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  1. 1961H67
    I bought a gallon, this is the brand. I have used aircraft stripper in the past, it also worked well, I don’t think any of them works as good as they used to ( probably took the “Good “ stuff out of it!)
  2. 1961H67
    I never realized the doors had so many holes, I think it had another set of mirrors, I’m not a expert on “West Coast Mirrors “ but I don’t think they got popular until the late 50s . And I think the welding co that had it before we got it had warning signs on the doors ,,,anyway I’ll weld them up at keep going.
  3. 1961H67
    This was the outcome after steam cleaning , now I have a bunch of small holes to weld up where another set of mirrors were installed. The paint stripper worked pretty good.
  4. 1961H67
    Glad to see you making progress. I sandblasted the heavy/ thicker parts, bumper, grille guard, running boards , even the fenders, but I was afraid to do it on flat surface, so I’ve had pretty good luck with just plain paint stripper from the hardware store, my doors had about 4 coats of paint, I paid $ 50 for a gallon, and it took about 1/2 gallon for both. This was about 1/2 way through the process, about the 4th coat of stripper I had peeled off a big pile of old paint, then I pressure washed them . Not to bad of a job.
  5. 1961H67
    Yes they are, and for sure the area below the mirrors has the most layers from 2 name changes ( we never had our name on the door) . They are pretty solid, one rust hole in the very bottom of the driver door, the drain holes were clogged, it should be a fairly easy fix. , I’ve taken pictures and measurements of where the paint lines are from when Coca Cola Painted over the Red in 1951 , I’m going to try to get it as close to that scheme as possible, black window frames and all.
  6. 1961H67
    I steam cleaned both doors, Then brushed some stripper on ,, So far I’ve sandblasted all the other body parts and frame ,, I might end up doing that too the doors, About 4 coats of paint! Original Primer & Factory Red , Coke yellow/ orange, The welding company just painted the doors to change the name, it was a bright yellow, then my gray primer and Carolina blue ( there is a story about why I painted it blue in the late 70s )
  7. 1961H67
    Thank you, I will surely use the olive oil, I removed the vent windows today and the rubber might be salvageable for them being 10 years older than our H Models . I’ve got the doors completely stripped of all hardware, ( and mice ) !
  8. 1961H67
    I flipped one for a picture, they are not dented , only one has a patch of rust in the very bottom, not on the skin. ,, Short story of trucking with this truck when I was 18 , That drivers side window was cracked for a while, then the piece fell out one day when I closed the door, I put it between the seat, when it got Real Cold outside I would place it in and roll the window up tight,, it stayed that way for about a year until I stopped using it. After 40 years I can’t find my “ Plug “ So I guess I’ll have to finally replace the glass !
  9. 1961H67
    Thanks Matt & Brocky for the info, we have some rain coming in so hopefully I can get them took apart and kinda get a idea of how much work they need, definitely the chrome will have to be redone, and the door stops are junk,,I do have new window felt for the tracks. , After the doors im probably going to redo the skirts around the battery box and running boards, hood, Shutters. Fenders probably last. ( Great job on those door stops)
  10. 1961H67
    Thanks for, the pictures , I’ll flip them and post a picture of the vent windows , the chrome is pretty rusted . Otherwise the doors are pretty good. A little rusted at the very bottom , I’ve got 4 parts doors but they are worse, just good for extra window parts I guess. Thanks for the tips ! Yours turned out Great!
  11. 1961H67
    Here we go, I dug the doors out of the barn shed a while back, they had 25 years of dust on them, I pressure washed them off and brought them in, started tearing them down , cab and wiring pretty much completed ( except the headliner) .
  12. 1961H67

    Very Nice! You just can’t have too many Superliners! 

  13. 1961H67
    Yep ,, it’s Ground Hog Day, Hopefully it won’t be long before it comes out of Hibernation! Thanks for the picture, Looks great as usual.
  14. 1961H67
    IMG_6469.mov Jake Brake Test!
  15. 1961H67
    My after school debriefing while I’m wiring up a low air buzzer, He’s going to be big enough to drive this thing by the time I’m done.
  16. 1961H67
    I just ran across this old post, Is there a picture of it completed?
  17. 1961H67
    It’s a R Model ( Western) that should make you a good dump truck .
  18. 1961H67
    Thanks .I had that same concern, the one on my part’s truck looked like a factory made hanger, it bolted down to the contour of the cab nice , but mine didn’t have any holes in the roof so I figured it never had one . How is that beautiful H coming along? I need to get mine out of the shed and clean it up.
  19. 1961H67
    Thank you, here’s got a picture album that we print progress photos of and date them, hopefully when he goes through it years down the road it will be good memories for him .
  20. 1961H67
    Matt as I’ve said many times, Thank You for the Motivation! I’m still far from being done but I can actually start it up and drive it up the road, and I’m going to when it warms up some. Yes it is coming on 4 years since I pulled the chassis and cab out of a small shed that I had stored all the parts in since 1995 ( 25 years untouched) . 4 years is a long time,, but way more progress than the last 30 ! ( pics taken in spring of 2000 , we’ve went through Corona, Coaching Baseball, Many Grandpa projects, and WORK since then) Hopefully I can get some sheets metal on this summer.
  21. 1961H67
    Spent some time on a couple rainy days this week mounting my tractor protection valve, making trailer air lines . My 48 parts LJ has a bracket in the center of the roof above the rear glass for hanging the lines , this 51 only had the holders for the gladhands , ( they took the lines and electrical cord off years ago when they put the 5th wheel wrecker on , so I had nothing to compare with) I just put a plain pogo stick on to hold them up, hoping to complete all the plumbing and wiring (except what goes on fenders ) by next week, then start on the doors.
  22. 1961H67
    “ Rolling Coal “ between gears with it blocked off !
  23. 1961H67
    Just a little early emission system, Mack had the Puff limiter, Cat the Air fuel ratio diaphragm , Cummins the Android diaphragm , I’m Unsure what the old 2 cycle Detroit used in the 70s & 80s ; but all these just held the rack/fuel psi back until the turbo built boost so you didn’t get that black “ Puff “ .
  24. 1961H67
    A little more wiring progress on a rainy Friday, Since I started with ZERO wiring and No harness, the progress on the wiring is almost as rewarding as getting the cab on.
  25. 1961H67
    Hopefully you can steam it out and just seal them , a few quarts of that POR15 would be much cheaper than all that cutting and welding.

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