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WC-51 Restoration or Bust!!

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they spend months on building a foundation for a building - takes no time at all for the building to go up after the foundation is done - You have a great foundation there Kent - the rest will fall into place
 

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Well got side tracked today and spent most of it taking down a friends limestone wall with a jack hammer. My back is killing me. Did get to repair the cab floor hat channel for the passengers side rear cab mount. Also was able to get the other large floor patch in. Got my towns 4th of July parade and BBQ tomorrow so hope to get the final patches done on Friday and apply epoxy primer.

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Got the final patches on the cab bottom and put it in epoxy primer today. Will feather in some Duraglass tomorrow and turn it over and work on the cab interior to get ready for primer, paint and installation on the chassis. Also received the donor cowl vent and drain assembly from MWM today and will start measuring it up to graft it in the current cowl area. Also received the parts for the exhaust system today and will install those tomorrow.

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Attended a delayed 4th of July party today so was late getting started. Installed the exhaust system on the WC and hope to get started on the Duraglass for the bottom seams tonight. Have a good weekend all.

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Spent the morning doing final adjustment to the engine. Set the timing and she is running smooth as silk. No evidence of the timing cover gasket leak so that appears to be repaired. Temp and pressure are fine so I can start installing some parts around the engine compartment. Plan for this afternoon is to start on grafting in of the donor cowl vent and drain. Pictures at that time. [thumbzup]
 

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Well, this afternoon I worked on replacing the existing cowl vent with a donor piece that still had the drain channel attached. Took quite a bit of measuring and cutting but finally got the new piece fitted and will weld it up tomorrow. Before I can weld it, it needed to install a donor cowl vent control arm which opens and closes the vent. The one on my WC was missing. I found an old assembly and had to patch it into the dash before I weld in the donor vent. Here are some pictures.

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Well, this afternoon I worked on replacing the existing cowl vent with a donor piece that still had the drain channel attached. Took quite a bit of measuring and cutting but finally got the new piece fitted and will weld it up tomorrow. Before I can weld it, it needed to install a donor cowl vent control arm which opens and closes the vent. The one on my WC was missing. I found an old assembly and had to patch it into the dash before I weld in the donor vent. Here are some pictures.
I am always amazed and motivated when I see what others can do easily, (make look easy) that seems impossible. Your repairs show us all that anything can be resurrected with enough skill, patience and love :)

Awesome job!
 

Tinwoodsman

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N ice dice & slice job with some really cool tool
The tool you are talking about Zout is indeed cool, but it is not the coolest tool I own. Beside you would not want to see my coolest tool. :cool:

When I got my WC51 the cowl vent cover was in place but the drain and the cowl vent operating lever assembly was long gone. So, I was able to get a close match for the lever assembly but I had to splice it into the dash bracket at the correct spot since my donor piece was too long. Anyway, I shortened the link from the lever assembly to the cowl vent and welded in the lever assembly. Not purty but functional. Once I clean it up a little it should pass muster.

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