New LV owner starting frame-off

[DaddyLV]

After wrenching and busting knuckles all day ..that fried chicken was real goooood!!!!

 

[landcrusher909]

Fantastic ! You got another Great build thread going here. Its cool getting the whole Family involved. I think we have more fun stripping down our 67 because we never knew when we would find. You gotta admit those gas tanks as a bit of a pain. You home cooking pics really got me missing the food back there. I hope you got some video when you first fired up the motor. What a Awsome moment. Have a good one. Rob

 

[rockcod]

JP,

You and your Pops better get your tetanus boosters up to date!!! If you guys put together an East Coast 45 run, Rob will have another road trip to make

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

Great progress! Good job!

Thanks........ slow and steady is our motto


TK

awesome man!

Making some serious progress!!

mmmmmmmm fried chicken

Home made fried chicken too....... it can't be beat

Fantastic ! You got another Great build thread going here. Its cool getting the whole Family involved. I think we have more fun stripping down our 67 because we never knew when we would find. You gotta admit those gas tanks as a bit of a pain. You home cooking pics really got me missing the food back there. I hope you got some video when you first fired up the motor. What a Awsome moment. Have a good one. Rob

Yeah it has been great working with my Pops as you can't find a better way to spend quality time with the fam. than wrenching on a cruiser!!

and Rob I bet you've really be missing those good ole GRITS!!

JP,

You and your Pops better get your tetanus boosters up to date!!! If you guys put together an East Coast 45 run, Rob will have another road trip to make

No kidding it was very disheartening watch all the rust rain down from the body when I was using the BFH to beat off the front bumper...... if you looks at the pics closely you can see the piles scattered around the outline of the cruiser




More Progress to come soon

 

[owensexport]

Nice Wagon, Good luck with this project.
You have a ways to go before you can mount those Cats Eye lenses!!
Cant wait to see it finished
Steve

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

Got a few hours in on the LV last night.......nothing major. Removed the upper and lower tailgates, the lower proved to be a real PITA thanks to some frozen screws in the hinges. Also started removing the dash components and wiring harness.

Should have the body off this Sunday


dash pics




Impact hammer wasn't cutting it on removing the tailgate screws

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

I had to resort to welding bolts on the the screws so I could remove the tailgate latches....... not pretty but effective






Well that is all I got in last night but big progress is in store for the weekend

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

Nice Wagon, Good luck with this project.
You have a ways to go before you can mount those Cats Eye lenses!!
Cant wait to see it finished
Steve

Yep it is a long road ahead before we get to mount up those beautiful Cat Eyes..... but I can't wait!!

Thanks for the lenses!

 

[CruisinTiger]

Mr. Virgo it's good to see you've created your own cruiser profile....you guys are makin some good progress on the LV....can't wait to see it on the rotisserie!

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

Made some unexpected progress yesterday.... With the sun shinning and temperatures in the 70's pops and I decided to play hooky and took the afternoon off.

We continued where we left off on Thursday night with removing the wiring harness, steering/ column, etc. in preparation for pulling the body off the frame.




The wiring harness has been butchered thru the years.... looks like I am going to be contacting Coolerman to see if he can hook me up with an LV harness

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

After we removed all the above items and detached all the linkages and hard lines connecting the body to the frame I busted out the impact gun and removed the body mounts. Then it was finally time separate the body and frame!!

However with a lack of lift or bobcat to lift the heavy body off we had to resort to very primitive and ghetto methods to remove the body. I can't say I am particularly proud of our methods but they worked.


We resorted to using two high lift jacks, some cmu blocks, and 4x4 posts that we had laying around..... flame away


She is free!!


ghetto....


had to add another block to get high enough to clear the wheels.... gotta love the rake

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

After getting the rear situated we moved to the front end were we experienced our first real "DUH HUH" moment of the project so far. We had the front end jacked up high enough to clear the tires so we could roll out the chassis but for some reason we couldn't get the chassis to roll more than a couple of inches First thought was that some how the tranny had gotten knocked into to gear, so a quick check revealed it was in neutral. So we then turned to make sure we had disconnected all the lines and wires.... our quick search revealed nothing. Confused we tried again to roll the chassis out with no luck again..... frustrated we decided to take a break to think it over for a minute. It was only when we stepped back from the cruiser far enough to see the whole thing that we realized our problem

Take a look at the photo and see if you can spot what we forgot to detach


with the radiator support rod disconnected we finally rolled the chassis out

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

With this milestone reached in our project I got a little caught up in the moment......



I sure hope we don't get any gusty winds in the next couple of days......




More updates to come Sunday

 

[a.greenspan]

Take a look at the photo and see if you can spot what we forgot to detach....

.....with the radiator support rod disconnected we finally rolled the chassis out

....small cause...... big effect
Cheers
Peter

btw. great job

 

[daniel.watters]

Great progress already! If you need a hand, give me a call.

 

[wdukes]

blocked cab

That blocking setup for your cab looks like some of the finest work straight out of the Clemson Engineering Dept! Sorry, couldn't help it....football season is NEVER over.


Dukes
Seminole and Gamecock



Good progress

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

....small cause...... big effect
Cheers
Peter

btw. great job

Thanks Peter..... how does that old saying go?? "Sometimes you can't see to trees for the forest"

Great progress already! If you need a hand, give me a call.

Thanks daniel, come by anytime....we work just about every Sunday.

That blocking setup for your cab looks like some of the finest work straight out of the Clemson Engineering Dept! Sorry, couldn't help it....football season is NEVER over.


Dukes
Seminole and Gamecock



Good progress

Can you tell both my father and I were Architect majors....... Clemson's finest I tell you

 

[Combat Chuck]

Great progress! Making me want to get back onto my 40!
I look forward to whatever else comes along!


And:

After wrenching and busting knuckles all day ..that fried chicken was real goooood!!!!

did you manage to assimilate your dad too? Tell me your secrets!

 

[ClemsonCruiser]

Made some more progress Sunday....... nothing to exciting but it was work that had to be done. Pops spent the whole day pressure washing the frame/ axles and scraping all the mud/ gunk out of the frame rails. My lil sis and I spent the day using paint striper to remove multiple paint jobs from over the years!

Enjoy the pics

Before pressure washing.....



during.....


finished.... much better

 

[destin]

awesome progress man!

Good call on the harness!
That thing looks beat