donsrods
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You're welcome. These bodies are basically just a skin held in place with some sort of framework, sometimes steel, sometimes wood, or both together. When that framework either rusts or rots away the skin has nothing there to keep it's shape.
Like I said, I would carefully remove the body from the frame (it might even come off in a few pieces, like a front and a back section, depending on how much of the subframe on the floor is left) You might have to use things like clamps and ratchet straps and other things to hold it together while you remove it and mock it up on the floor, but once you do that you will be able to get a better picture of what it needs to make it a body again.
Keep us posted when you do start on this. One good thing, with the internet you will have a zillion sources of info, pictures, and dimensions to go by.
Not much to post on my own 29 project, although Dan and I worked on it all day yesterday. While Dan was welding up a special piece that is going to be the rear section of the tonneau cover, I worked on getting the outside door handles installed and hooking up the internal mechanism that pulls the latch to let the door open. I bought a cable type door latch mechanism from Rocky Hinge Company, and it is really trick and works like a charm.
I also spent the day cleaning the mess up in the shop that I have made, and also sorting through left over parts to see what I still need and what can go back into storage. My parts shelf is getting emptier as more and more parts go on the car for the last time.
Today Dan is working and I am going to clean the house, but tomorrow he is off for the holiday and we are going to hit on the tonneau cover some more.
Here is a picture of the door mechanism I bought and used, and it is really very high quality and installs in no time at all. I highly recommend it. The door handles themselves do not come with this kit, but they are available everywhere in various styles and shapes.
Like I said, I would carefully remove the body from the frame (it might even come off in a few pieces, like a front and a back section, depending on how much of the subframe on the floor is left) You might have to use things like clamps and ratchet straps and other things to hold it together while you remove it and mock it up on the floor, but once you do that you will be able to get a better picture of what it needs to make it a body again.
Keep us posted when you do start on this. One good thing, with the internet you will have a zillion sources of info, pictures, and dimensions to go by.
Not much to post on my own 29 project, although Dan and I worked on it all day yesterday. While Dan was welding up a special piece that is going to be the rear section of the tonneau cover, I worked on getting the outside door handles installed and hooking up the internal mechanism that pulls the latch to let the door open. I bought a cable type door latch mechanism from Rocky Hinge Company, and it is really trick and works like a charm.
I also spent the day cleaning the mess up in the shop that I have made, and also sorting through left over parts to see what I still need and what can go back into storage. My parts shelf is getting emptier as more and more parts go on the car for the last time.
Today Dan is working and I am going to clean the house, but tomorrow he is off for the holiday and we are going to hit on the tonneau cover some more.
Here is a picture of the door mechanism I bought and used, and it is really very high quality and installs in no time at all. I highly recommend it. The door handles themselves do not come with this kit, but they are available everywhere in various styles and shapes.
