Call me crazy - Ranchero's (again)

With a couple heaters going in the garage the car dried pretty well overnight and I was able to spray a second coat on tonight. It's turning out pretty nice. I expected to see a lot more flaws in my "bodywork" but not too bad.. if I do say so myself.

Here's some pics from the first coat and the tail lights and mirrors I'll be putting on it. The buckets only had a socket in one of them, so I picked up some sockets from the O'Reilys and will post some images of the install of those. The buckets cleaned up pretty good though.

I will add that the 63 backup light style buckets will fit a Ranchero. There isn't anything in the way like the wagon.

Since these sockets were intended to be removed to replace the bulbs, I've still got to come up with something that holds these in place without having to hold the socket in the hole - from the back-side - while you push and twist the bulb. I've got a couple ideas, so we'll see what I come up with. :)

Looks great as usual....... :BEER:

That's it, I am bringing the delivery to your garage!! You have got more done in 6 months than I have done in 2 years. I have all but given up on the body work.
The "Flarechero" looks awesome, one hell of job Roger, Gene, and whoever else had a hand in this. Is it going to the XXX show on the 4th?? The 65 won't be ready but the 62 might...
By the way, is that sprayed with a gun (looks like it) or did you bomb it? Either way two thumbs up.

I doubt I'll bring it to the XXX. Won't be driving it much until I can get it to the alignment shop. Still a couple weeks, at best, for that. I'm going to get as much as I can done before I try and play musical cars again.

I'm using my small detail gun for this. I've tried my HVLP gun on this #7777 satin black. Even filtering it, it clogs up. So this detail gun does a pretty good job. Just have to fill the thing 6 times to shoot the entire thing.

The '62? Did I miss something. OMG... you didn't. :WHATTHE:

I did. *see roger club post... I need to come over soon and see the yellow I mean flarechero soon. Will you take the 65 to the XXX show??

Yes... there is nothing "yellow" on the Flarechero now. Anywhere. All gone.

Yes, I plan to take the wagon to the XXX show. I don't think I'll have the 'chero aligned and all that by then. You never know, but I don't see it in my forward looking periscope.

I had an idea for some pin-stripes this morning too. They'll be all red to go with the wheels and interior. You'll just have to wait to see that... if I do it. Unlike Jeffs car, which I copied too much from, this idea I want to be all mine - first.

My only concern now, on this, will be... do I now have to get tattooed and pierced? :NERVOUS:

Maybe you could get one of those temporary Henna tattoo's. As far as a piercing you are on your own.
Can't wait to see the car. I think I will have the 62 ready by then. I need exhaust and I can drive it. Got the registration done yesterday!!!

How about these? Just roll them on like pantyhose and when you have to go to work Monday, take them off. And no needles :NERVOUS:

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Kenny I think you posted an image, but for some reason I don't see it here. Scares me to think what it might have been.

Gene and I wrapped up coat #3 of the satin black last night and so after work today the newspaper comes off to reveal the final [for now] look. What a milestone. You don't know how good this feels.

Not sure how much I'll get done, or what I'll post between now and tomorrow - so if I don't post anything later...

HAVE A GREAT TURKEY DAY!!

or...

HAVE A GREAT TOFURKEY DAY!!

(just making sure I cover all my bases)

Hmmmm, I think I know what went wrong. I'll go this route...

Cool... I can get a 10-pack on Amazon for $15. Or not.
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If you do get a set, be sure they are made in America where it is more likely he printing would not be mirror image like the one shown.

Do you think they come in Small? How about custom printed so we could have all our chapter members wear them at our first Regional with our logo?

Roger, when it is time to go with your original plab for paint (Gunmetal) do you have to strip all the black off or just scuff and squirt? Did you get overspraty in your jambs?

Can't wait to see it in person. January meeting?

I suspect they are like Buffs, which I tried (having known a couple people - through work - who made them) to have custom Buffs made for work. That went over like a lead balloon. But I'm sure we could all get "tattoo'd" with Rainier Falcon logo's.

As for the gun metal color, I may never go there. Once I found so much "tweaked" around the a-pillar and door jambs, which made it really hard to fit things, like fenders and doors, correctly - that prompted the satin-black look. I left the gun metal color in the jambs, but it's so close in color to the satin black, you can't see where one stops and the other begins unless you look real hard. I used backer rod (foam rope used to stuff into cracks) as my paint stop. Taped it to the door where the weatherstipping goes and shut the door. Worked well. Anyway, I think this color looks pretty cool and fits the car well with the red wheels and the stainless, when I get it all on.

Also, for the tail lights, as I was lamenting about above, I just used pure silicone to glue the socket in. The tail lights look really good.

Here's where I got it to last night. And I started painting a few of the other odd bits I need to start assembly. I don't see anything stopping me from having it on the road for the January meeting. Likely much sooner than that.

Off now to eat some turkey...

Looks great Roger....... :rocker:

Well - lots of similar pictures, but with more done on it. Pretty much have all the front end on now and tightened up and have started on the back now. Spent a good two hours tonight just to install the "stone deflector" (AKA splash shield) on the tail-end. Love doing those little staples.

Masked of the grille after spending a few hours straightening it up as good as I could and polishing it up as good as it will get. Then sprayed the black masks. Came out pretty good. Spent a good hour trying to figure out why the hood opener lever would not come out the right part of the grille. Clearly there is a 63 and a 62 lever assembly. It is a 63 Ranchero with a 62 grille, so it dawned on me that they probably had a different lever on the 62 to have it come out of the grille off-center. I don't have the 62 lever assembly - so I cut out the center grille bridge. Works fine now. :D

I sprayed Hammerite on the backs of the bumpers to ward off corrosion and mounted the front with lights and finally was able to test all the lighting. Everything works as it should.

Feeling good... :banana:

Looks ALOT better than it did when you first got it. You do nice work....
And you cant beat a garage that comes with its own moving blankets [BOW]

She is a thing of beauty![BOW] I am very happy that the car went to someone with as much passion for the Falcons as you have. I am sure it tested your patients as well as your skills. Now if I can just figure out how to get my delivery into your garage and make you to think it is one of your "daily driver" projects??:D
Nice work.

Thanks guys...

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I am sure it tested your patients as well as your skills.

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I'm a doctor now, too? I have no patience for patients. So there, their, they're. :ROTFLMAO:

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Now if I can just figure out how to get my delivery into your garage and make you to think it is one of your "daily driver" projects??

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If it just happened to have about $20,000 left in the glove box, I might be willing to be "fooled" into thinking it was mine and was also only going to be a daily driver. :)

AwSum! AWSUM!! AWSOME!!! AWSOME!!!!

That was AWESOME Gene. You spent a lot of time on that one...

As I mentioned to Guy, I like posting pictures, so here are some more.

I put the back bumper on last night, followed by installing the inner tailgate panel. Not many of you saw the tailgate on this 'chero, but it looked like someone had put a big block motor in the bed and it had rolled back into the gate. I had to straighten the gate and inner panel - a lot. After putting it all together last night, with new rubber in the corners - it latched like new. I plan to do a bed liner, like Rhino-liner, back there, so even though the inner panel is quite ugly, it'll be fine. Keep an eye out for a better inner panel for me.

Also put on my licence plates and my nifty Pick-n-Pull licence plate frame on the front. That'll look good for a while, but I suspect it will be hard to keep looking good. It's sort of like wire wheels - hard to get at all the nooks and crannies.

Hey there roger did you distort the numbers on the plate? so the falcon theives won't find it ? that will work..jh

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Originally Posted by falcon cobra

that will work.

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Probably not - but don't see the point in helping them either. I've always done this, but nothing keeping people from taking pictures at car shows and posting them on-line after that - so, probably just a futile effort.

Nice plate frame! I never see any good ones at Pick-n-Pull. Here's one from my collection for your rear plate. The ladies are gonna dig it man! :rocker:

Sex instruction FLARECHERO style!!!!!

They'd have to get on their hands and knees to realize what the top of it says though, the way the bumper is designed....

...no pun intended.

:WHATTHE:

Hey - this is a family site.

See - this is what I mean...

It would work fine on the front bumper though. [thumb]

Wow, you are photo shop wizard too!!! Can you make my delivery look done? Maybe that will get me motivated again.:o

Layers and transparencies are Photoshop 101. But yeah, I'm OK.

But Grasshopper, you must see it done up here [Roger points to his head] and that will be your motivation. But yeah, I could Photoshop it done too....

:)

I know it's been a while since I posted anything. Have been working on it though... almost every day. Getting closer.

Last week, with Gene's help, I lowered the rear panel into the bed and got it all glued and bolted into place... not to come out again without a lot of heartache. There were a few places between bolts that wanted to bulge, so I had to rig up some method to hold them down until the glue cured. I'm using Loctite Polyurathane roof sealant here, which is also what I used on the underside of the car. Takes a few days to cure, but seems very tough. The bed is the last thing I will clean up before I take it over to Line-X or Rhino-liners to get the bed sprayed. Mostly all done with a wire-wheel and some hammer paint. Easy-peasy.

I have the weatherstripping and the windless in now, as well as the beltline weatherstip similar to what Jeff and Kenny used. I glued mine in, so I have been letting that glue cure before I roll up the window. It's pretty stiff material, so I hope it stays glued down.

:NERVOUS:

The past few days I've been working on getting the tunes all hooked up. Possibly tonight I'll be able to fire that off and get it tuned and adjusted to my liking. As you recall from my summer pictures I now have a speaker box tucked up under the bed in that wasted empty space (hence the need to seal it all off from above). The picture shows how I mounted the amps and rear speakers. I have a piece of red vinyl the same as the roof and will make a curtain for over all this so it can't be seen from outside.

Then it's onto the door panels, which are ready to go in, and then the tune-up on the motor to make it run right. And ta-da! it'll be ready for front-end alignment and bed liner.... and prime-time.

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WOW! Can't wait to hear it.

Nice job! Your wagon's gonna get jealous!!

Im already jealous!!!!! Gotta yank my generator out, and do something with my tunes, and door panels, and......... :D
Great work Roger!

One would never know what that car looked like when it left my driveway. Can I have it back now?? I'll trade you a 62 V-8 chero and a 65 6 cyl one for it!!!:D
All I have left to do is ........ EVERYTHING:o

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WOW! Can't wait to hear it.

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You mean you didn't hear it last night? It sounds AWESOME and I haven't even tweaked it yet.

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Nice job! Your wagon's gonna get jealous!!

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It's only jealous right now because it is sitting out under the ghetto garage in the freezing cold. Soon it will be back in the garage snuggy and warm(er) and snickering at the freezing Flarechero.

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Im already jealous!!!!! Gotta yank my generator out, and do something with my tunes, and door panels, and.........
Great work Roger!

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Thanks Bill! When you're ready to upgrade your tunes... or anything else... just let me know.
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Originally Posted by doghows

One would never know what that car looked like when it left my driveway. Can I have it back now?? I'll trade you a 62 V-8 chero and a 65 6 cyl one for it!!!
All I have left to do is ........ EVERYTHING

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They need only look at the first page of this thread. I can hardly believe what I've done in these few short months (though I am only 5 months overdue). And NO! you can't have it back. I don't think I have it in me to do this again - this soon. After something like this I'll need at least 5 years off. You'll soon have yours back from paint, and then it can go as fast or as slow as you want it to go. We'll have to throw a put-it-together party... on the condition that your lovely wife prepares a feast like the last one. I think we could get the whole club to come to that. It was awesome! We were reminiscing just the other day....
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No problem. I will plan if for spring when it is warm. I have plenty of room for camping.:BEER::rocker: Hopefully I can get enough parts and stuff together by then.

As I indicated months ago (seems like years ago) I bought aftermarket door panels off ebay for $80 a pair. Far cry cheaper than factory looking panels. I worked some on putting those on last night. I have the driver's side on completely, and will be adding the 4 screws you see in the picture to the passenger side. The holes behind the panels don't come close to the holes in the doors. The holes for the arm rests and window crank are fine, just not the retainer clips. So 4 stainless screws will help hold it on. Jury's still out, but it's not too bad looking. The arm rests were donated to the car out of the wagon at Steve's house. That car lives on in many ways.

Rolled up the windows into the new fuzzies too last night after a week of letting the glue cure. Stiff stuff, but it should keep the interior of the door a lot drier. The doors sound so.... solid. Though with the issues I discovered on the passenger side of the car, that door may forever shut hard.

So that make your 's a 61-62-63 "flarechero". COOL.. Do the tunes sound as good as the one's in your wagon?? Maybe we can get both your car's to a show and play both stereo's together for super stereo!![thumb]
You have got to be itching to drive it.:shift:

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You have got to be itching to drive it.:shift:

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I realized when I woke up this morning that I had just had a dream about driving it. I think Gene was in the car too. How the heck I drove up the little hill along side the road I was on is still troubling me. :WHATTHE::NERVOUS: