Just a quick plug. For any active club member I will do powder coating at cost!! Let's keep those Falcons rolling.
By the way here are Jeff and Kenny's bars. Done coated and ready to go.
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Just a quick plug. For any active club member I will do powder coating at cost!! Let's keep those Falcons rolling.
By the way here are Jeff and Kenny's bars. Done coated and ready to go.
Lookin' good! I can't wait to lean on them while I fiddle with the carb or some other project.
It looks so good the rest of my car will now look like crap. Thank you for adding to the benefits of being a paying Chapter member in good standing.
I'll start filling my box of eligible powder items in preparation for my 200 build.
You guys are very welcome. If you need any pieces let me know. I just acquired a crap load of parts and there is a spare 200 in the pile and a c-4.
Genes parts done!!
Gina's parts done!!
I'am not sure what I see but the shaft and where it slides through should have taped off cause with the bushings it won't go in or will be tight..??:NERVOUS:
Probably true that. Powder coating is hard, but not impervious.
Mine is invincible!! OK maybe not but it does well. And purdy too..:D
Got the Monte Carlo bars from Roger on Sunday and they look awesome! Very close match to the chassis black. I'll probably get it installed this weekend. Maybe even my new 1-1/8" front sway bar.
Then take a ride and see if it was worth it!:shift: Thanks Steve! You do very nice work. But I knew that already...
OK not to over load Roger but I think he is making a trip over here the Friday after Christmas. So if anyone needs some coating done contact him or me to set it up.
I just finished some stuff for Gene, and I sent it back over UPS so we can get stuff back if no one is traveling. The powder coating will be greatly discounted to paid club members and all I ask is you cover the shipping if we do that.
Thanks to all of you that helped with my car and this is my small way of paying it forward, Have a merry Christmas everyone...
Got my parts this afternoon, Steve. Beautiful job! Thanks very much for the quick turnaround. Guess this means I gotta get busy tomorrow. Need to be able to move the car for the next project..... coming up soon.
You are very welcome Gene. It's the least I can do for having you spend the day working on my car. Let alone driving all the way here and ferry and and.
Time for the.... Oops almost let the cat out of the bag. :3g:
I was just wondering....on the axle housing, the origional is black on the tubes and flanges and cover, but actually a dark red on the differential housing. Can you do a two color powder job?
Not very easy. The dark red is actually a primer that you paint on the center removable piece. I normally only coat the housing itself not the rest of it.
The Pumpkin is done in Red Oxide primer from the factory. They never painted them. You can get that anywhere, of course, but you should also get a new set of lock nuts for when you reassemble it, along with a new gasket. The new nuts come with new copper flat washers, which actually seal the bolt portion from leaking..
If anyone else has stuff to send over to Steve, be sure to let me know. I'm heading over there on Friday and have a little room left.
Hum... I should look around for some stuff too...
So when did a 61 4 door with a 144 come with a 8" and a removable 3rd member??
I'm not sure I understand what you guys are talking about. Are we talking about the same style of reAr axle? Pic below. The only bolts are the bolts for the cover. Everything else is basically one piece...(brake stuff is all removed..) I assume it's possible to take off the tubes but I don't have any hardware for putting them back on. Why could it not all be painted (powder coated) black at once?
Ok here is the deal. The cover needs to be off. All gears bearings and seal out, if the axle looks like the picture I can't do it. I will melt the seal when I bake it in the oven.
Did you remove all the internals? I need an empty housing, meaning the tubes and center that is attached to the tubes only. If the cover and pinion is all still in place don't send it over it needs to be completely taken apart..
Roger if you read this you will know what I need hopefully we are good.. Thanks Steve..
Yep, the pic was just to show which one, but whats on its way to you is a totally empty housing only, with the tubes, and it's clean. The only thing I didn't remove which now I wonder about is the vent.
Nope your dead on. Now were on the same page, you'll love it when it's done thanks. :rocker:
That's the trouble with multitasking - you forget who what when how sometimes. I didn't look that close at what you gave me (inside the cardboard wrapper) so I forgot we were talking a 7.25" rear-end. These didn't have the red-oxide pumpkin. It was all black. Did you send over the back cover? Was it in there?
When I drop it off Steve and I can look at it and remove anything that should be removed that wasn't. No worries.
Sorry for the brain fart. :doh:
No worries...but the pumpkin part does look like red oxide. (feel free to open the cardboard if you're curious.) I did not send the cover...I'll take care of that myself. Do you guys know where I can get replacement bolts and washers for the cover?
Don got your parts, they are perfect.. Ill get them done next week and see what we can do to get them back over to you. Thanks Steve
Don, I got your parts cleaned today, and it plan on coating them tomorrow. I post up a few pics when done if you don't mind.
Then we just need to figure out how to get them back to you.. I think we are going to have a tech day in the next weekend or so to put Gina's car back together so maybe Roger can shuttle them back for us in his new space shuttle car!!
Anyway stay tuned they should look great.
My bad, that's what I meant. Storm trooper!!:BEER:
Ok here you go Don.
Ready for the color and into the oven!
And through the magic of the internet, done.
WOW, are you sure that's mine??:rocker:
I can't wait to get everything back together.
Don you want me to see if Roger will haul your pieces back over? Or are you coming this weekend?[thumb]
Please send it with Roger if he's going to be there! I will return the favor Roger. I'll just be getting back from China this weekend. Thanks Steve.
China?? Man first Patrick is in Germany now you in china? See any falcons over there??
Parts will be on their way and I got your letter thanks Steve.
I can bring it all back to Seattle, but that essentially lowered my "drive to Sequim capacity" from 4 down to 3. Gonna have to drop a back seat down flat to carry something that long back. Or we can lay it across the back passengers' laps. :D
Don, your parts are in Seattle. Gene drove his truck over so either the parts are still in the back of his truck or if they weren't too tired and remembered they unloaded them at Rogers place.
Either way get them installed, show season is fast approaching. :rocker:
Hey Steve...I'm piling up a large bin of parts for blasting if I can find a day to get over there....one thing I'm wondering- if we blast them- then I take my time before they get coated- they will rust in-between right? Is there some sort of zinc-phosphate treatment that can be done right after blasting so I can take my time and don't have to worry about that?
What kind of parts Don? Why not coat them now?
Parts like...the fender splash guards, front spring shields, the two cups/headlight holders behind the headlights, various brackets like muffler bracket, horn brackets, the rear brake drums, hood holding rod, battery tray, stuff like that.
I was planning to let you do the big stuff (axle etc.) and do all the small stuff myself for some do-it-yerselfer satisfaction and powder coating is kind of fun. (I won't tell anyone.)
BUT, the blasting on the other hand...not so much fun with a cheap home setup- and although I got a ton done while it was working (15 min. each time)- my 2nd harbor freight baster went defective (junk!)- it was also a huge mess- so to make a long story longer- I thought I was thinking I would send out the blasting (or do it at your place per your offer) and then coat the stuff I can at home- but I'm not sure how long it will take to coat everything at home...may need more than one weekend.
Maybe if you let me help coat it all at your place and touch the gun or something- I can still say "I did it" and save a bunch of time too.
Roger and Gene might be heading this way on Friday March 7th. I will do a tech day powder your own stuff day if you guys want. All I ask it to cover the cost of powder.
Touch base with them or just come over to. Ill come in early and we can get a lot done in a day. Just let me know so I can get all my other work done ahead of schedule. :D