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  1. Patrick Tipton
    Gents - spent a little more time cleaning up the lower hull...just little details and then put the hull back on the rotisserie. I need to make some rolling outriggers for this hull so I can put it on a trailer easily and move it over to a friend's shop to have him primer it. Topside, I still have a bunch of details, like removing the Norwegian stretcher brackets (accomplished), fixing a few more dents front and back and making new pioneer tool brackets and installing them. My goal is to have everything done by the end of the month and be working on the running gear. I shot a little primer on last's weeks side repairs to get a better side view. I am happy with the repairs and the new floor seam...I think it will be hard to see any of these repairs when the hull is back together.
  2. Patrick Tipton
    Looks like a fine repair to me!
  3. Patrick Tipton
    Thanks @OZM29C. I will let you know....need to get the hull back on the rotisserie today and flip it back over. We are having an ice storm right now...so hard to move around. Weather is going to get nicely above freezing today so hopefully a little better later in the day.
  4. Patrick Tipton
    I am going to clean up a few more welds on the lower hull and flip it so I can finish the inside. I have the gas tank hat channels to install as well as tabs to hold the insulation panels. I also need to test fit the controls again and install the support bracket for the cross shaft. So a couple of solid days of details and a little bit of leading to remove the final couple of dents. I should be on to the motor by March.....
  5. Patrick Tipton
    You got us 🤣 Not sure why that "spiff" format doesn't play but she doesn't. I will try and convert it later and re upload! As for that rear pan - WOW! I have hours ahead on mine. Very nice!!
  6. Patrick Tipton
    Thanks John. I know where some of those tabs are...will check for the rest of them! I also need to fabricate a bunch of the steel tabs that hold the insulation panels in place....plenty left yet to do. You burning petrol down there?🤣 Regards, Patrick
  7. Patrick Tipton
    One of the challenges of making the new side was figuring out the flat pattern, sourcing a piece of 18 gauge that was large enough and then finding someone with a big enough brake to bend it. I ended up with a 10 foot sheet - which would be long enough if I could have purchased a parallelogram instead of a rectangle - but is just a little short due to the taper of the Weasel hull. After lots of head scratching, I ended up bending it in such a way that I was short - a small and long triangle - by about 1/2 inch in the inner rear corner of the hull and about a similar amount in the front bow section. I added metal to the front before we installed the side, but the rear had a corner doubler and better (flat) access, so I waited to finish this part. This writeup took longer than the repair! I also redid the front welds - my Rube Goldberg rotisserie mount was in the way the first time I did it, or my welding skills failed me (maybe a bit of both)...in any event, this came out much better.
  8. Patrick Tipton
    Wonderful! I continue to be impressed with both the quality and speed of your work. As my friends down south say, you are "gettiner" done! Superb! Are you running LAR tracks or do you have originals...belts, new bands?
  9. Patrick Tipton
    Awesome...I will let you know if my buddy ends up with the truck.
  10. Patrick Tipton
    Sorry to go off topic, but this G506 was originally a fire truck. The guy who bought it and did 90% of the restoration died....very, very nice truck. Plenty left to do, but a pretty quick restoration...
  11. Patrick Tipton
    You are very welcome Dave @D.R.H. I am happy to be part of this community. I went with a friend to see a G506 project on Friday....I think he is going to buy it. I have the bug, but like you need to do one project at a time or never get anything finished! Back to the T24!!! Patrick
  12. Patrick Tipton
    Outstanding!! Congratulations. Most folks would have quit many moons ago. Cheers! Patrick
  13. Patrick Tipton
    I don't think so.....I just bought an original set, but won't get to pick them up for a couple more weeks. I will measure them as soon as I get them....
  14. Patrick Tipton
    Yes I am, although I must admit that I kinda enjoy the tin bashing part. I will keep posting for sure....through the first drive in any event...and I may have another Weasel project (or two) in the wings 😬😂 I just picked up a nearly complete set of original parachute brackets. I think I am missing one of the inside brackets (not hard to fabricate) - I am extremely excited to have them. I am pretty much finished with collecting T24 parts except original undercarriage - the bogie brackets and such were different but for now I am proceeding ahead with the later ones and am hoping they will work with the 15 inch tracks.... Thanks again John!
  15. Patrick Tipton
    One more dent gone. I used a slide hammer/pin welder and shrinking disc to fix this little side swipe/scrape in the middle of the passenger side of the hull. Episode 116 on my Youtube channel is all about it if you have any interest. I have a few areas in the front to repair and a couple of holes/dents in the back panel and this hull is going to be ready for paint. I started in last January of 2020 so not fast, but not bad...
  16. Patrick Tipton
    John's video is not appearing for some...this seems to work on my end.... IMG_3775.MOV
  17. Patrick Tipton
    Another couple of nice milestones! Driving soon John.....🤙
  18. Patrick Tipton
    A friend sent me this video. Very cool vintage Weasel footage.
  19. Patrick Tipton
    Congratulations John. That is really coming together beautifully. I know it has been a long journey, but you will be driving soon - just fantastic. Patrick
  20. Patrick Tipton
    Last patch on the hull. I still have a few dents and some old repairs to cleanup but WOOOHOOO! This one was a pain...hard to get the metal inside of the hat channel clean prior to repair. I am going to treat these hat channels with something before I prime this hull. Not sure what...but a rust converter/protector that I can spray in the upper and lower hat channels and the 45 degree side gussets (already sprayed with cold galvanizing compound. There are several holes that look factory so the plan is to feed a tube (maybe with a nozzle) and spray/drip/feed in something. This thing should not spend any time outside, but it will still get some hot/cold cycles so anything I can do to protect it will help.
  21. Patrick Tipton
    Great John - ty. I have made several of these hat channels and my press brake has too big of a bending radius....so heading to a buddy's shop early next week to make a couple. I will definitely mock them up before I install anything - thanks!
  22. Patrick Tipton
    I nearly finished the radiator opening repair. Ran out of 2" sanding discs, but she is close!
  23. Patrick Tipton
    @OZM29CThanks John. Indeed a strange modification but I suppose, if I could not install the radiator through that opening and had the option of pulling the motor or making a little mod like that...I could see making this decision. It turned out to be far easier to repair than I expected. Yes - on the lid modification - another kind of challenging repair. The lid itself should be easy enough to form - the worst is the very small hat channel. I am probably going to have to make some tooling to press something out. .....now I just may have sourced a good nearly NOS one.....😄
  24. Patrick Tipton
    @M29C3284 We are all the same 🤣 why I keep saying if it burns hydrocarbons, has gears or goes "boom" -- I like it!
  25. Patrick Tipton
    @M29C3284 - you motivated me to tackle the radiator door/cowl flap repair. I am happy - just need to finish welding the patch in place.
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