1978 FWC New Owner

[Wandering Sagebrush]

Cool beans on the sale! Money for your build!

 

[Portercassidy]

Took apart the door, This thing is nasty.

 

[Portercassidy]

I put the door back together quick, so I wouldn’t forget how. Although I am not quite finished. Maybe tonight.

 

[Portercassidy]

Decided to paint it completely white, Except the Window frames. Those will have a black trim.

This is just one wall, but it looks good so far.

Need to either tape the old “FWC” logo, or find peel and replace. Maybe someone makes these vintage logos?

 

[Living The Dream]

Looking good!

 

[Portercassidy]

Went with the diamond plating, need to rough it up, and spray it white, but I think it will end up looking good. Get some trim pieces.

 

[Portercassidy]

I think the back turned out pretty cool, I will most likely make a access panel with some of the remaining diamond plating.

I bought a 5x4 piece for $68, and used the majority of it.

 

[Portercassidy]

Pulling old buytl tape off of aluminum windows is pretty fun. There is still a bunch of dead hornets hanging out in the big window that I need to dispose of.

I am also considering changing the rubber gaskets that holds the window to the frame. They are hard as a rock, but not sure I want to take one more thing apart. Anyone replace these before?

 

[Portercassidy]

And if anybody else is looking to get stupid.....

 

[lostwon]

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And if anybody else is looking to get stupid.....

This one already looks better than the one I bought and waaaay cheaper. At least it has jacks.. oh well [emoji30]

 

[lostwon]

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I think the back turned out pretty cool, I will most likely make a access panel with some of the remaining diamond plating.

I bought a 5x4 piece for $68, and used the majority of it.

Lookin good!

 

[shellback]

I took one of my windows apart to see if I could match the rubber moulding, and came up empty. Left the rest as is.

 

[Portercassidy]

Thanks Shell. I guess I will just hope that the black paint will revitalize the rubber.... lol

 

[rtpvibes]

Looks great

 

[Portercassidy]

Trying to get the door back together, has a few steps. I added another brace opposite of the door knob hole, to keep the window frame a little tighter. The bottom window likes to slide off of it tracks, and had been duct taped closed. It might have been gorilla tape. To be honest, the worst part about the door so far has to be all of the strips and strips of weather sealant that were added to this door frame over the years. The latch hole looked like it had been broken into, so I riveted on a strip of metal back in place.

 

[Portercassidy]

Tim is right. This door depth is a weird size, so had to buy two different sizes of insulation to make it work.

 

[Portercassidy]

Westin Rubber Bed Mat showed up yesterday. This was like $70 for my truck. I will need to cut some holes in it to access the bed bolts, and build some brackets to be slightly wider, for my tiedown points for the FWC.

 

[Portercassidy]

T-shirt weather today in Grand Junction, gave me a few hours during the day that I could paint the windows.

 

[shellback]

You are really knocking this project out! I was months doing mine, and I'm retired.

 

[Portercassidy]

Let’s just say I am seasonally retired. One of the reasons I am trying to get this done quick, is because of potential employment opportunities for my off season.