😊😊😊
@@J_R_Shop You're more than welcome! Thanks again for the very informative videos!
Hey Alvin, nice repair on the deck lid. I bet the two dents on the top are from the deck lid being bent by the hydraulics. That is where they bend when the deck lid is still locked down and the hydraulics are trying to lift it. Id check the frame underneath and see if there is any damage in that area as well. You might want to install the deck lid hinges and attach the deck lid to those when fitting and welding the quarters back onto the car. This way you know the deck lid is where it is supposed to be. Using paint stripper is risky in some cases. I had a big discussion with a body man about that once. Its common that people use paint stripper and some of it gets stuck in hard to get places and they do not clean the areas thoroughly enough. Once the car is painted, the paint stripper that is still hiding in those places starts to attack the new paint. I can see this being a big problem with the deck lid since there are so many places in between the frame and outer skin for the paint stripper to hide. It might be worth it to steam clean the entire thing thoroughly to remove any remaining stripper. There is a similar problem with sand blasting. Removing all the sand is very difficult and I know some guys that restored cars and said that there still is sand coming out from places on the car after the restoration was finished. Its always something. Anyway, another great video.
Hi Nick, thanks for the advice on getting rid of the left over stripper, I'll wash it all out so there isn't any danger of it attacking the new paint. When I set the gap on the tailgate of my Ranchero, and my F100, I did reinstall the hinges...it makes for a more accurate fit. I had a car sand blasted years ago, I will never do that again, I'm sure there is still sand falling out of that car! Lol
Thank you and take care!