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**R.S.LOGAN** · 02-09-2012, 14:10

Got to admire your standard of work , attention to detail and patience with this project . I take my hat off to you Sir .

Den49 · 02-11-2012, 15:19

I just finished reviewing this enormous thread full of your impressive work. Your 1990 CV wagon causes me to reminisce about the 1990 CV LX sedan that I bought new and drove 220,000 miles before I donated it to a charity in 2002. To think now I could have kept it for another eight or nine years just by remanufacturing every square inch of it. Your huge talent is exceeded only by what must be boundless energy and a dedication to labor. Your "leap of faith" positive outlook has motivated me to do a few challenging projects that I thought might be too ambitious for me. Thanks, and keep up the great work.

Just found a picture of my 1990 Crown Vic LX, taken on the day it was donated:

**jwko** · 02-11-2012, 15:58

Wow, over 79k views on this thread.

Made this thread sticky.

andyfanshawe · 02-13-2012, 11:56

Got a week off this week so I have every intention of doing quite a few hours on it.
So, started at 7:30 this morning..........
Plan was to finish the drivers door prep. Since I recrimped the base of the door, it wasn't quite straight anymore. A few wobbles so had to be panel beaten flat again and a skim of filler over the top. You can see it here

After using my favourite long flat bed hand sander (no machines for me!) and a coat of hi build primer, here we are

Since its cold in the UK still (is it ever warm?), this is my heat source directly above the door. It's a G clamp on one of the ceiling joists and an old hair dryer hung from it!

Here's a view of the prep where the mirror and the door handle used to be (good riddance)

Then door turned over and the panel I welded in to get access for the spot welder filled level and all seams sealed.

While all that is drying/setting its time to strip the wood grain off the drivers fender and start welding all the trim holes up.
Fender light removed first, but a bit of rust present

so had to grind one bolt off.

This is the last time its going anywhere near the car! I'm going to weld the hole up.

Only allowed 10 photos, so, ................

andyfanshawe · 02-13-2012, 11:56

And here's a satisfying view of all the wood grain coming off the fender

And a casual view of my Lincoln Mark 8 patiently waiting for its new fuel level sender!

And here's all the wood grain vinyl on the floor rather than on the fender! Result.

Loads more to come tomorrow.
Andy.

andyfanshawe · 02-13-2012, 11:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by R.S.LOGAN

Got to admire your standard of work , attention to detail and patience with this project . I take my hat off to you Sir .

Thank you. The fun is yet to start though! All the floor coming out soon!

Andy.

andyfanshawe · 02-13-2012, 12:01

Quote:

Originally Posted by Den49

I just finished reviewing this enormous thread full of your impressive work. Your 1990 CV wagon causes me to reminisce about the 1990 CV LX sedan that I bought new and drove 220,000 miles before I donated it to a charity in 2002. To think now I could have kept it for another eight or nine years just by remanufacturing every square inch of it. Your huge talent is exceeded only by what must be boundless energy and a dedication to labor. Your "leap of faith" positive outlook has motivated me to do a few challenging projects that I thought might be too ambitious for me. Thanks, and keep up the great work.

Just found a picture of my 1990 Crown Vic LX, taken on the day it was donated:

Hi Den49.
Thank you for your comments. I suppose this was one of the reasons I did this. To motivate/entertain others to perhaps attempt similar things.

Your old 1990 looked clean. What do you drive now? And what challenging projects do you have in mind?

Andy.

andyfanshawe · 02-13-2012, 12:24

A few decisions have been made on the car!
Firstly the colour has been chosen. I pulled up at a supermarket the other day and saw a Viper metallic Green VW Scirocco parked in the sun. It looked absolutely stunning.

Going to cause a lot more work, but when its sat on the floor on 20's or 22's with black glass, no handles or locks or badges or fuel filler doors or anything else that could stick out, I think it will look awesome!
The second decision is to go with a custom built 68 charger type front end where the 5th gen camaro headlights are buried behind a black grille, with the headlight doors that open. The bumper will be widened and smoothed and colour coded.
Another leap of faith eh?
Andy.

andyfanshawe · 02-13-2012, 12:28

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Originally Posted by jwko

Wow, over 79k views on this thread.

Made this thread sticky.

Wow! Thanks jwko. I feel humbled.
I'll try not to disappoint.

Andy.

andyfanshawe · 02-14-2012, 09:58

Primed reverse side of door this morning

and then stored it in my shed!! I now need the space to perform surgery on the fender.

I love the view of a totally smooth door

Here's the drivers fender stripped of the wood

Now I need access to the back of the fender when welding the holes up, so inner fender needs to come off. Needless to say, I'm sure some fasteners will be seized.
Here it is before

and here it is after

Now its welding holes up time and then fender removal for media blasting
Andy.