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At last some parts are finally going back on!! drivers door first Winding mechanism serviced, new window channel flock fitted Glass fitted after a bit of a fight and fettling with the lift channel Drivers door hung and lock adjusted The door fits lovely, it was worth taking the time to dry fit and adjust before paint. A couple of days later I found time to start fitting the passenger door, I fitted the glass and winder but wasn’t happy with the window operation, the lift channel was rubbing very slightly on one corner when the window as fully shut, so……I decided to fettle 🙄 then disaster!!! 🤨 I cracked it 🤬🤬🤬🤬 Not an expensive mistake just bloody annoying.

Many thanks for all your comments and advice, I’ve just ordered a pack of paint strainers which I didn’t know existed but does make complete sense!! no more borrowing kitchen implements!! or nylons 😂 The sieve will still handy to remove the big lumps before properly straining, it was irritating to say the least when you spend so much time repairing and prepping only to have the spray gun spit lumps of paint on the panel and obviously it’s always going to be right in the middle of the panel 🤬 I don’t put mixed paint back in the tin……anymore 🤨 I learned this on the last tin as it did reduce its shelf life and the finish started to get more Matt, not sure how or why but left over mix now gets saved for touch up with a small brush. The paint was from War Paints , R R Motor services , this is the second tin from them and I can’t recall the first one going thick/gloopy and I definitely used it in cooler temperatures. One filter per fill 👍 Everyday is a learning curve, thanks again for the advice. Seamus

Finished the top coat today and still having problems 🤨 Strained the paint and yes the wife knows I’ve borrowed a sieve 🤥 Still having problems with the paint, it’s not particularly cold down here but the paint is really gloppy, I’ve had to thin it more than usual and it’s still not spraying right. The paint is synthetic but I don’t know if it’s affected by lower temperature, it was 15 today so not what you would call cold, any ideas??? Some of the door parts painted windscreen frames lastly the doors. any spray paint advise or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

The paint is only 6 months old, I think the problem is opening and closing the tin multiple times allowing air in each time.

The weather was the only good thing about the spraying 😂

Small amount of progress and a lesson learned!! 🤨 Finally got a bit of free time to start painting the top coat on the doors and various other parts, it was going oh so well until I went to mix the paint 🙄 Clearly I should have listened to the advise given earlier in this blog in regards to paint storage 🤔 a wise man once said “ decant your 5L tin into individual 1L tins “ ……..well I didn’t and now I am paying for it….. 3L of paint now useless and the painful exercise of straining the lumps out to paint the doors. Lumps strained and the cab is green…..again

Have you tried the British Motor Museum, they might hold records and would be able to provide a dating letter. https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/archive/heritage-certificates?hsLang=en-gb

We’ve all got those safe and secure places 😂 I am still looking for some Fordson parts. Also saw your truck on FB with lots of admirers comments.

The glass was cut and polished by a regular glass company, they used the originals as templates, 4 pieces of glass cut and polished edges £90, I thought that was fairly reasonable.

tbh I hadn’t even thought of vintage Ford parts, I was getting used to fabricating everything

It’s looking promising, I’ll check the measurements tomorrow, thank you for finding that and now we know what it’s called!!

There may not be an official name, I thought it could be window runner or window channel but the range of parts is massive

Evening everyone Question time??? Now the doors are taking shape I am looking at the glass and winding mechanism, I recently got all new glass cut by a local company, it’s standard 6mm laminated glass which is slightly thicker than the original but there is room for manoeuvre so no problem with fitment So…just for a change the runner on the bottom of the glass is rotted 🙄 My question is….can you buy the runner which is stuck to the bottom of the glass and if so what’s it called ?? It’s difficult to google when you don’t know the name.

It’s been a busy weekend catching up on unfinished jobs……..the Doors!!! It’s still the Doors!!! the never ending job 🤨 well there’s now light at the end of the tunnel 🎉🍻 I can say without any doubt body prep is not my thing, the endless amount of filling and sanding over and over again is tedious to say the least!! It would appear there was a lot more heat distortion to the door skins than first thought, very disappointing especially as they looked pretty good when first spot welded. The new door bottoms have taken shape quite nicely, if you weren’t familiar with the original pattern they fit in well. More filling and sanding Attention turned to repairing the damaged caused when fitting the door You can certainly tell autumn is here, the moisture in the air didn’t do me any favours on the unprotected metal in the last week or so, the surface rust appears very quickly 🙄 but at last it was time to paint. I like to get the bonda red oxide to cover everything for max protection which can be a slow process, when the paint is wet it is very noticeable how distorted the panels are, good job it’s not a gloss finish. Second coat is the grey Zinc primer which 🤞 will give the truck a few years of life.

Welcome Ray Theres plenty of good advice on this forum, I am sure it won’t be to long before the RL owners answer your questions.

Never seen plastigauge before, simple but affective.

Great job, the attention to detail is superb 👍

I would imagine the census number would go on the doors but I’ve seen pictures of both door and bonnet 🤔

You could try counter sunk bolts for the bigger holes, nut to the underside and fill over the top, pop rivets for the smaller holes.

Unfortunately the current price guide is about right!! Jeeps are crazy money….

No worries, information sharing helps all of us.

Clearly I’ve used up my goodwill allowance today “ I’ll get me coat “

It’s been a good machine and as Richard said it copes with thick and thin. On a separate note has anyone had this message before

Good quality or bad ? 🤔 Bought it about 20 years ago, I recently replaced the wire guide sleeve as the wire speed was erratic 🤞 it’s now working well.

Good to see someone taking the time to pass their knowledge on, very impressed, keep up the good work 👍