The morning was rainy and somewhat gloomy at 14oC. That did not deter the Hammond Air Corps...I spent about an hour test fitting my floor plates.
Things looked real good until I played around with my dog house. It took a few minutes of trying to figure why it did not fit properly when the obvious struck - the driver's side of the frame where the front of the dog house rests against has a semi circular bulge. You can see the bulge on the frame and on Grant's dog house in the next photo.
So, I checked a Ford dog house to see if there was a great difference - there was. I remembered that I had another dog house sitting on Grant's truck frame. While trying to wrestle it out the tent, I noticed Grant's doghouse looked a little different - it had the corresponding rounded part on the lower right hand side. Grant arrived shortly thereafter and the swap was on. We had noted in passing that our dog houses didn't fit, but we knew that a good body man could fix that. Sometimes the solution is right under your nose.
Bob and Grant did an outstanding job of fabbing up new fenders for the treasure-hauler. Here are some close ups of their work:
While the boys finished the fenders, I got to play with the HUP. I wanted to see if all the work on the front clip would cause some problems with the fit on the body. With the help of the boys, we wired the clip on the front of the body. The damned thing almost looks like a truck now! And, it fit (although some minor mods are required).
Following that fun, I got to work on shaping my round hatch spacer. Not bad for a first go - photos later - forgot to take some photos as it was near lunch time and Chez Marie beckoned.
After lunch, we decided to tidy up. There was a ton of sawdust (including some leftover from the headliner spacer project). Grant and I swept the barn from west to east and then called it quits. Next week, it looks like we will be on the road to Barrie. Hope to see some of you "southerners" at the automotive flea market...cheers!