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Well for those who haven't been following my blog elsewhere, the Torino is off to the body shop. Here are a few pics... Waiting on the guys to arrive so I was playing with my stripe templates...   My "swoop" compared to the TV Hero #1... almost got it nailed!  Let's see if those post correctly....
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Posted: 02-May-2012 at 1:25PM |
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They posted correctly. Great work!
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Posted: 02-May-2012 at 1:48PM |
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SUPER! OK, so here are more pics of the move...
Edging towards the ramp down....  Into the daylight for the first time in YEARS....  Off to the body shop....  Arriving at Far From Factory. Driver said there was a LOT of rubber necking going on during the trip!  In the shop and among good company. We beat the rain by about half an hour!!  Stay tuned.....
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Posted: 02-May-2012 at 2:21PM |
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looking good,I feel your pain laying out the stripe! but at least it'll be the way you want it.keep the pix flowing.
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Posted: 02-May-2012 at 2:33PM |
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That stripe is smokin. Keep pics coming..looking really good.
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Posted: 02-May-2012 at 3:13PM |
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Thanks guys!To see all I have been up to on my build, check out my project blog (see link in signature).
MORE TO COME
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Posted: 07-June-2012 at 12:36PM |
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Posted: 07-June-2012 at 2:59PM |
Jeff,
At one time she was, but the vinyl was long gone! There was damage to the roof that they had simply pulled out and puttied over (dig thru my blog to see more about the damage) and I thought it would be soooo much easier to just reskin rather than work the metal back into shape so I found a donor.
Yeah the shop doing the work turns out some really NICE work and they are stricklers for the details like I am, so that made the decision to let them handle things that much easier. Really looking forward to November... that's our target completion date.
STAY TUNED......
HEY YOUR ANIMATED SIGNATURE LOOKS AWFULLY FAMILIAR!!  Edited by TV 2M8O - 07-June-2012 at 3:01PM |
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Posted: 28-June-2012 at 9:36AM |
Reconstruction has begun....The guys at Far From Factory have begun the daunting task of repairing the Torino inner structure. They have pulled the driver's side rear quarter panel to expose the underlying structure and have found the hidden repairs were performed with the same blacksmithing skills as the roof! (click on pics to enlarge)
 The replacement rear quarter skin had been brazed into place with a minimum of attachment points which made the skin removal pretty straight forward, but the work to come will be a bit more difficult. Here are a few shots of some of the problem areas......       The guys do great work and have agreed to allow me to assist with the more mundane tasks that don't require a lot of skill but do need lots of patience. I see a lot of spot weld drilling, edge straightening and rust removal in my future! I hope to also pick up a few bodyworking skills along the way and perhaps some painting basics as well. More to come...... ZEBRA 3 OUT Edited by TV 2M8O - 28-June-2012 at 9:43AM |
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Posted: 28-June-2012 at 10:32AM |
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looks like our going to need a donor for some rust free structure parts
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Posted: 28-June-2012 at 11:20AM |
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Looks like a lot of work is gonna be needed on that quarter/ c-pillar area! I wouldn't even know where to start...
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Posted: 28-June-2012 at 11:33AM |
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Donor parts already in hand...........     And got a GREAT crew working on it, so it will be BETTER than new when finished!
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Posted: 28-June-2012 at 2:35PM |
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Wow,thats alot of work to be done!it's great that you can help out with some of the progress.keep the pix comin'
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Posted: 01-July-2012 at 8:17AM |
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I think it looks far worse than it actually is. With all the necessary replacment parts in hand, I think it should be a very straight forward swap out of parts....
But time will tell! Edited by TV 2M8O - 01-July-2012 at 8:18AM |
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Posted: 05-July-2012 at 12:51PM |
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The boys at Far From Factory (F3) found another part that was damaged that they also wanted to replace... the section of the roof header right above the c-pillar. I got in touch with the guy who supplied me the inner structure and he still had his donor Torino and was able to cut out a large section of the header so we would have more than enough of the roof header to make the repair. 
Last piece of the puzzle (hopefully!!) is in the mail!
STAY TUNED!
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Posted: 13-July-2012 at 9:57AM |
Last piece of the puzzle?The replacement piece arrived at Far From Factory (F3) so now with all the (known) repair parts in hand, let the sparks begin to fly!!!
  I also purchased a gallon of Evapo-Rust to treat the new section priot to install so I'll let everyone know how well it worked on the heavy surface rust on the donor piece... however I'm sure it won't be as clean as Redi-Strip got the other parts, but we'll see! As a side note I had to also get a replacement rear tire.... evidently Team F3 were doing burnouts with the 2M8O and had a blow out....  LOL, the tire looked like Wilson from CASTAWAY!!
  More to come.... Edited by TV 2M8O - 13-July-2012 at 10:06AM |
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Posted: 15-July-2012 at 1:15AM |
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Joe,I guess if you're ok with them doing burnouts with your car than its all good?usually nothin good happens from that.Most people wouldn't understand how an outputshaft coulda busted during a routine maintance check,musta been soft steel compound....yeah, thats what it was soft steel.
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Posted: 15-July-2012 at 4:54AM |
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John,
I was just making a joke.... have a closer look at my lead in photos (or check out my project blog) and you'll see the engine and tranny are OUT of my car! So unless they are decendants of Fred Flintstone, it was just a case of old, dried out rubber and perhaps a busted belt that let go when they were airing up the tire. I've had the car since '04 and I work on it and keep it stored on the second floor of a local car dealership where temps climb well above 110 degrees in the summer and the Lord only knows how old the tire actually is, so I'm pretty sure it was simply a tire failure!
Yeah, I have complete faith in the integrity of the guys at F3! Edited by TV 2M8O - 15-July-2012 at 4:55AM |
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Posted: 19-July-2012 at 2:25PM |
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Joe.guess I shoulda checked out your blog sooner.I was wondering where you had the car stored,ford dealer I hope!
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Posted: 19-July-2012 at 3:15PM |
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John, No actually they used to be a Dodge dealer, but the dealer principal owns several old Fords... among other makes.
They were one of the dealerships that Chrysler robbed of their franchise during the car maker bailout..... funny because they were selling between 50 & 75 NEW cars on average a month prior to being cut off. We never could rationalize Chrysler's method of reasoning for which dealerships to keep and which to pull. Edited by TV 2M8O - 19-July-2012 at 3:16PM |
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Posted: 02-August-2012 at 9:15AM |
Out with the old.....The team at Far From Factory (F3) have removed the damaged sections of the driver’s side rear quarter structure....(click on pics to enlarge)
  Closer inspection of the damaged and donor sheet metal sections reveal that many of the panels will have to be grafted together from bits of each group to arrive at solid replacements. As an example, the donor wheelhouse outer lip wasn’t nearly as solid as the outer lip of the removed tub. When the Torino was originally repaired years ago, the outer wheelhouse was replaced with a new OEM unit along with the new outer quarter panel skin. Evidently the car saw limited weather after the repair because the outer wheelhouse was extremely solid. Had it not been blacksmithed to accommodate use of the original (damaged) inner quarter structure, it could have been reused. Adam plans to cut out the good section of the outer lip and graft it into the donor wheelhouse. A similar situation is being experienced at the replacement section of the roof header.
After talking with Adam about his plans to create solid replacement panels from the bits and pieces available, I feel I made the right decision to turn the body and paint over to the craftsmen at F3!!
Stay tuned for more….
Edited by TV 2M8O - 02-August-2012 at 9:20AM |
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Posted: 02-August-2012 at 9:34AM |
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wow... its wierd looking at one of our cars like that.
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Posted: 02-August-2012 at 10:02AM |
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LOL, yeah and you should see it with the driver's door opened!
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Posted: 02-August-2012 at 10:52AM |
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but i know when it is finished... it will be a new car... thats what is cool about it.
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Posted: 02-August-2012 at 11:16AM |
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It's a shame the car was damaged at some point in it's past and not repaired correctly when everything was still available NEW over the counter! The ONLY rust on this thing was a spot, a bit smaller than a business card, behind the passenger side front wheel where leaves had collected and rotted the fender out from behind. Everything else was very solid.... even had the factory dual exhaust still in place, but it was due for replacement from the mufflers back.
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Posted: 06-September-2012 at 1:14AM |
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Panel fitment has begun.... Part 1 Well the guys at Far From Factory (F3) kept to their plan and Sept 4 thru 8 is definitely OLDIES WEEK. Panel fitment has begun on the Tomato and things are really starting to take shape. They have the inner structure grafted together and now the repaired assembly is welded to the wheelhouse. The boys are now in the process of fitting the wheelhouse/inner structure to the body.     
 
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ZEBRA 3 OUT Edited by TV 2M8O - 06-September-2012 at 1:19AM |
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Posted: 06-September-2012 at 3:15PM |
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are those 17" dodge rims on the rear?
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Posted: 06-September-2012 at 9:04PM |
John, No, I think they said it was off of a Toyota truck they had out on the lot. Was the only spare they had available at the time when they created "Wilson".... LOL
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Posted: 15-September-2012 at 2:17PM |
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Went over to the dealership and cleaned up my frame brackets and reinforcements today... seemed like a strange place with the Tomato gone!!
           The reinforcement bars will be satin black powder coated and the frame brackets will be painted chassis satin black along with the frame once they are welded on. Can't wait for the boys at F3 to get her back to me in prime so I can get busy again on blasting the rest of the chassis and engine bay and getting the undercarriage and doghouse area all finished up! Until next time.... ZEBRA 3 OUT
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Posted: 21-September-2012 at 5:24AM |
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Going thru my project pictures and did this side by side comparison.....
 Funny how while the repairs are not fully completed, the area looks 100% BETTER!! Edited by TV 2M8O - 21-September-2012 at 5:27AM |
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