65 Frame painted

[Bill W.]

I painted my 65 frame today . I did learn something , In the old days two people could pick one up and turn it over or carry it if needed . I must be getting old I had to use my cherry picker to turn it over . Now I'm sore & tired a nice bowl of chocolate ice cream would be good .

[Mike T.]

Re: 65 Frame painted

Bill, I know exactly what you're talking about. This was back in '86 when we found my 65 300 horse coupe to be more 'bondo' than fiberglas so we tore it down to parade rest. Back then my Dad and I had no problem flipping it over. These days at my age, not going to happen.

[Mike E.]

Re: 65 Frame painted

I painted my 65 frame today . I did learn something , In the old days two people could pick one up and turn it over or carry it if needed . I must be getting old I had to use my cherry picker to turn it over . Now I'm sore & tired a nice bowl of chocolate ice cream would be good .

Bill,
You're exactly right it was way too hard to move around by myself so I built a cradle to move mine around that was based on Noland's body cradle design. I painted it upside down so if I did get a few runs they would be the right direction. It also made it easy to assemble most of the chassis components just like they did in St. Louis. I used a couple of winches to flip back over when I was done.



Primed








Mike