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> Green Hornet Progress Thread, Actually worked on it yesterday!
jmill
post Sep 28 2008, 06:04 PM
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Your my hero Rick. I took your advice and rigged up a way to pull the suspension mount down. It still needs to go a bit lower but it's working out great. Here's some pictures of the plates I made up to make the pulls.


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post Sep 28 2008, 06:08 PM
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Here's a before picture.


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post Sep 28 2008, 06:09 PM
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Here's an after.


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post Sep 29 2008, 12:02 AM
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Nice work. Leave the pressure on it and use a block of wood and a BFH and carefully tap on the points that showed stress. Don't over do it. It will help relieve reverse the damage. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)
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post Oct 1 2008, 10:42 PM
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With some good advice and a BFH (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smash.gif) I finally got the front end straight. The driver side front mount slid right into place when the passenger side was where it needed to be. I'm going to leave the fixture bolted up while I replace the fender, headlight bucket and the front panel. That way it will all stay straight.



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post Oct 1 2008, 10:55 PM
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The front trunk floor needed some work too. I got that real close. It still needs a little love with a hammer and dolly block but it's almost there.



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post Oct 1 2008, 10:55 PM
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Here's the after pic.



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post Oct 2 2008, 08:16 AM
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Nice work. I'm sure you noticed you needed to over pull some because of spring back. Another one saved! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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post Oct 10 2008, 09:58 PM
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For the last week I haven't seen much progress. I was busy taking apart my donor front quarter for parts. I wish they were in better shape but they'll work. I'll have to do some rust repair and fill some holes. In this picture I installed the headlight bucket and tacked on the front panel. As I stepped back to admire my work I just about freaked. It looked like the passenger side was still tweaked. Here's a pic.





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post Oct 10 2008, 10:01 PM
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My wife then reminded me that the garage floor is sloped towards the drain. There was some hope for me yet. I broke out my level and crossed my fingers as I jacked up the driver side.



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post Oct 10 2008, 10:05 PM
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Thankfully it all worked out. My sloped floor almost gave me a heart attack. With the car level it's all good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

Here's a shot of the headlight bucket. I'll cut out the rusted stuff and replace it.



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post Oct 10 2008, 10:45 PM
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very nice job (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon_bump.gif)
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post Oct 11 2008, 08:14 PM
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Thanks Joseph. I got a little more done today. I'm finding out that the drivers side had some prior damage too. Now that I've got the passenger side lined up nice I'm not liking how the drivers side fits.



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post Oct 11 2008, 08:19 PM
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You can see it alot better in this picture. The front panel must have been hit and pushed down on the drivers side. Looks like I'm in need of a drivers side front panel. Does anyone sell replacement panels for the front?



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post Oct 12 2008, 05:15 PM
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A couple more pics of what I got done today.



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post Jul 6 2009, 10:28 PM
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The winter was way too long. I got back to work on the 914. I didn't like how the headlight bucket sat up about 3/16 high on the passenger side. I also didn't like the rust in the hood seal area. I found out that the inner fender was still a bit tweaked. I installed the bucket to the inner fender first and got what you see in the picture above. I drilled that out. Pieced together another bucket with good parts and started over. This time I started with the front panel and then worked the inner fender to match the bucket. I much happier with the result.

I also installed my new Getty FG hood. It's sweet. At first I thought it was too flimsy. After opening and closing it about 150 times I found out it'll hold up quite well.


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post Jul 6 2009, 10:34 PM
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After I got the passenger side squared away I need to clean up the drivers side. It was hit and pulled out at some time in its life. Someone also installed the wrong bucket. You can see how the drivers side bucket is an inch shorter.





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post Jul 6 2009, 10:37 PM
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I also started removing the fender. I was bummed that the replacement I have has some bondo around the blinker. I don't know yet if I'll fix that one or try and find a cleaner one.



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post Jul 6 2009, 10:42 PM
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Check out the nasty hood lines around the drivers side vs the cleaned up passenger side. I have some work to do there.




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post Aug 25 2009, 09:41 PM
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Budman these are the parts I'm looking for.



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