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Ford Model A Pickup Restoration - Assembling bench seat - Painting wooden board - Making fittings (October 2016)
In October I was able to finish the wooden seat.
The wood had been finished since a while, I just wanted to wait until everything had dried.
The glaze is beautiful and the massive beech wood is in perfect condition.
Now the bench is ready to use.
Last month, I started with the board on the cabin back side and I wanted to finish the painting in October before the winter comes.
In order to paint it on both sides, I use lock screws or threaded rods to be able to rotate the part from one side to the other during painting.
It is coated with filler, now I let it dry and then grind with abrasive paper (1500 grid).
Finally the 2k color follows (Ford Balsam Green).
The steel straps were in bad condition and one was missing. I have made several attempts to bend new ones, but with bad results.
In order to get sharper corners, I finally decided to make them by welding.
My new straps are made of 5 single parts which are welded together.
First weld the bracket together, then grinding and the 2 small parts follow at the end.
Above you see the old original one, below is my new part.
The old one was completely rusted and I wanted to build a better one.
The thread was in bad condition, so I closed it with welding.
The M10 thread is cut again and soon I'm able to sandblast all parts.
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