The Hobby: March 2005

Firewall Side

Firewall Side
Originally uploaded by chilort.

Finished the heater box. The motor worked but I had to get a new heater core. I also got the padding and weather stripping to seal up the box from Resto Rick. I sand blasted all of the metal parts and painted it all with high temp stove paint.

I took these pics of the heater box with M's digital and I am not impressed. I have now taken several pics of the box with my real film camera. Hopefully most of the new pictures I add will be real film and scanned.

Interior Side

Interior Side
Originally uploaded by chilort.

Just before going in the bubble wrap.

Heater box and painting rack

DSCF0004
Originally uploaded by chilort.

This is one of the metal panels off of the heater box. This one has the fan attached to it. I tested the motor using a 14.4v battery from my cord-less drill and it worked great (that saves me a smooth $45 or so). I cleaned the fan itself out in the kitchen sink. I used my roommates sand blaster to clean off the panel then spray painted it with stove paint (should hold up to the heat of the heater box).

The panel is also hanging on my new parts painting rack. Nothing fancy really, just $25 in angle iron and some welding. Now I have a place to hang parts for painting and can get to them from all sides at once -- no more paint, wait, flip, paint, wait, flip, etc.

After stripper

hood_stripper
Originally uploaded by chilort.

The stripper did a good job on the top of the hood. It had been stripped before and was just coated with paint and no primer. The bottom was much more difficult.